Contract Electrical Engineering Jobs in Minnesota

The Manager, Electrical Design Engineering for Celestica Maple Grove Design Center, is responsible for leading and managing the work of developing new electrical systems and products for our customers. Our customers span five major industries, Aerospace & Defense, Health Tech, Capital Equipment, Industrial and Power Infrastructure. Our managers build excellent technical teams, enabling them to deliver for our internal and external customers. Our managers bring their past engineering expertise and highly developed communications kills to guide projects through technical and resource challenges. Our managers demonstrate extreme ownership by embracing issues and challenges and reducing roadblocks and barriers for their teams and the people around them. This position will regularly navigate internal systems and external customer relationships to enable the success of their team. They will provide development and growth opportunities for their direct reports so they can achieve their career goals. Our current electrical engineering team performs at a high level and we are looking for a leader that can build upon this performance and scale it up to deliver for current and future demand.

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Lead the design, development and implementation of technical solutions for complex projects, involving multiple domains. Participate in project planning and scheduling.
• Provides technical leadership and direction to a sizable team of engineers. May be a recognized expert (go to person) in one or more technical areas
• Takes responsibility for non-technical elements of an engineering project (people, financials etc.).
• Reviews and interprets customer requirements/specifications and may act as primary customer contract.
• Analyze trade-offs in complex systems and recommend solutions. Develops deployment strategies and plans.
• Leads the deployment of strategic complex programs and coordinates site-wide deployment efforts.
• May manage relationships with key vendors/partners.
• Design, modify and implement systems that meet customer and Celestica needs. E.g. creation of Schematics, Bills of material, diagrams, drawings, etc.
• Testing, simulation and measuring (including troubleshooting) the performance of systems
• Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations
• Solve complex problems
• Liaison with suppliers, customers, contractors, and other internal teams.
• Analyze and interpret data and information
• Recommend modifications for systems
• Create reports, minutes and updates
• Set yearly plans and goals for the department, give direction on expected performance, provide regular performance evaluations and ongoing feedback. Accountable for all department objectives and achieving agreed targets for key performance indicators

Refer to technical skills below

• 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.

The salary range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including by not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience or geographic jurisdiction of the successful candidate. Salary Range: $107k-$147k Annually

Celestica provides eligible employees (those who are scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week) with a range of benefits including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, short and long term disability, life insurance, voluntary benefits and a 401k plan with company match.

• 7 to 10 years of related experience;Experience in similar job roles

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

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.