Position Description

TE Connectivity has Product Analysis & Value Engineering (PAVE) team located at Bangalore, India to

support Industrial Solutions Segment business units for product tear down, benchmarking, should costing

and value engineering capabilities. As part of the group, incumbent product engineer will be responsible to

contribute to cost savings through hardware tear down, material characterization, manufacturing process

evaluation, competitor product benchmarking, establish cost target, identify opportunities for cost savings &

build value engineering project pipeline. Some of the products engineer will be responsible to support

include Relays, Connectors, Sensors, Wire harness, contactors & rugged fiber optic products etc.

supporting Energy, Industrial, Medical and Aero. Defense & Marine business units. 

Responsibilities

• Prepare sample for functional test and material characterization.
• Perform properties testing like composition, weight percentage identification, plating material and thickness identification.
• Perform properties testing like decomposition characterization, thermal transitions, physical properties, melt characteristics and viscoelasticity of polymers and elastomers.
• Perform Teardown and Benchmarking of Electrical or Electronics components.
• Perform Mechanical properties testing like Tensile, Fatigue, Creep, Hardness and Density for metals and polymers.
• Perform dimensional study using metrology tools i.e. 2D CMM & generate reverse engineering data using 3D Scanners
• Co-ordinate with PAVE Team Lead for project execution
• Provide Technical support, root cause failure analysis and problem-solving assistance on manufacturing or quality issues related to VAVE projects

Skill Set and Profile

• Experience in electrical & mechanical design consideration for electrical and electromechanical product development in industrial / aerospace / automotive / medical / energy domain
• Hands-on experience on handling and analyzing SEM machine output.
• Awareness about the materials standards, application and identification capabilities based on the SEM results.
• Knowledge of Root cause analysis of failure samples due to materials, plating, plating process etc is an advantage.
• Hands-on experience on handling FTIR, DSC and TGA to identify unknown compounds.
• Knowledge of analyzing the spectrum / graphs and identifying filler content, melting point, Tg, Tm and Tc points etc.
• Hands on experience on handling of UTM (Universal testing machine), Hardness tester and Density tester is added advantage.
• Knowledge of different standard test specimen requirements for above tests.
• Knowledge of test setups/ fixtures/ mounting methods and load cells usage.
• Capable of Handling Multiple tests / projects simultaneously
• Good Conceptual, problem solving and Analytical Skills
• Should be Self-Motivated, Adaptive, Passionate about results and a Good Team Player
• Strong Interpersonal & stake holder management skill
• Demonstrated Experience of working in a fast paced and changing environment with tight deadlines
• Knowledge of Global Certifications and Regulatory Standards (UL, IEC, MIL etc.) is an advantage

Education and Experience

• B.E./B.Tech. in Materials/ Metallurgy / Chemical / Mechanical / Production Engineering
• 3+ years of experience in engineering field of metal, polymer and elastomer testing and analysis, mechanical properties testing, teardown, reverse engineering and competitor product benchmarking.

Competencies