Design Engineering Director 2 - Power Infrastructure & Data Center Solutions

Celestica is seeking a highly accomplished Director of Engineering to lead the development of market-focused solutions and strategic customer engagements in Smart Energy. This role involves driving market expansion, engaging with customers, and leading engineering design services to deliver impactful solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Driving market expansion and identifying revenue growth opportunities through engineering & technology led initiatives
• Develops short- and long-term goals and identifies target customers
• Identifies the organization's strengths as well as those of the competitors
• Directs engineering design services from customer requirements through product obsolescence
• Leads end-to-end engineering solution delivery, encompassing all service offerings: complex product development, commercialization, VAVE, new product introduction, and optimized manufacturing process
• Works with potential customers to help define their needs and to present technical proposals to meet those needs
• Ensures proposals meet requirements for design profitability, manufacturing profitability, supply chain etc
• Directs all of the engineering activities for the segment, product & capability development and customer engagements
• Defines the technology vision and develops the team's capabilities and the annual business plan
• Interfaces with global design centers to develop complementary services and coordinate capabilities worldwide

Requirements:

• Over fifteen years of in-depth experience in leading the development and market launch of high-risk, mission-critical, complex electro-mechanical product architectures (ideally depth in power systems)
• Demonstrated expertise in communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution in both the technical and commercial domains
• At least five years of track record in customer management leadership roles
• Extensive knowledge of high-reliability product development processes, lean manufacturing processes, and optimal supply chain management
• Ability to think strategically while being able to deep-dive into day-to-day technical and operational issues as needed
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to challenge assumptions and make decisions even with limited information
• Demonstrated ability to plan and achieve financial performance objectives in both revenue and profit
• Strong interpersonal skills coupled with the ability to effectively orchestrate high-stakes developments across a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders
• An effective leader, mentor, and motivator capable of inspiring a diverse group of employees and driving high performance in a direct management role and in a matrix organization
• Fifteen plus (15+) years' relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in STEM field
• An advanced technical degree is a plus
• Advanced studies in Business/Operations are a plus