Sr R&D​/Product Dvl Engineer

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Job Description:

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 also be 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 the Asia based socket engineering team by understanding the customer’s request correctly. You will also join regular conference calls for the customer with the Asia based socket engineering team and support the engineering discussions so that the meetings become productive.

For the mechanical design role, you will work for US based customers on developing socket concepts and designs for new type of socket applications, such as 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 play a critical role in enhancing the productivity of the socket development for both the customer and TE.

Customer interfacing engineer role of the large account:

• Directly respond to the engineering inquiries from the customer in a timely manner, or coordinate the response with the Asia based engineering team as required.
• Join the regular conference calls and support delivery or receipt of the engineering information correctly.
• Acquire the customer’s intent correctly, possibly by having additional interactions beyond regular conference calls, and guide the Asia based product engineering and plant engineering team to work toward the right direction.
• Provide guidance on the documentation structure and content so that the presentations deliver the Asia engineering team’s intent clearly. You will often need to review it from the customer point of view.

Mechanical design engineer role of the socket:

• Design customized products for the assigned product platforms by following direction from your team’s manager.
• Understand the customer’s technical requirements by creating and proposing conceptual designs of the sockets, and by interacting with US local sales and product managers. Understanding the customer’s system (e.g., semiconductor package design and socket cramping hardware system design) will be important.
• Provide product design proposals and engineering data to the customers considering product advantages, manufacturing technology background and cost structure.
• Identify customer applications and their use conditions to define the reliability requirements of the socket product.
• Create product models and drawings for building functional samples for the customers.
• Understand TE’s New Product Development process and deliver engineering outputs such as tolerance analysis and risk evaluations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in product development of connectors with mechanical design responsibility, including direct customer design and support experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Experience in socket product development is a strong plus.
• Proficiency with CAD modeling tools (Creo, Space Claim).
• Mechanical FEM simulation capability is a plus (ANSYS).
• Solid understanding of mechanical designs, including GD&T, structural mechanics and manufacturing processes such as stamping, injection molding, plating and assembly.
• Basic understanding of high‑speed signal integrity is a plus.
• Ability to work in a global environment and collaborate with individuals across geographies.
• Complete technical documents, including design specifications, test reports and engineering presentations.
• Proficienc…