R&D​/Product Dvl Engineer

Job Overview

The Digital Data Networks Business Unit is looking for a Staff R&D Product Development Engineer (PDE) to design and develop socket, high-speed connector, and cable assembly solutions that are used inside switches, servers, and storage for data communication. In this role, you will be responsible for the design and documentation of new products from market definition through production and release, including conceiving original ideas, performing engineering analysis, creating preliminary sketches and designs, and coordinating support operations such as fabrication, engineering samples, and testing.

Interaction with customers, vendors, marketing and sales personnel, and other engineering areas during the pre‑production stages of new products is also an important part of this 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 capture the voice of customer and convert it into a TE design conceptualization and preliminary product specification.
• Conceive concepts and perform feasibility studies.
• Run mechanical and thermal simulations.
• Make engineering evaluation proposals to the customer.
• Create detailed designs, including 2D/3D drawings, and perform DFMEA/tolerance analysis.
• Build prototype samples and perform validation.
• Complete product qualification and finalize product specification.
• Provide technical support to the Operations team, including Quality and Production, for efficiency improvement and safe launch.
• Resolve product‑related issues to closure and manage the ECN/PCN (Engineering Change Notification/Product Change Notification).
• 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’ expectations.
• Follow the LEANPD Project Process to support the project team from the PDE perspective, completing the new product development project on time, quality, and budget; drive development and release of the product, scale‑up through stage‑gate reviews, ensuring milestone commitments are maintained.
• Provide technical support to customers, sales, PM, and plant teams; conduct necessary DFMEA, tests, engineering analysis, troubleshooting, and verification.
• Work with global manufacturing resources, procurement, and outside suppliers to meet all TE technical, quality, and cost objectives.
• Execute technical documentation to fully detail design drawings and requirements, engineering and product change notices, and design history files.

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent work experience.
• Generally requires 5 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 material selection, tolerance analysis, DFMEA, product qualification, etc.
• Expert in 3D CAD applications (Creo preferred) with experience in 3D solid modeling, sheet metal, 2‑D drawings, PDM link Data Manager, and general knowledge of design applications such as Space claim, Solid Works, or others.
• Proficient in geometric dimensioning & tolerancing (GD&T).
• Proficient 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 in manufacturing processes (machining, molding, stamping, plating, assembly, etc.) with experience driving Design for Manufacturing (DFM).
• Fluent in English (both verbal and written) to facilitate global communication.
• Ability to…