Req ID: 141060 Remote Position: No Region: Americas Country: Canada State/Province: Ontario City: Newmarket
16 Month Internship
As a global technology leader, Celestica designs, engineers, and manufactures industry-leading products and services that drive customer success and market advancement. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, we bring together over 33,000 employees across more than 45 sites in North America, Europe, and Asia.
With deep expertise in design, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain management and platform solutions, Celestica enables critical data center infrastructure for AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud and advances technologies in high-growth markets. Working with the world’s leading technology companies across a broad range of industries, Celestica helps its customers achieve a competitive advantage. These products span key areas such as data centre technology, aerospace and defense, healthtech, and capital equipment.
Working at Celestica is more than a job. It’s about being part of something bigger and shaping the future with your work. You’ll take on exciting and challenging projects, get hands-on experience, collaborate with a global team, and learn from some of the greatest minds in the industry. And just as we aspire to imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers, we’re just as committed to delivering the best employee experience.
Benefits for Students Include:
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Experience working for one of the largest Canadian global technology companies
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Possibility of a student casual contract position after completion of internship
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Possibility of a full-time position after completion of degree
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Access to Celestica’s development programs and projects
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Celestica's Time Off to Volunteer program – two paid days off to volunteer per year
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Fun intern activities including celebration events and networking
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Internal recognition programs and rewards for stellar performance
What’s in it for you?
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Opportunity: Job experience at a large Canadian-based global company
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Innovation: We look to our employees to implement new ideas and improve the way we do things
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Collaboration: Students work as part of global teams, enabled by collaborative technology
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Sustainability: We uphold strong ethics, reduce our impact on the environment and empower employees to give back to the community with two paid days off per year to volunteer
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Development opportunities: including soft skills courses, innovation projects and mentorship
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Networking: Strategically build your professional network to advance your career and deepen relationships across your peers and colleagues.
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Fun: Our interns have the opportunity to participate in fun activities including intern social events, Celestica’s charitable initiatives and our Spirit Week activities
About this opportunity:
Students who excel in the Automation Support / Development Engineering Intern position enjoy working on the hardware-software automation solutions, and are driven by complex problem solving in a fast-paced environment. The role includes direct involvement with leading edge products, and provides an opportunity to experience all areas of automation development while working within a very experienced group of automation and process engineers. You should be familiar with most electronic technologies and be able to work with products for the consumer, enterprise, communications, industrial, healthcare and aerospace markets. A strong programming background (on various software platforms) is an asset.
Preferred Skills:
- Candidates must be proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Excellent time management, ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment, ability to work effectively autonomously once trained, and must possess excellent analytical, communication, report writing and problem solving skills.
- Role requires flexibility to work extended hours as per customer needs.
- Software code design and development
- Hardware assembly (Hand tools, Power tools, Soldering, etc.)
- Engineering project development and support
- Good presentation, database management and computer skills.
- Exposure to production environment – considered
- The following skills are considered an asset:
- NI LabView
- Linux environment
- MS Visual Studio .NET (C#, VB, ASP)
- Python, Ruby, Java, Perl
- HTML, XML, CSS, PHP
- Knowledge of automation solutions
Activities may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Work with internal customer focused teams to understand where hardware and/or IoT automation projects can help improve efficiencies, gather appropriate data on requirements and savings in order to justify appropriate ROI and then work with internal and/or external automation solution providers to implement projects in a timely manner.
- Support development of automation solutions (hardware and software) to improve operational efficiencies.
- Support development of production automation tools, including robotics, vision systems and software controls
- Work with a highly experienced engineering team to review and provide input on potential automation projects / designs
- Implement software & hardware solutions including, HW procurement, integration, qualification and installation support for manufacturing test of electronics (for multiple global sites)
- Integrate tools and code developed by other internal groups or external customers
- Debug of solutions using design of experiments, tools, and failure analysis methodologies
- Support the development and updating of development work instructions
- Work with suppliers and customers during project execution
- Improve quality and efficiency within the development process; process optimization
- Work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors and a considerable degree of judgement.
- Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may have a negative impact on the division / department’s operations, schedules, and/or performance goals. Works under minimum supervision.
- Build internal and external relationships, with emphasis on those that facilitate the achievement of job/role accountabilities, such as relationships with key suppliers, customers and internal service.
- Opportunity to work with customers from various companies and disciplines
Physical Demands, duties of this position are varied and will include:
- Duties of this position are performed in a laboratory environment with some exposure to manufacturing environments
- Lab duties may require extended periods of sitting, standing, lifting, hand manipulation and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor
Salary
The range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including but not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience or geographic jurisdiction of the successful candidate.
The hourly wage is determined by the years of study completed and is non-negotiable as per company policy.
Hourly Wage: $23-30 CAD/hr
Additional Details:
Area: Engineering
Start Date: May 2027
Location: 213 Harry Walker Parkway South, Newmarket
Vacancies: 1
Experience: No Formal Experience Required.
Education: Applicants must be currently enrolled in a formal University Internship/Co-Op Program and are completing the 3rd year of a 4-year Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics / Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science program.
Only applicants enrolled in an official co-op/internship program submitting a cover letter, resume, and transcript will be considered for interviews.
***As this position involves work that is subject to the Canadian Government's Controlled Goods Program (CGP), your employment offer is conditional upon the successful completion of a security assessment by Celestica and/or its authorized agents, per the Controlled Goods Regulations.
To apply, please visit www.celestica.com. Please provide a copy of your transcript with your application. Please include your student email address in your application.
Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates throughout the hiring process. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.
This position involves technologies regulated by the Canadian government's Controlled Goods Program (CGP). Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada and meet all other requirements under CGP. Job offers will be conditional upon candidates undergoing a successful security screening per the Controlled Goods Regulations.
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.
We use artificial intelligence tools to assist in screening and assessing applications for this role. All hiring decisions involve human review.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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.
