Summer Mechanical Engineering Internship

Job Description

Summer Mechanical Engineering Internship

Req ID: 133435
Region: Americas
Country: USA
State/Province: California
City: San Jose

About Celestica

Celestica is a global electronics manufacturing services company, headquartered in Toronto, Canada. With over 28,000 employees across 40 sites in North America, Europe, and Asia, Celestica partners with the world’s leading technology companies across a broad range of industries. We deliver a full suite of services—from design and engineering to manufacturing and supply chain management—to help our customers develop and manufacture products that are transforming the global economy. These products span key areas such as data centre technology, green energy, healthtech, and autonomous vehicles.

Working at Celestica is more than a job. It’s about being part of something bigger and shaping the future with your work. You’ll take on exciting and challenging projects, get hands-on experience, collaborate with a global team, and learn from some of the greatest minds in the industry. Just as we aspire to imagine, develop, and deliver a better future with our customers, we are committed to delivering the best employee experience.

Why Join Celestica as an Intern?

Joining Celestica offers a unique blend of professional development and an engaging work environment. As a student, you’ll benefit from:

• Valuable Experience: Work for one of the largest Canadian global technology companies.
• Career Progression: Possibility of a student casual contract position after completion of the internship, and a potential full-time position after completion of your degree.
• Development Opportunities: Access to Celestica’s development programs, innovation projects, soft skills courses, and mentorship.
• Global Collaboration: Work as part of global teams, enabled by collaborative technology.
• Networking: Strategically build your professional network and deepen relationships across your peers and colleagues.
• Sustainability & Community: Uphold strong ethics, reduce our impact on the environment, and empower employees to give back to the community with Celestica’s Time Off to Volunteer program (two paid days off per year).
• Recognition: Benefit from internal recognition programs and rewards for stellar performance.
• Fun & Engagement: Participate in fun intern activities including celebration events, networking socials, Celestica’s charitable initiatives, and Spirit Week activities. We look to our employees to implement new ideas and improve the way we do things.

About This Opportunity

As a Summer Mechanical Engineering Intern, you will get exposed and engaged to the full product development lifecycle, from concept to prototype and release to production. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge technology in areas like Hyperscale products, networking, storage, and servers, including high-end thermal design from air cooling to liquid cooling.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of heat transfer and mechanical design (Creo, Solidworks).
• Ability to learn new tools in design and testing.
• Capability to effectively work cross-functionally.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Excellent analytical, report writing, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Activities and Highlights

Activities:

• Help with design tasks and collaborate with experts in the field.
• Assist in testing procedures and document test results accurately.
• Engage in frequent hands-on lab work, including the operation of power tools (such as drills, dremels, etc.).

Key highlights of the role:

• Exposure to product definition and development for Hyperscale products.
• Exposure to the full life cycle of product development in Networking, storage, and servers.
• Exposure to high-end thermal design, from air cooling to liquid cooling solutions.

Physical Demands

Duties of this position are varied and will include:

• Performing duties in a normal office environment.
• 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.

Additional Details

• Area: Engineering
• Start Date: May 2026
• Location: San Jose, California
• Vacancies: 1
• Experience: No formal experience is required
• Education: Enrolled in a Mechanical Engineering Program

To Apply

To apply, please visit [insert website here]. Please provide a copy of your transcript with your application and include your student email address.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.