Internship Optical Engineer Intern Jobs in Tucson, AZ

Req ID: 135516
Region: Americas
Country: USA
State: Arizona
City: Tucson (On-site)
Summer Internship
Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) is a US$12.4 billion global leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions. We bring global expertise and insight at every stage of product development - from the drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services. Through our unrivalled customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in aerospace and defense, communications, enterprise, healthtech, industrial, capital equipment, and smart energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges.
Celestica is a high-integrity work environment and when you join Celestica you are a part of a leading global company that enables the world's best brands, and contributes to our innovative and collaborative solutions that help our customers unlock the potential of the future.
Our global network spans 16 countries with 28,000 employees across the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Celestica's internship program provides students with valuable development through real-life work experience, exciting projects and networking with industry professionals.
What's in it for you?

• Opportunity: Job experience at a large global company and leader in avionics manufacturing
• 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 Manufacturing Analyst / Engineering intern will work with the Engineering Manager and Operations Engineering group to improve efficiency, improve quality and site operating systems, and eliminate wastes in manufacturing processes. Specifically, the intern will lead a cost savings project aligned to business needs and develop/implement solutions with validated results.
Preferred Skills:

• Demonstrated competency in Microsoft Applications, including Excel.
• Experience with Python programming language.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics is an asset.
• Research, data driven, and outside of the box thinking.
• Strong problem research, analysis, and resolution skills.
• Experince with Value Stream Mapping using Microsoft Visio is an asset.

Activities:

• Work with the current operations engineering group to understand and assist in improving daily metrics.
• Participate in daily tier meetings and engage with technicians to grow technical competencies.
• Develop understanding of quality management and safety systems.

Physical Demands:

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office with exposure to manufacturing environments.
• 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 are frequently required (e.g. data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc).

Additional Information:
Area: Aerospace (This location is an ITAR compliant facility. Candidates must meet US ITAR Security Clearance requirements.)
Start Date: May or June 2026 (Flexible)
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Experience: Some form of work experience preferred
Education: Students pursuing a degree in electrical, computer, or industrial systems engineering disciplines are preferred.
Please provide a copy of your transcript with your application.
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: $24.00-27.00 USD/hr
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.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Celestica's policy on equal employment opportunity prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran or disability status, or other characteristics protected by law.
This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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.
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.