Principal R&D/Product Development Engineer
TE Connectivity
Assembly
Principal R&D/Product Development Engineer
TE Connectivity
full-time
Posted on:
Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $154,100 - $231,200 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
Assembly
About the role
- 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 to gather VOC and convert to TE design conceptualization and preliminary product specification
- Conceive concepts and perform feasibility studies
- Run mechanical and thermal simulations and perform engineering evaluations/proposals to customers
- Create detailed design including 2D/3D drawings and perform DFMEA/tolerance analysis
- Build prototype samples and perform validation and product qualification
- Provide technical support to Operations including Quality and Production for efficient and safe launch
- Resolve product-related issues to closure and manage ECN/PCN
- Maintain system-level understanding of customer application and product design
- Follow the LEANPD Project Process and drive development through stage-gate reviews to meet time, quality, and budget milestones
- Provide technical support to customers, sales, PM, and plant teams
- Conduct tests, engineering analysis, troubleshooting, and verification
- Work with global manufacturing resources, procurement, and outside suppliers to meet technical, quality, and cost objectives
- Execute technical documentation including design drawings, engineering/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 (electrical components, electrical devices, mechanical structure design, manufacturing tooling development, or manufacturing process development)
- Knowledge in socket design, connector design, cable assembly design, or other relevant mechanic design and development
- Material selection, tolerance analysis, DFMEA, product qualification experience
- Expert in 3D CAD applications (Creo preferred) and 3D solid modeling including sheet metal and 2-D drawings
- Experience with PDM link Data Manager and concept-stage tools (Spaceclaim, Solidworks)
- 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 manufacturing processes (machining, molding, stamping, plating, assembly) and DFM
- Experience providing technical leadership for the full product development cycle
- Solid understanding of competitive products and intellectual property positions
- Fluent in English (both verbal and written)
- Ability to work in a global environment and across time zones
- Expert problem solver with data analytics and critical thinking skills
- Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook, MS Teams)
- Willingness to travel 10% to 25%
