{"id":3190821,"url":"https://alion.io/job/celestica-senior-staff-engineer-systemsapplications-design-system-engineer-advanced-technology-solutions","title":"Senior Staff Engineer, Systems/Applications Design (System Engineer - Advanced Technology Solutions)","company":{"id":58064,"name":"Celestica","domain":"celestica.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/celestica","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":null},"role":"DevOps","role_family":"DevOps","seniority":"staff","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["George Town, Malaysia"],"countries":["MY"],"hiring_countries":["MY"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":22000,"max_usd":53000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":926},"experience_years_min":11,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"FMEA","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-03T02:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-03","last_verified_at":"2026-10-31T03:45:33Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":28,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":28},"description":"Req ID: 135711\nRemote Position: No\nRegion: Asia\nCountry: Malaysia\nState/Province: Bayan Lepas\nCity: Penang\nGeneral Overview\nFunctional Area: Engineering\nCareer Stream: Design Engineering Systems Applications\nSAP Short Name: SSE-ENG-DSA\nJob Level: Level 11\nIC/MGR: Individual Contributor\nDirect/Indirect Indicator: Indirect\nSummary\nCelestica is seeking a high-caliber, multi-disciplinary Senior Staff System Engineer to lead the architecture, integration, and lifecycle management of highly complex systems. Systems & Applications Design at Celestica is an interdisciplinary field of engineering where you will partner with cross-functional teams of engineers, customers, strategic supply chain networks, and project leadership to ensure robust, market-leading product development.\nIn this senior technical leadership role, you will hold ultimate accountability for turning complex product requirements into highly reliable system realities within our key regulated markets, including HealthTech, Aerospace & Defense, Power Infrastructure, Industrial, and Semiconductor Capital Equipment. We are looking for a candidate with a strong foundation across multiple engineering domains (electronic, mechanical, and/or software) who can seamlessly bridge these disciplines to drive end-to-end system definition, architectural decomposition, and risk management from the initial drawing board to full-scale production.\nDetailed Description\n\nSystem Architecture and Design\nLead the design, development, and implementation of robust technical solutions for complex multi-domain projects.\nDefine and architect the overall system solution, effectively dividing complex tasks across various specialized engineering teams for execution.\nAnalyze sophisticated system-level trade-offs, drive cross-discipline resolutions, and develop strategic technology deployment plans.\nDevelop system concepts, interpret customer specifications, and author comprehensive system plans, requirements, and specifications.\n\nRisk Management, Safety & Compliance\nDrive rigorous system-level risk management processes throughout the entire product development lifecycle.\nFacilitate Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) and enforce system reliability, maintainability, and safety parameters.\nEnsure full engineering compliance with global industrial standards, safety regulations, and environmental protocols.\nEnhance product designs continuously by integrating critical feedback from manufacturing, test, supply chain, and simulation reviews.\n\nCross-Functional Leadership & Project Execution\nStay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, regulations and best practices to contribute to the advancement of technology roadmap, procedures, quality, efficiency or the acquisitions of new capabilities.\nProvide technical leadership, direction, and domain-spanning mentorship to a global team of engineers.\nAct as one of the primary technical contacts for customers, managing expectations and translating operational needs into actionable engineering directives.\nCoordinate multi-disciplinary testing, simulation, and empirical evaluation to validate, measure, and troubleshoot overall system performance.\nParticipate actively in high-level project planning, scheduling, budget considerations, and timeline definitions.\nLiaise seamlessly with external suppliers, contractors, customers, and key internal business stakeholders to clear execution roadblocks.\nEnabling Competencies:\nDiscipline Leadership - Demonstrate “People & Team Leadership Behaviors” as per Celestica Leadership Imperatives.\nCommitment to \"Right-the-First-Time\" engineering methodologies\nExceptional communication, negotiation, and consultation skills required to interface directly with customers and key vendor partners.\nMastery in analyzing trade-offs, interpreting massive datasets, and solving highly complex system-level problems.\nSystem Architecture Design & Interdisciplinary Integration across Electronic, Mechanical, and Software. Experience in one of the system architectures for compute platforms, complex electro-mechanical / robotic systems, or instrumentations with mixed signal design.\nDesign Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), and Reliability Engineering.\nRequirements Engineering, Specification Writing, and Scope Management.\nSystem-Level Verification, Testing, Validation, and Failure Analysis.\nGlobal Safety Standards and Regulatory Compliance Awareness.