SR R&D/PRODUCT DVL ENGINEER

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.

Responsibilities

Development of next generation opto-electronic products. Activities may include:
•    Serve as liaison between Business Development, Marketing, Sales, Procurement, Manufacturing, contract design teams, customers, suppliers, and various other Engineering functions
•    Drive field application engineering and work closely with customers to understand the new requirements. Capture VOC and establish the baseline requirements 
•    Define product architecture, design of electrical circuit and optoelectronic component selection
•    Prototype development and evaluation new technologies used for Smart Relays, Power distribution units and protocol converters
•    Definition and/or Development of test systems for opto-electronic products
•    Definition and coordination of test programs for purposes of design verification and product qualification
•    Generation of product drawings, application specifications, and instruction sheets
•    Implementation of design changes to enhance product quality, improve manufacturability, and/or reduce manufacturing cost
•    Review functional/performance specifications provided by customers and ensure that product requirements have been properly defined and documented prior to production.
•    Perform/coordinate failure analysis work and determine corrective actions
•    Initiation of Engineering Changes to improve designs, improve manufacturing, or respond to changes requested by the customer
•    Achieve scope, schedule, and budget requirements
•    Report out on project status as needed
•    Meet all established project deadlines
•    Regularly keep management informed of problems, issues, and status of on-going projects. 
•    Work with local and global counterpart / stake holder for ensuring quality deliverable and project execution.
•    Work closely with third party vendor / supplier to define the technical requirements for the product and project execution.
•    Mentor the new team members on design and development of opto-electronics products.

Education and Knowledge

•    BE/BTech with specialization in Electronics & Communications Engineering
•    Min 8 years of experience in Electronics board design and development for optical fiber applications preferably for RF frequencies (RFoF designs) 
 

Critical Experience

•    Electronics hardware design for ruggedized electronics used in aerospace, space, Defence, marine, EV, and industrial applications
•    Experience with power supply design, power switching modules and distribution units 
•    Well versed with power supply topologies and high-power design for power supplies, motor drives (BLDC, PMSM) and power distribution & control
•    Experience with digital electronics circuit design using microcontroller and FPGA 
•    Experience with standard test equipment such as oscilloscopes, power meters, logic analyzers, signal/spectrum analyzers, etc.
•    Experience in design for EMI/EMC and qualification testing as per standards such as DO-160, MIL-461, MIL-704, CISPR-25 and IEC 
•    Hands-on with simulation tools such as PSpice, LTspice and Matlab
•    Good understanding about power circuits and PCB Thermal management 
•    Hands-on with design using Power MOSFET, IGBT and SiC/GaN devices and power controller/management chips 
•    Familiar with power distribution architecture used in Aircraft, eVTOL/Drones, military vehicles, Electric vehicles and EVSE systems
•    Hands-on with Integrated system design using relays, electronics, and microcontrollers for fault tolerant system applications
•    Familiar with RF Microwave design and use of ADS, Sonnet and HFSS software will be an added advantage
•    Familiar with software development and tools will be an added advantage
•    Familiar with electro optics design specifically experience with optical transceivers 
•     Familiar with High-Speed RF and/or Mixed Signal hardware Circuit Schematic and PCB layout Design and analysis
•    Experience with Ethernet, Fiber Channel, Infiniband, and Rapid I/O standards
•    Familiar with the SMPTE and DVI/HDMI video standards and protocols like I2C and SPI 
•    Awareness about Airborne SW and HW design guidelines per DO-178 and DO-254
 

Competencies