AddressJob Overview
TE Connectivity’s R&D/Product Development Engineering Teams conceive original ideas for new products, introduce them into practice. They are responsible for product development, and qualification from market definition through production and release; assist in the qualification of suppliers for new products to ensure suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services for new or improved manufacturing processes; conduct feasibility studies, testing on new and modified designs; direct and support detailed design, testing, prototype fabrication and manufacturing ramp. The R&D/Product Development Engineering Teams provide all required product documentation including, but not limited to, Solid Model, 2D/3D production drawings, product specifications, and testing requirements. They create and modify detailed drawings and drafting or conceptual models from layouts, rough sketches or notes and contribute to design modifications to facilitate manufacturing operation or quality of product. Typical fields of expertise include: materials, mechanics and systems, electrical, optics, chemistry, software, automation systems, packaging, testing and measurement, and manufacturing of electrical, mechanical and electronic components, products, and their integration into systems.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Work closely with and support the R&D Materials engineers to develop polymeric materials for the global Energy market.
- Perform mechanical, electrical and chemical tests.
- Coordinate aging tests over extended periods of time.
- Fabricate test samples.
- Operate roll mill, extruder, mixing and compounding equipment.
- Obtain and report data to the engineers.
- Detect and correct errors in projects or lab environment, and report to the supervisor.
- Ownership of the assigned lab space and equipment including 5S+1 implementation
- Support other business priority requests with agility and flexibility.
What your background should look like:
- Detail oriented
- Self-motivated
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Good communication skills and working well in a team environment.
- Basic data analysis
- High school diploma and 4 years of related experience or local equivalent
- Science or engineering qualifications and/or experience is not required but desired.
Competencies
Values: Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation
