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Test Engineer roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA's Engineering category, requiring a bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field. Canadian professionals enter at the border with no cap or lottery. Mexican professionals need a U.S. consular appointment. Your employer prepares a support letter demonstrating your role meets TN requirements.
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Region: Americas
Country: USA
State/Province: Texas
City: Richardson
General Overview
Job Title: Senior Lead Engineer, Test Manufacturing
Functional Area: Engineering (ENG)
Career Stream: Test Engineering Manufacturing (TEM)
Role: Senior Lead Engineer (SLE)
Job Code: SLE-ENG-TEM
Job Band: 09
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect
Summary
Why Celestica?
Celestica is changing the future! We are imagining, developing and delivering a better future with our customers.
At Celestica, we foster a motivated, high-integrity work environment based on a strong set of corporate Values. These Values empower our employees to provide you with superior service.
Relentless Curiosity
We are obsessed with uncovering the information and insights that allow us to anticipate and overcome the challenges of the future.
Bold Conviction
We dare to envision new solutions, new technologies, new ways of working and invest to make it a reality.
Unwavering Dedication
We exemplify teamwork and commitment in every decision and every action to be the best partners to our customers and our colleagues.
Detailed Description
The Senior Lead Engineer, Test Manufacturing accepts, transfers, installs, improves and maintains automatic test equipment and test programs that are used for product testing and design verification. They also may support the test development of the test equipment and processes to ensure robust and high quality test solutions and final products are realized.
Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:
- Support development of production test strategies based on product design specification
- Develop test plans and requirements for customer products including both hardware and software elements
- Lead the procurement, qualification, and installation support for manufacturing for a large customer
- Be accountable for the test process optimization with a focus on productivity improvements to cycle time and yield within a CFT or across a large equipment set serving multiple customers
- Provide project leadership, including management of (and communication with) team members, suppliers for comprehensive test deployments including structural, functional, system, stress and final test applications for a large customer
- Support sales process by providing support to the quoting process.
- Work with Design to enhance solutions with feedback from product testability, test coverage, diagnosability, reparability, firmware/diagnostics and user experience.
- Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations
- Lead and drive complex problems related to product yield or test performance
- Support sales process by providing support to the quoting process.
Knowledge/Skills/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.
- The following competencies may also be required: Coaching/Mentoring; 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
- FUNCTIONAL /SYSTEMS /STRESS TEST OPERATIONS: ESD Controls, ESS Hardware, ESS Profile, Functional / System Test Solution Support, RF Test Operations, Test Fixture, Boundary Scan, Test Strategy Creation, Test Plan Creation, FT Software Development, FT Diagnostic and Firmware Development, FT Fixture Development, FT Fixture Mechanical Design, FT Equipment Skills, FT Debug/integration of SW/HW, RF Test Development (<5Ghz), RF Test Development (>20Ghz), 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, PLC programming, Sensors / Moving Parts, Fluidics, Fiber Optics, Tolerance Analysis
- STRUCTURAL TEST OPERATIONS: ESD Controls, Component Module Programming, Auto Wire Prep, SMT Data Analytics, API, AOI (PCBA), AXI (PCBA), Flying Probe, Backplane Test, ICT Equipment Maintenance, ICT Engineering Technical Support, 3070 and Teradyne ICT Test Development Applications and Models Development, Functional / System Test Solution Support, RF Test Operations, Test Fixture, Boundary Scan, Test Strategy Creation, Test Plan Creation, FT Software Development, IPC-610, Engineering Controls & System Tools, Quality Data (KPI), Supplier Quality and Component Engineering, Manufacturing Operational Management, DFM - Manufacturing, DFA - Assembly, DFT - Physical Test, DFT - Electrical Test
Typical Experience
- 6+ years of industry experience
Typical Education
- Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Educational Requirements may vary by Geography
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.
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.
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 is an E-Verify employer.
COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s 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.
Req ID: 140333
Region: Americas
Country: USA
State/Province: Texas
City: Richardson
General Overview
Job Title: Senior Lead Engineer, Test Manufacturing
Functional Area: Engineering (ENG)
Career Stream: Test Engineering Manufacturing (TEM)
Role: Senior Lead Engineer (SLE)
Job Code: SLE-ENG-TEM
Job Band: 09
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect
Summary
Why Celestica?
Celestica is changing the future! We are imagining, developing and delivering a better future with our customers.
At Celestica, we foster a motivated, high-integrity work environment based on a strong set of corporate Values. These Values empower our employees to provide you with superior service.
Relentless Curiosity
We are obsessed with uncovering the information and insights that allow us to anticipate and overcome the challenges of the future.
Bold Conviction
We dare to envision new solutions, new technologies, new ways of working and invest to make it a reality.
Unwavering Dedication
We exemplify teamwork and commitment in every decision and every action to be the best partners to our customers and our colleagues.
Detailed Description
The Senior Lead Engineer, Test Manufacturing accepts, transfers, installs, improves and maintains automatic test equipment and test programs that are used for product testing and design verification. They also may support the test development of the test equipment and processes to ensure robust and high quality test solutions and final products are realized.
Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:
- Support development of production test strategies based on product design specification
- Develop test plans and requirements for customer products including both hardware and software elements
- Lead the procurement, qualification, and installation support for manufacturing for a large customer
- Be accountable for the test process optimization with a focus on productivity improvements to cycle time and yield within a CFT or across a large equipment set serving multiple customers
- Provide project leadership, including management of (and communication with) team members, suppliers for comprehensive test deployments including structural, functional, system, stress and final test applications for a large customer
- Support sales process by providing support to the quoting process.
- Work with Design to enhance solutions with feedback from product testability, test coverage, diagnosability, reparability, firmware/diagnostics and user experience.
- Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations
- Lead and drive complex problems related to product yield or test performance
- Support sales process by providing support to the quoting process.
Knowledge/Skills/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.
- The following competencies may also be required: Coaching/Mentoring; 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
- FUNCTIONAL /SYSTEMS /STRESS TEST OPERATIONS: ESD Controls, ESS Hardware, ESS Profile, Functional / System Test Solution Support, RF Test Operations, Test Fixture, Boundary Scan, Test Strategy Creation, Test Plan Creation, FT Software Development, FT Diagnostic and Firmware Development, FT Fixture Development, FT Fixture Mechanical Design, FT Equipment Skills, FT Debug/integration of SW/HW, RF Test Development (<5Ghz), RF Test Development (>20Ghz), 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, PLC programming, Sensors / Moving Parts, Fluidics, Fiber Optics, Tolerance Analysis
- STRUCTURAL TEST OPERATIONS: ESD Controls, Component Module Programming, Auto Wire Prep, SMT Data Analytics, API, AOI (PCBA), AXI (PCBA), Flying Probe, Backplane Test, ICT Equipment Maintenance, ICT Engineering Technical Support, 3070 and Teradyne ICT Test Development Applications and Models Development, Functional / System Test Solution Support, RF Test Operations, Test Fixture, Boundary Scan, Test Strategy Creation, Test Plan Creation, FT Software Development, IPC-610, Engineering Controls & System Tools, Quality Data (KPI), Supplier Quality and Component Engineering, Manufacturing Operational Management, DFM - Manufacturing, DFA - Assembly, DFT - Physical Test, DFT - Electrical Test
Typical Experience
- 6+ years of industry experience
Typical Education
- Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Educational Requirements may vary by Geography
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.
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.
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 is an E-Verify employer.
COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s 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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship as a Test Engineer
Align your credentials to TN requirements
Your degree field must map directly to test engineering work. A diploma in electrical, computer, or systems engineering carries the most weight. A general science degree may require additional documentation at the port of entry (for Canadians) or consulate (for Mexicans) to demonstrate your coursework aligns with the specific role.
Target employers with recent visa filings
Search Migrate Mate for employers with recent visa filings in engineering roles. Companies experienced with visa sponsorship understand work visa processes, which can streamline your hiring timeline from offer to start date.
Clarify the offer letter before accepting
Your TN visa application lives or dies on the job offer letter. Confirm it names your role as 'Test Engineer,' lists engineering as the required degree field, and describes duties that match USMCA's engineering occupation definition.
Prepare for border entry as a Canadian
As a Canadian, you present your TN application directly at a U.S. port of entry with no prior USCIS filing. Bring your degree transcript, your employer's support letter, and your passport. Incomplete packets are the top reason CBP officers decline admission.
Book your consular appointment early as a Mexican professional
Mexican TN applicants go through a U.S. consulate and face a 50,000-per-year cap on TN status grants. Schedule your DS-160 appointment as early as possible after receiving your offer letter to avoid losing your start date.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsoring employers
Identifying employers open to TN sponsorship for Test Engineers takes time without the right data. Migrate Mate filters job listings by visa sponsorship type so you reach decision-makers who have already committed to the hiring process.
Test Engineer TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Test Engineer role qualify for TN visa status?
Yes, Test Engineer qualifies under the USMCA's Engineering category, which covers roles that require a bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field. The key is that your job duties must involve engineering work, such as designing test protocols, validating systems, or analyzing product performance, not just running automated scripts without engineering judgment.
How does TN compare to H-1B for Test Engineers?
TN has no lottery and no annual cap for Canadian professionals, so you can apply any time you have a qualifying offer. H-1B visa selection is random and limited to one attempt per fiscal year for most applicants. TN is also employer-transferable without USCIS approval for Canadians, making job changes faster. The trade-off is that TN does not allow dual immigrant intent, so green card planning requires careful structuring.
What documents does a Canadian Test Engineer need at the border?
You need your university transcripts or degree certificate, a detailed offer letter from your U.S. employer that identifies the role as Test Engineer and specifies engineering as the required field, and a support letter from your employer outlining the position and your qualifications. CBP officers assess all three together at the port of entry (for Canadian citizens) or you'll present them at a U.S. consulate (for Mexican citizens). Missing or vague documentation is the most common reason for a TN denial.
Where can I find Test Engineer jobs that offer TN visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this search. It filters open Test Engineer positions by employers willing to sponsor TN visas for Canadian and Mexican professionals, so you avoid wasting applications on companies unfamiliar with the process. Searching general job boards often surfaces roles where TN sponsorship was never considered by the hiring team.
Can a Mexican Test Engineer switch employers while on TN status?
Yes, but the process is more involved than it is for Canadians. Mexican TN holders must obtain a new TN approval from USCIS or a new stamp from a U.S. consulate before starting with the new employer. You cannot simply present documents at the border as Canadians can. Plan for at least several weeks between accepting an offer and your first day with the new company.