Manager, Test Development Engineering

​Req ID: 141626 
Remote Position: No
Region: Americas 
Country: Canada 
State/Province: Ontario 
City:  Newmarket 

Role overview

The Manager, Test Development Engineering leads the development and delivery of test solutions used in manufacturing and design-validation environments. This includes automated test equipment, test software, fixtures, instrumentation, and test programs that help ensure robust, high-quality products.

The Manager will manage a team of 3 to 5 direct reports, providing them strategic direction, technical oversight, operational leadership, and talent development for the Test Development Engineering function. The role partners with project management, site leadership, quality, business development, solutions, and global engineering teams to deliver effective test capabilities aligned with customer, project, and business requirements.

The manager is expected to remain technically engaged and provide direction, review, and escalation support while enabling the engineering team to own day-to-day project execution.

Key responsibilities

Functional leadership and business planning

• Establish a customer-focused, collaborative, and high-performance culture across the function and project teams.
• Set annual objectives, operating plans, capability priorities, and resource plans in partnership with the Engineering Services Leader/Director
• Deploy global engineering strategies, standards, tools, and improvements within the Newmarket function.
• Manage resources and operating costs, including capital and direct expenditures, while balancing employee, customer, project, and business needs.
• Collaborate with other engineering services functions to leverage shared expertise, tools, processes, and capabilities.
• Monitor and improve functional performance using measures such as on-time delivery, test quality and coverage, production yield, test-escape reduction, project margin, customer satisfaction, employee retention, and capability development.

People leadership and talent development

• Recruit, onboard, retain, and develop engineers and technical team members with the skills required to support current and future business needs.
• Conduct regular one-on-ones, set clear objectives, remove roadblocks, and provide timely coaching and feedback.
• Lead performance reviews, career development, succession planning, and leadership development within the function.
• Build effective mentorship and training approaches in partnership with technical leaders and subject-matter experts.
• Foster an inclusive, accountable, and high-performance team environment.

Project execution and customer delivery

• Provide functional oversight for engineering projects, including technical reviews, resource planning, risk identification, problem solving, and escalation support.
• Partner with Project Managers on scope, schedule, cost, risk, and delivery commitments; the manager owns functional capability and technical quality rather than overall project administration unless otherwise assigned.
• Review technical content for proposals, quotations, statements of work, and customer presentations.
• Support new customer engagements in partnership with Business Development, Sales, Solutions, Program Management, Site Leadership, and other functional teams.
• Monitor project health and customer satisfaction, taking action when delivery, quality, technical, or resource risks emerge.

Technical leadership and innovation

• Guide the development of manufacturing and design-validation test strategies, architectures, equipment, software, fixtures, instrumentation, and test programs.
• Provide technical direction on complex engineering problems and ensure appropriate technical reviews are completed.
• Ensure the team has the tools, equipment, training, and resources needed to execute effectively.
• Promote practical use of test data, automation, and engineering analysis to improve product quality, development speed, and manufacturing performance.
• Maintain awareness of relevant industry practices, technologies, standards, and regulations, and translate them into functional improvements.

Process, quality, and continuous improvement

• Help define and maintain functional standards, processes, templates, and best practices to improve consistency and quality across projects.
• Support compliance with Celestica processes and the quality system.
• Lead or support continuous-improvement, corrective-action, and preventive-action (CAPA) activities within the function.
• Establish and review key performance indicators, identify gaps, and implement corrective actions.
• Promote effective documentation, knowledge sharing, lessons learned, and reuse of proven test solutions.

Required qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Typically, 7 or more years of relevant experience in test engineering, test development, or a combination of test and other experience eg. manufacturing engineering, engineering operations, program or project leadership, or a related field.
• Experience leading engineers or technical teams, including coaching, performance management, resource planning, and talent development.
• Experience delivering test solutions in manufacturing, product development, design verification, or a comparable engineering environment.
• Practical understanding of automated test equipment, test software, instrumentation, data acquisition, fixtures, test coverage, and test-data analysis.
• Ability to provide technical oversight across both structural and functional testing activities, even when the manager is not the deepest technical specialist in every area.
• Demonstrated experience with project risk management, technical reviews, problem solving, and cross-functional delivery.
• Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, stakeholder-management, and customer-interaction skills.
• Working knowledge of quality systems, corrective and preventive action, continuous improvement, and compliance expectations.
• Ability to develop functional plans, budgets, proposals, business cases, or change-management plans and align them with business priorities.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in a contract manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, product development, or engineering-services environment.
• Experience supporting quality systems, internal or external audits, compliance programs, or corrective-action processes.
• Experience supporting customer proposals, quotations, technical presentations, or new-business engagements.
• Experience working across industries such as aerospace and defense, healthcare technology, industrial, or power infrastructure.
• Practical experience using approved AI tools to improve workflows, organize information, or support data analysis while maintaining company confidentiality and data-protection requirements.

Tools and technical environment

Working familiarity with relevant engineering and business tools is expected. Examples may include LabVIEW, Python, Jira, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, SolidWorks, Altium, Google Workspace, or equivalent tools. Expertise in every listed tool is not required; candidates should be able to learn and guide the use of tools appropriate to the function’s work.

Working environment

• This role may involve work across office, laboratory, engineering, and manufacturing environments. The manager may interact with development personnel, customers, suppliers, and engineering teams at other sites. Occasional travel to customer-site or productions sites may be required.

Compensation and benefits

The compensation includes base salary and target Short-Term Incentive (STI) compensation only. A comprehensive benefits package is offered in addition to this range.

The range is an estimate determined by the Company and may change based on factors including the duties covered by the position, the successful candidate’s credentials and experience, and the applicable geographic jurisdiction.

Salary Range: CAD $104,732-$157,719

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. Employees may be required to perform other related duties and are accountable for the responsibilities assigned to them. Job duties and the percentage of time associated with each function may change based on business needs.

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, 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.

Today, 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):

ATS: 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.

CCS: 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.

Built 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.

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.