System Architect

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:

Data communications applications change at an exponential pace, and the Digital Data Networks Unit is at the heart of a continuously expanding connected life. Accordingly, we provide responsive, iterative and fundamentally agile capabilities to support today's demands. Our customers are building the devices and the infrastructure that redefine what information technology means. Our products push markets and meet the ever changing need of the evolving, more connected, data-driven world.

We are enhancing the way we do business, focusing on the most important things and staying agile and responsive to the needs of a faster, more connected world.

Are you a self-starter, an influencer and have a passion for evolving high-speed data communication technology? At TE Connectivity, you will find a culture that rewards such hands‑on engineering spirit. We empower our engineers to work collaboratively supporting customers' next generation of high-speed data communication products. This is a great opportunity to join our team that is seeking a like‑minded person to develop relationships with key technology individuals at customers to understand technology pain points and direction.

What you will be doing…
As a system architect in our Digital Data Networks Business Unit, this individual will be focused on the computer, storage, artificial intelligence, and networking industry. You will interface with customers to understand how their systems function and determine their evolving technology needs. The System Architect is responsible for generating the high-level system architecture requirements and ensuring the TE technology and product roadmaps are in line with customer next‑generation product needs.

This person is required to follow and help drive strategy both internally and externally via standards and at key industry conferences.

Technical Leadership & Customer Engagement

• Act as one of the key technical interfaces for hyperscalers, OEMs, and system architects, to gain insights into next-generation compute, AI, storage, and networking challenges
• Identify and assess technology disruptors, translating emerging trends into strategic R&D initiatives and product development roadmaps to maintain TE's industry leadership
• Develop front-end early architecture solutions and initial prototyping for customers
• Cultivate and strengthen customer partnerships, fostering co‑development opportunities and collaborative innovation to accelerate next-gen infrastructure advancements
• Support internal stakeholders, including product development, R&D, and sales teams, by providing technical guidance on next-gen interconnect technologies

System-Level Architecture & Product Strategy

• Define high-level system architecture requirements, ensuring TE's product roadmap is aligned with next-generation computing, AI, and networking ecosystems
• Bridge the gap between customer needs and TE's technology roadmap, ensuring TE delivers futureproof, scalable, and high-performance interconnect solutions tailored to the evolving data infrastructure landscape
• Drive TE's technology vision and strategy, ensuring our interconnect solutions support the evolving needs of standards like PCIe, CXL, Ethernet, Infini Band, and the next-gen AI workloads.
• Lead the evaluation of high-speed electrical, optical, and hybrid interconnect solutions, balancing performance, power, latency, cost, and manufacturability
• Collaborate with senior architects and internal R&D, product development, and business units to shape product development roadmaps based on real-world…