System Architect

Job Overview

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 Overview Data communications applications change at an exponential pace and the Data and Devices Business 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 is redefining 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 our customer’s 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.

As a system architect in our Data & Devices Business Unit, this individual will be focused on the computer, storage, artificial intelligence, and networking industry. You will interface with customers in order 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 at key industry communication standards.

• 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.
• 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.

• Define high‑level system architecture requirements, ensuring TE’s product roadmap is aligned with next‑generation compute, AI, and networking ecosystems.
• Bridge the gap between customer needs and TE’s technology roadmap, ensuring TE delivers future‑proof, 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 customer challenges and market trend.

• Actively participate in and influence key industry standards groups (e.g., OCP, PCI‑SIG, IEEE, Ethernet Alliance, CXL Consortium), ensuring TE’s strategic alignment with the future of data communication.
• Support senior architects in leading and influencing discussions on emerging protocols and interface standards, ensuring TE is at the forefront of next‑generation high‑speed, low‑latency interconnect technologies.
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