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RF Test Development Engineer

Celestica

Job Location:

Maple Grove, MN - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 118 - 150

Posted: 10 August 2026 (4 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 7 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Req ID: 134505
Region: Americas
Country: USA
State/Province: Minnesota
City: Maple Grove

Summary

The RF Test Development Engineer designs develops and implements test solutions for product manufacturing and design verification to ensure robust and high quality production of RF electronic assemblies.

This role will focus on Celesticas RF testing infrastructure including advancing test platforms to support products up to 50GHz and primarily serving our Aerospace and Defense customers.

The role requires establishing test strategies and architecting test solutions based on product design specifications and production test requirements.

The position is part of a global engineering services organization with local leadership and integration with an expansive network of test development engineers.

Activity will include direct onsite development and delivery and support of project opportunities connected to the extended network of global sites.

Experience with the relevant product technologies and development processes in the Aerospace and Defense segment are an important asset.

Celesticas broad customer base will also provide opportunities to lead or support test development projects for customers in other end markets such as Industrial Smart Energy and Healthtech.

Detailed Description

The person in this role will be viewed as an RF test expert (go to person) helping set and deploy technical standards related to RF test development processes tools and skills. They will be focused on establishing more advanced high frequency RF testing capability. They will own the hardware and software architecture for an RF testing platform capable of supporting products up to 50GHz. This role will provide technical leadership (partnered with a project management office) to develop production test solutions supporting Celestica design and manufacturing customers.

This team member is part of a global design and development engineering organization and they will interface regularly with other local and regional teams to deliver best-in-class engineering solutions.

Performs tasks such as but not limited to the following:

Lead the development of production test solutions including strategic planning design and implementation
Create test development proposals based on production test requirements considering resource needs (people and equipment) and estimating execution scope (cost and schedule)
Provides technical leadership and direction to ateam of support engineers both local and remote
Provides input to non-technical elements of an engineering project including project resourcing financial estimates and scheduling
Review and interpret product design requirements/specifications and develop production test strategies
Act as primary customer technical contact
Analyze tradeoffs in complex test systems and recommend solutions
Coordinate site and network-wide deployment efforts
Manage relationships with certain key vendors/partners.
Contribute to short term and long term investment and skill development strategies and business cases with global impact to organization
Complete test development solution support including hardware & software elements system integration qualification and installation to meet product quality and test requirements outlined in the test plan
Debug of tester issues using design of experiments tools and failure analysis methodologies

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Enabling Competencies:

Project Management- Ability to manage/lead complex multiple line engineering projects that may also involve other functions. Demonstrate solid understanding of the technical financial and people aspects of the project. Able to create a project/change management plan and ensure that the project is delivered within the assigned time and budget. Ability to recognize project barriers and develop mitigation plans

Leadership- Demonstrate People & Team Leadership Behaviors as per Celestica Leadership Imperatives.

Financial Acumen / Business Planning - Ability to create financial plans for your projects align them internally with your line of management and other functions and externally if needed. Create project plans profitability calculations risk and sensitivity analysis able to recognize barriers and mitigate profitability risks. Fully knowledgeable about internal and external financial reporting accounting and tax requirements relevant to your area of expertise.Coaching/Mentoring; may also be required.

Communication/Negotiation/Presentation; Creative Problem Solving; Customer Interaction/Stakeholder Management; Quality & Lean; Working Effectively with Others; D/PFMEA; 8D/Corrective Action; Equipment Safety; Design of Experiments (DOE)

Technical Competencies:

The following are the associated Technical Competencies that are required for the various Standard Jobs within the Test Development Engineering career stream. This list is for illustrative purposes and may not be inclusive of all skills.

Standard Job :Technical Skills

FUNCTIONAL /SYSTEMS /STRESS TEST OPERATIONS: ESD Controls ESS Hardware ESS Profile Functional / System Test Solution Support RF Test Operations

FUNCTIONAL TEST DEVELOPMENT: Test Strategy Creation Test Plan Creation FT Software Development (National Instruments LabView TestStand Python Other) FT Diagnostic and Firmware Development FT Fixture Development FT Fixture Mechanical Concept Design FT Equipment Skills FT Debug/integration of SW/HW RF Test Development (<6Ghz) High frequency RF Test Development (<50Ghz) High Energy Experience Electrical - Automation IPC 10 Engineering Control & System Tools Quality Data (KPI) Supplier Quality & Component Engineering Manufacturing Operational Management System Architecture EE - Digital EE - Analog FW - Firmware OS Application Software.

STRUCTURAL TEST OPERATIONS: DFT - Physical Test DFT - Electrical Test Testway

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.

Occasional travel may be required.

Typical Experience

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

Typical Education

Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering or related years of experience

Salary Expectation and Benefits Summary

The salary range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company and may change based on several factors includingby not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting or the credentials experience or geographic jurisdictionof the successful candidate.Salary Range: $118k-150k Annually

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

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 at any time.

#INDUS

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.
Celesticas 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.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Celestica (NYSE TSX: CLS) enables the worlds best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense Communications Enterprise HealthTech Industrial Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design manufacturing hardware platform and supply chain solutions Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices to highly engineered aviation systems to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto with talented teams spanning 40 locations in 13 countries across the Americas Europe and Asia we imagine develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

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 employees movement within the facility. As such Celestica will require necessary information from all applicants upon an applicants acceptance of employment to determine if any export control exemptions or licenses must be filed.

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