\nKnowledge/Skills/Competencies\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline. (Ph.D. with tailored industrial exposure is welcome to apply).\nTypically requires 11 to 14 years of direct engineering experience embedded within multi-disciplinary product development lifecycles.\nFluent in both written and spoken English, ability to work in an international team.\nGood teamwork attitude, collaboration and communication skills.\nGlobal business travel may be required.\nPhysical Demands\nDuties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.\nDuties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. \nRepetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.\nOccasional travel may be required.\nTypical Experience\nTypically requires 11 to 14 years of direct engineering experience embedded within multi-disciplinary product development lifecycles.\nTypical Education\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline. (Ph.D. with tailored industrial exposure is welcome to apply).\nNotes\nThis 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.\nCelestica 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).\nAt 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.\nCOMPANY OVERVIEW:\nCelestica, Inc. (NYSE: CLS; TSX: CLS) is a technology leader dedicated to driving customer success and market advancements. With deep expertise in design, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and platform solutions, Celestica enables critical data center infrastructure for AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud and advances technologies in high-growth markets. With a talented team and a strategic global network, Celestica helps its customers achieve competitive advantages.\nToday, Celestica delivers innovative supply chain solutions globally to customers in strategic two operating and reporting segments: Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) and Connectivity and Cloud Solutions (CC):\nATS: This segment serves customers in complex, regulated and high-reliability markets such as Industrial & Smart Energy, Aerospace & Defense, Semiconductor Capital Equipment, and HealthTech. It is engineering led, with deep expertise in design, manufacturing and lifecycle solutions.\nCCS: This segment focuses on high-performance technology solutions and services for the data center, serving hyperscalers, digital native customers and enterprises. Celestica's Platform Solutions offering provides innovative and customizable computing, storage and networking solutions enabling AI-driven growth.\nBuilt on a legacy of trust and performance, Celestica has earned its reputation by delivering results in complex and fast-changing markets. Celestica exceeds customer expectations by identifying trends and staying ahead of the curve. Backed by comprehensive capabilities and a global network across North America, Europe and Asia, Celestica helps customers gain competitive advantage with the quality, flexibility and resiliency they need to respond quickly to shifts in demand. Guided by a bold vision to accelerate market advancements, Celestica delivers innovative solutions and technologies that turn complexity into opportunity. Anchored in teamwork and commitment, Celestica strives to be the most trusted partner to its customers and colleagues worldwide.\nCelestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.\nCelestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8984,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":11,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Malaysia","iso":"MY","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Electronics Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-24T01:27:47Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":31,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.679,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":27,"expected_fill_days":18,"reasons":["conf:3","velocity","win:tail","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-30T05:48:23Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/celestica-senior-staff-engineer-systemsapplications-design-system-engineer-advanced-technology-solutions","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/celestica-senior-staff-engineer-systemsapplications-design-system-engineer-advanced-technology-solutions.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-31T03:58:03Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":5620,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":58064},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=58064"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcelestica-senior-staff-engineer-systemsapplications-design-system-engineer-advanced-technology-solutions"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcelestica-senior-staff-engineer-systemsapplications-design-system-engineer-advanced-technology-solutions"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcelestica-senior-staff-engineer-systemsapplications-design-system-engineer-advanced-technology-solutions"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/celestica-senior-staff-engineer-systemsapplications-design-system-engineer-advanced-technology-solutions\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcelestica-senior-staff-engineer-systemsapplications-design-system-engineer-advanced-technology-solutions"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3190821}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"celestica.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3190821},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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