SR R&D/PRODUCT DVL ENGINEER

Job Description Job Title: SR R&D/PRODUCT DVL ENGINEER Posting Start Date: 5/4/26 At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world. ​ Job Description: Job Overview The Senior R&D Product Development Engineer will support the Sockets portfolio for the Data and Devices Business Unit of TE Connectivity. In this role, you will be responsible as the primary engineering contact of a US based large account customer. You will be also responsible for developing fine pitch socket products in its early phase of the development projects as the mechanical design engineer. As the primary engineering contact to the US based customer, you will need live interaction with the customer and deliver the information to Asia based socket engineering team by understanding the customer’s request correctly. You will be also joining regular conference calls for the customer with Asia based socket engineering team and support the engineering discussions so that the meetings become productive. This position requires regular collaboration with customers on the West Coast, a Project Manager located in Europe, and PDE and manufacturing teams based in China. Due to time zone differences, working during evening and nighttime hours will be a routine and ongoing requirement of the role. For the mechanical design role, you will be working for US based customers on developing Socket concepts and designs for new type of socket applications like for co-packaged optics sockets. The concept development work will require frequent interactions with the customers because many of the projects are proceeding as collaborative development works with the customer. You will be having the critical role to enhance the productivity of the socket development both for the customer and TE. Job Requirements As the customer interfacing engineer role of the large account o Directly respond to the engineering inquiries from the customer in timely manner, or by coordinate the response with Asia based engineering team as required o Joining the regular conference calls and support to delivering or receiving the engineering information correctly. o Acquire the customer’s intent correctly may be by having additional interactions than regular conference calls and guide Asia based product engineering and plant engineering team to work toward the right direction o Provide the guidance on the documentation on its structure and the content so that the presentations can deliver Asia engineering team’s intent clearly. You will often need to review it from the customer point of view As the mechanical design engineer role of the socket o Working on designing customized products for the assigned product platforms by following the direction from your team’s manager o Understand the customer’s technical requirements often by creating and proposing conceptual design of the sockets. Also, by interacting with US local sales and product managers. The understanding of the customer’s system, i.e. semi-conductor package design and socket cramping hardware system design will be important o Provide product design proposals and the engineering data to the customers considering the product advantages, manufacturing technology background and cost structure o Find out the customer applications and its use condition for defining the reliability requirements of the Socket product o Create product models and drawings for building functional samples for the customers o Understand TE’s New Product Development process and delivering the engineering outputs like tolerance analysis, risk evaluations What your background should look like • Bachelor’s degree on Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering. Master’s degree is preferred. • Minimum of 5 years of work experience in a product development of connectors with mechanical design responsibility, and with direct customer design and support experience • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English • Experience in Socket product development is a strong PLUS • Capable of manipulating CAD modeling tools (Creo, SpaceClaim) • Mechanical FEM simulation capability is a plus (ANSYS) • A solid understanding of mechanical designs including GD&T, structural mechanics and manufacturing process on stamping, injection molding, plating and assembly • The basic understanding of highspeed signal integrity is a PLUS • Ability to work in a global environment, able to collaborate with individuals across geographies • Complete technical documents, including design specification, test report, engineering presentation • Proficiency in Excel and Powerpoint • Knowledge in Computing/Communication systems (high-speed servers, switches, routers, storage) is a PLUS Competencies SET : Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers) ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more. Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn , Facebook , WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). COMPENSATION • Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $115,400 –$173,100 (subject to change dependent on physical location) • Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity. • Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits BENEFITS • A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits. EOE, Including Disability/Vets IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RECRUITMENT FRAUD TE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity never requests payment or fees from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com . If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities. Job Locations: #Remote, Pennsylvania #Remote United States Posting City: #Remote Job Country: United States Travel Required: Less than 10% Requisition ID: 151717 Workplace Type: Remote External Careers Page: Engineering & Technology