Director, Manufacturing Equipment & Process Engineering 1

Req ID: 133276 
Remote Position: No
Region: Asia 
Country: Thailand 
State/Province: Chonburi 
City:  Laem Chabang 

Summary

The Director, Manufacturing Equipment Process Engineering is responsible for leading and managing the work of those responsible for designing, developing, deploying and optimizing processes and equipment for manufacturing to achieve quality cost and delivery goals for Celestica and its customers products.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Set yearly plans and goals for multiple departments and/or senior individual contributors to achieve established objectives and to provide direction on expected performance. Provide regular performance evaluations and ongoing feedback.
• Identify and ensure timely, cost-effective completion of new customer-specific process and/or equipment development projects and sourcing of equipment solutions across a large site, geographic region or globally.
• Identify and direct all departments and resources to execute the scope of all manufacturing technical work. Coordinate the team, direct work assignments and assist with problem resolution for Quality and delivery of manufacturing solutions for the full customer product life cycle. Support for all manufacturing technical issues related to the customers product(s) from product conception to product obsolescence.
• Ensure comprehensive evaluations, optimization and tradeoffs occur for all DFX issues with suppliers, customers, supply chain and equipment leaders to deliver a cost-optimized total manufacturing solution across a broad scope of manufacturing sectors within a site or region.
• Influential leader in effective collaboration between teams within Celestica.
• Represent Celesticas engineering brand by effectively participating in industry organizations. Support the development of the industry standards in specific manufacturing sections and ensure appropriate training programs are in place to deploy cost optimized processes for manufacturing.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Core PCBA & Microelectronics Manufacturing: End-to-end expertise in Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) and microelectronics. This spans SMT/PTH placement, reflow, specialized soldering, conformal coating, potting, and advanced wafer processing techniques (die/wire bonding, flip chip, and encapsulation).

• Equipment Engineering, Automation & Mechanical Assembly: Development and deployment of automated manufacturing solutions and complex system builds. This includes robotics, PLC programming, machine vision, CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, and full-system mechanical assemblies involving fluidics, vacuum systems, and electrical enclosures.

• Design for Excellence (DFX) & New Product Introduction (NPI): Integration of manufacturing feasibility into the product lifecycle. This covers Design for Manufacturing, Assembly, and Automated Assembly (DFM/DFA/DFAA), structural test strategies, tooling design, concept costing, and scaling customer-specific processes.

• Quality Assurance, Inspection & Failure Analysis: Comprehensive testing, inspection, and reliability modeling. This includes automated optical and X-ray inspection (AOI/AXI), rigorous lab failure analysis (SEM, FTIR, HALT/HASS, thermal/vibration testing), and strict adherence to IPC-610 standards and quality KPIs.

Typical Experience

• 15+ years

Typical Education

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).
At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.
Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.