Student Intern, Design Engineering

Benefits for Students Include:

• Experience working for one of the largest Canadian global technology companies
• Possibility of a student casual contract position after completion of internship
• Possibility of a full-time position after completion of degree
• Access to Celestica’s development programs and projects
• Celestica's Time Off to Volunteer program – two paid days off to volunteer per year
• Fun intern activities including celebration events and networking
• Internal recognition programs and rewards for stellar performance

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity: Job experience at a large Canadian-based global company
• Innovation: We look to our employees to implement new ideas and improve the way we do things
• Collaboration: Students work as part of global teams, enabled by collaborative technology
• 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
• Development opportunities: including soft skills courses, innovation projects and mentorship
• Networking: Strategically build your professional network to advance your career and deepen relationships across your peers and colleagues.
• 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:

The Signal Integrity Engineering Intern will gain hands-on experience by supporting the planning, simulation, lab verification, and troubleshooting of digital PCB designs. In this role, you will assist in critical design reviews for signal integrity and work closely with global, cross-functional teams, including manufacturing, industrial design, and project leadership. You will work alongside experienced engineers to research system ideas, support schematic capture, and validate electrical systems, contributing to robust and high-quality product development from the early design phases through manufacturing support.

Preferred Skills:

• Foundational knowledge of signal integrity, power integrity, and high-speed digital PCB design principles.
• Familiarity with or a strong desire to learn industry-standard SI/PI simulation software including:

• SI Tools: Keysight ADS, ANSYS toolsuite (HFSS, SIWave, Designer), Synopsys Hspice, Siemens HyperLynx, Polar Si8000, or Cadence/Sigrity System SI.
• PI Tools: Cadence Sigrity Power SI, Power DC, Optimize PI.
• Basic understanding of or coursework involving high-frequency lab measurement equipment, such as:

• Keysight, Tektronix, or LeCroy real-time and sampling oscilloscopes.
• Vector Network Analyzers (VNA) and Time Domain Reflectometers (TDR).
• Introductory knowledge of high-speed compliance standards (e.g., PCIe Gen5/Gen6, Ethernet, USB 3.0, SAS/SATA).
• Experience with numerical computing environments like MATLAB.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively within team structures.

Activities:

• Design Support: Assist in the development of electrical systems, contributing to system architectures, schematics, and Bill of Materials (BOMs).
• Simulation & Analysis: Perform signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) simulations to help evaluate design trade-offs based on performance and manufacturability.
• Lab Verification: Support the validation and characterization of systems by assisting with lab testing of high-speed digital interfaces and correlating simulation data with physical measurement results.
• Compliance Testing: Help execute physical layer compliance testing to ensure circuit designs meet industry standards.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Participate in design reviews to incorporate feedback regarding testing, supply chain, and reliability while working with internal stakeholders and vendors.
• Documentation: Develop and maintain technical documentation, including test reports, analysis summaries, and project updates to support engineering decisions.

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.