Senior Principal R&D - Product Development Engineer

6 days ago

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

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

💵 $184k - $230k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

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TE Connectivity

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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.

Connectors • Sensors • Industrial Technology • Transportation • E-mobility

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 the DDN System Architecture and Sales/FAE teams in getting the right and clear VOC (voice of customer) to convert to a TE design conceptualization and preliminary product specification • Conceive concepts and perform feasibility studies • Run mechanical and thermal simulations • Work closely with Signal Integrity team to validate high speed designs • 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, may be functional or non-functional • Assist project transfer to responsible product development team(s) • 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’ expectation • Follow the LEANPD Project Process to support the project team from the Advanced Solution Team (AST) perspective to complete the new product development project on time, quality and budget • Provide technical support to customer, sales, PM and plant teams • Conduct necessary DFMEA, tests, engineering analysis, trouble shooting and verification • Execute technical documentation to detail initial design drawings and requirements, and design history files.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent work experience • Generally, requires 15 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 mechanical 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, Ansys Discovery, AutoCAD, 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 and thermoplastics • Proficient in developing and writing design objectives for product specifications • In depth knowledge in 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 design 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 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