Senior Materials Lab Engineer
Celestica
Fort Worth, TX · Posted October 20, 2026
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About the job
08 - Specialist, Operations Quality Req ID: 134587 Hiring Manager: Anand Varadarajan Band: 08 Region: Americas Country: USA State/Province: Texas City: Fort Worth
General Overview
Functional Area: Quality (QUA)
Career Stream: Operations Quality (OPQ)
Role: Specialist (SPE)
Job Title: Specialist, Operations Quality
Job Code : SPE-QUA-OPQ
Job Level: Band 08
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect
Summary
Celestica is hiring a Lab Engineer for Materials Evaluations with experience in creative problem solving and failure analysis of materials involved in the manufacturing of electronic components and assemblies. The goal of this role is to continuously improve the quality and reliability of electronic devices through laboratory testing. The Material Analyst is responsible for designing, developing, deploying, executing and optimizing test plans to assess product quality and reliability. We are seeking an experienced Failure Analysis Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in providing comprehensive and timely failure analysis, constructional analysis, and technical services to both internal and external customers. As part of this role, you’ll utilize advanced failure analysis analytical tools to investigate and resolve issues related to printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs), Integrated Circuits (ICs) and electronics components.
Detailed Description
Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:
Lead the team to handle all quality excursions independently, and take effective actions on time
Oversee the product & material quality from NPI to mass production
Develop the quality control plan for respective area (material/process/product)
Monitor and report quality KPI for internal (factory) and external (customer)
Drive continuous improvement to benefit customer, CLS and supplier.
Develop and maintain internal quality system, procedures, work instructions and workmanship standards
Lead process/product/system/supplier audit and improvement actions follow up.
Industry standards (e.g. ISO)
Compliance audit
Safety audit etc.
Follow up the EC(Engineering Change), SPCN(Supplier Process Change Notification) to ensure the implementation of changes is timely and accurate (initiated both externally and internally)
Coach junior quality staff to improve their quality knowledge.
Accomplish the jobs assignment from the superior and participate in the quality strategy deployment.
Knowledge/Skills/Competencies
Experienced in operating, calibrating, maintaining, troubleshooting and interpreting data from failure analysis laboratory equipment including: optical microscopy, SEM, XRF, cross-sectioning grinders and polishers and X-ray.
Cross section preparation of electronic printed circuit assemblies & metallurgical assessments of solder joints.
Being certified in IPC-A-610 for soldering quality and being certified in IPC-A-600 and IPC-6012 or being familiar with the two standards for inspection of PWBs.
Experienced in de-lidding or decapsulation of electronic components.
Experienced in performing mechanical testing such as tensile, shear and compression testing.
Knowledge of Ion Chromatography testing and evaluation of the results on electronic assemblies.
Knowledge of thermal analysis like TMA, TGA and DSC.
Demonstrates confidence in describing root cause and corrective actions to internal and external customers and suppliers.
Experienced in evaluating and selecting new analytical lab equipment
Knowledge of electrochemistry and its application to corrosion of electronic assemblies.
Excellent English Communication Skills: High levels of organizational, team, interpersonal, and communication skills (written and verbal)
A high level of emotional intelligence: Consistently demonstrating the open mindedness of a problem solver who can collaboratively engage multiple people, in multiple departments, and work in difficult situations in a positive way.
Onsite: This position is 100% onsite –this is not a remote or hybrid position. In addition, the team member must be able to act competently in emergencies and work on a flexible schedule.
Expertise in MS-Office and Google Suite.
Physical Demands
Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
Duties may require repetitive manual movements (e.g., keyboarding), carrying, pushing or pulling light objects, (under 5 kg.), carrying, pushing or pulling heavy objects (over 5 kg.), crouching, climbing
Sustained visual concentration on small areas, such as monitors, screens, precise eye/hand coordination, sustained visual concentration on numbers, legal documents
Typical Experience
10 years in a similar role or industry.
Typical Education
Bachelor Degree in Materials Engineering
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.
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.
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.
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.