Req ID: 140233
Region: Americas
Country: USA
State/Province: Texas
City: Richardson

Summary

The Manufacturing Technical Lead (MTL) is responsible for driving operational execution and technicalreadiness for next-generation hardware programs from initial concept through mass-production handoff. Serving as the primary technical interface on the program team, the MTL bridges hardware design technical leads, software/firmware engineers, factory NPI managers, and global operations teams. This role owns the mitigation of manufacturing risks, the timely completion of hardware prototyping phases, and the enforceability of documentation and change controls across the product development lifecycle.

Detailed Description

1. Cross-Functional Technical Bridging

• Operational Gatekeeper: Translate highly complex engineering product intents and schematic parameters into practical, execution-ready directives for Factory NPI Managers and manufacturing sites.
• Operations Synthesis: Partner closely with internal Front-End, Back-End, and Test Engineering Senior Managers to ensure manufacturing infrastructure, SMT lines, box build automation, and test fixtures scale alongside prototyping phases.
• Design & Software Interface: Partner directly with hardware Design Technical Leads and Software Engineering Program Managers to align code, firmware, diagnostics, and silicon readiness with test schedules.

2. Build Prototyping & Plan Execution

• Execution Accountability: Own the execution matrix for all early-stage engineering and validation builds (Proto, EVT, DVT, PVT), ensuring builds complete on time and hit rigorous internal quality targets.
• Build-Specific SOW Authoring: Author and enforce precise build-specific Scopes of Work (SOW) defining clear hardware configuration baselines, build quantities, material allocations, and specific engineering test goals.
• Anomaly & Deviation Controls: Manage the live tracking, logging, and technical resolution of manufacturing anomalies, ensuring that engineering deviations are strictly controlled, documented, and closed.

3. Risk Mitigation & Governance

• Risk Framework Execution: Deploy NUDD (New, Unique, Different, Difficult) reviews, golden pFMEAs, and Critical-to-Quality (CTQ) parameter monitoring to prevent downstream yield and manufacturing shortfalls.
• Change Control Governance: Enforce rigorous change management protocols, representing operations at Change Control Boards (CCB) to ensure mid-cycle design tweaks or component substitutions are properly risk-assessed.
• Issue Tracking & Escalation: Utilize automated tracking frameworks (e.g., Jira) to monitor build blockers, spearheading immediate technical workarounds or executing crisp, timely escalations to management before critical paths are impacted.

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Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Refer to technical skills below

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in hardware NPI engineering, manufacturing technical leadership, or systems program management.
• Process Depth: Strong knowledge of electronic manufacturing operations (SMT, box build, system assembly, and test methodologies) paired with experience handling complex BOM structures and configuration lifecycles.
• Governance Tools: Proficiency with change control systems (PLM/CCB), bug/issue-tracking systems (Jira), and authoring detailed technical documentation such as Scopes of Work (SOWs).

Typical Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer, or Industrial Engineering.

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.

This location is a US ITAR facility and these positions will involve the release of export controlled goods either directly to employees or through the employee's movement within the facility. As such, Celestica will require necessary information from all applicants upon an applicant's acceptance of employment to determine if any export control exemptions or licenses must be filed.