Principal R&D/Product Development Engineer

October 6

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

Although this job is listed in Pennsylvania, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $154.1k - $231.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

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TE Connectivity

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Aerospace • Energy • Automotive

TE Connectivity is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, renewable energy, automated factories, data centers, medical technology and more. With customers in over 140 countries across 20 industries, you can touch billions of lives and ignite a transformative spark through your work.

10,000+ employees

🚀 Aerospace

⚡ Energy

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2023-01

📋 Description

• Responsible for product development of socket, high-speed connector, and cable assembly solutions from market definition through production and release • Work closely with the customer and TE sales/SA/FAE/PM in getting the right and clear VOC (voice of customer) and converting to a TE design conceptualization and preliminary product specification • Conceive concepts and perform feasibility studies • Run mechanical and thermal simulations • Make the engineering evaluation/proposal to the customer • Create the detailed design including 2D/3D drawings and perform DFMEA/tolerance analysis • Build prototype samples and perform validation • Complete product qualification and finalize product specification • Provide technical support to the Operations team including Quality and Production for efficiency improvement and safe launch • Resolve product-related issues to closure and manage the ECN/PCN (Engineering Change Notification/ Product Change Notification) • Build a deep understanding of the market and customer needs by fostering a connection between the business engineering teams and the customer engineering teams • Maintain a system-level understanding of the customer application and the product design/concept necessary for providing a solution to the customers’ expectations • Follow the LEANPD Project Process to support the project team from the product development engineering (PDE) perspective to complete the new product development project on time, quality, and budget • Drive the development and release of the product, scale-up through stage-gate reviews, ensuring milestone commitments are maintained • Provide technical support to customers, sales, PM, and plant teams • Conduct necessary DFMEA, tests, engineering analysis, troubleshooting, and verification • Work with global manufacturing resources, procurement, and outside suppliers to meet all TE technical, quality, and cost objectives • Execute technical documentation to fully detail design drawings and requirements, engineering, and product change notices, and design history files

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent work experience • Generally requires 10 years of relevant mechanical engineering work experience with electrical components, electrical devices, mechanical structure design, manufacturing tooling development (stamping, molding, assembly, plating), or manufacturing process development • Knowledge in socket design, connector design, cable assembly design, or other relevant mechanic design and development, including but not limited to, material selection, tolerance analysis, DFMEA, product qualification, etc. • Expert in 3D CAD applications (Creo preferred) with experience in 3D solid modeling including sheet metal, 2-D drawings, PDM link Data Manager, and general knowledge in design applications such as Spaceclaim, Solidworks, or others used only in the concept stage • Expert in geometric dimensioning & tolerancing (GD&T) • Expert at limit and fit analysis including statistical tolerance analysis • Proficient user of finite element analysis software (Ansys, Workbench) including elastic and plastic behavior of metals. • Proficient in developing and writing design objectives for product specifications • In-depth knowledge of the manufacturing process (machining, molding, stamping, plating, assembly, etc.) with experience driving Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and best practices • Experienced in providing technical leadership for the full product development cycle, from establishing customer requirements to releasing qualified designs to production • Solid understanding of competitive products and intellectual property positions • Fluent in English (both verbal and written) to facilitate global communication both internally and with external customers • Ability to work in a global environment – able to accommodate varying time zones and capable of collaborating with individuals across geographies • Expert problem solver – able to handle high-complexity situations and use data analytics and critical thinking to reach logical conclusions with limited direction • Proficient in using MS Office software (Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook, MS Teams, etc.)

🏖️ Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance • 401(k) • disability • life insurance • employee stock purchase plan • paid time off • voluntary benefits