Remote Senior Director, Design Engineering - AI/ML System Architect

1w1 week ago

Celestica

US · Full-time · $280,000 – $450,000

About this role

This position is for a Senior Director Engineer, AI/ML System Architect. Define the architecture of leading and competitive AI systems, lead new technology research, study market trends, and interface with customers. Lead Celestica’s design team in the AI/ML infrastructure space, primarily hardware-based with strong knowledge of AI training and inference workloads.

Define complex AI/ML infrastructure platform solutions and lead multi-disciplined teams through EVT to ensure design quality. Develop close technical relationships with suppliers on product roadmaps. Lead RFQ technical responses, platform concept development, and provide trade-off analysis to engineering teams and customers.

Act as primary technical interface between Celestica and customers, handling escalations and supporting business development to win new business. Participate in hiring design team resources and champion process improvements. Engage in standards committees and industry groups as assigned.

Prepare and present technical presentations to customers, industry groups, and trade shows. Maintain current on industry trends and future technology opportunities. Deliverables include System Requirements Documents, compliance assessments, and technical proposals.

Requirements

Successful experience architecting and delivering server/storage/converged products to market
Excellent customer presentation skills and ability to interface with large OEM customers
Broad knowledge of current digital and analogue components
Successful New Product Introduction (NPI) launch experience
Extensive knowledge of system level power, cooling, mechanical, SW/FW and electrical design integration
Minimum of 15 years server and/or AI/ML accelerator hardware design experience
Minimum of 5 years of AI infrastructure system design experience
Experience with Nvidia, AMD, Intel, or other modern GPU accelerators and support systems

Responsibilities

Define complex AI/ML infrastructure platform solutions and lead multi-disciplined team to implementation through EVT
Develop and maintain close technical relationships with suppliers/partners on product roadmaps and technologies
Lead RFQ technical responses and Celestica platform concept development efforts
Provide effective trade-off analysis and competitive guidance to engineering teams and customers
Deliver System Requirements Documents (SRD), requirement compliance assessments, and technical proposals
Act as primary technical interface between Celestica and customers, particularly in technical escalations
Provide technical support to business development teams to win new business
Prepare and present technical presentations to customers, industry groups, and trade shows