R&D/PRODUCT DVL ENGINEER II

Job 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.

Responsibility

1. Project related tasks:
- Verify the correctness of the requestors given data to have all data available for starting a
project.  Pre-evaluation of requestors projectdata!
- Active tracking of the multiple projects
- Check the received certificate from the agency if updated/changed/adapted as requested.
- Prepare accurate file access within our TE systems
2. Support Packaging/RDO (=Responsible Design Organization) with minimum marking
requirements.
3. Resource Planning: The GAA Engineer is responsible for resource planning of the Industrial
Relays Engineering Teams globally. This includes a task orientated working skill to bring
different projects with different priorities in line with the budget as well the given and confirmed
completion date.
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4. Project Management: This task will be the main for being successful in this role.
- A technical knowhow for our products is an advantage to understand the customers need
and be able to provide adequate feedback and/or questions.
- Be able to handle „small“ projects independently like ML‘s, Material updates,… at the
agencies.
- An open communication within the GAA Team as well with the different departments is
mandatory.
5. Purchasing Process: Understand the purchase order process and could drive this into the
organization for correct payment. And being a backup for Team members is also a main role

Desired Candidate Profile

Basic requirements:
 Resource planning experience, considering planning of different teams / functions
 Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
 Ability to run multiple projects at the same time (keep the overview, priority setting,…)
 Good command in verbal and written English language
 Ideal candidate is proactive, resilient, self-confident and open-minded.
 Intercultural competence and strong problem-solving skills
 Experienced in Microsoft Office applications
 Basic Knowledge of reading standards and interpret them adequate
 Ability to work independently and self-organized in the projects being handled

Additional requirements:
 Ability to work with multicultural teams
 Basic Knowledge of invoicing/payment processes are appreciated
 Strong background in handling more projects in parallel are preferred
 Strong ability to set goals and priority setting to achieve them in the confirmed schedule.

EDUCATION/KNOWLEDGE
 Bachelor´s Degree in Engineering or similar technical field
 minimum of 3 years’ experience in Resource Planning preferred
 minimum of 3 years’ experience in Project Management preferred

Competencies