Job Description
Job Title:  Digital Factory Manufacturing Lead (f/m/d)
Posting Start Date:  6/15/26


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 Description: 

Why you should join us

We’re looking for a passionate and collaborative leader to shape the future of digital manufacturing at our Galway site. As the Digital Factory Lead, you will play a pivotal role in bringing our digital strategy to life—leading the deployment and long-term success of the HydraX Manufacturing Execution System (MES).

In this role, you’ll partner closely with teams across Operations, Engineering, Quality, IT, and Global Digital Factory to embed smart, scalable solutions into everyday manufacturing. Your work will directly enhance how people, processes, and technology come together—delivering meaningful impact in a highly regulated environment.

This is a unique opportunity to lead transformation, empower teams, and build sustainable digital capabilities that make a real difference.

What you will do

  • Turn global digital manufacturing strategy into a clear, actionable roadmap for the Galway site, driving performance, adoption, and value.
  • Act as the site’s key connection point across global teams, local leadership, and external partners—ensuring collaboration and alignment.
  • Lead end-to-end MES deployments, from early planning through go-live and stabilization, with a strong focus on people and process readiness.
  • Create structured, well-managed project plans—balancing timelines, risks, and business priorities to deliver successfully without disrupting operations.
  • Foster a culture of shared responsibility by engaging cross-functional teams and keeping stakeholders informed and aligned.
  • Work closely with Operational Excellence and Lean teams to ensure processes are well-designed, consistent, and ready for digital enablement.
  • Champion change management—supporting teams at all levels to confidently adopt new systems and ways of working.
  • Build strong engagement on the shop floor by embedding MES into daily routines and decision-making.Identify opportunities for improvement, addressing gaps in processes, data quality, and system use to ensure long-term success.
  • Mentor and support a network of MES Key Users, building internal capability and confidence.
  • Collaborate with Quality and Validation teams to ensure solutions meet regulatory and compliance requirements.
  • Share insights and best practices to continuously improve and scale digital initiatives globally.

What your background should look like

  • Experience in Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, IT, or a related field (education or hands-on).
  • Exposure to MES or digital manufacturing in a production environment.
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing operations and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Ability to lead change and support teams through new ways of working.
  • Organised, with solid problem-solving and project management skills.
  • Confidence making balanced, risk-aware decisions.
  • Clear communicator, comfortable with both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Passion for continuous improvement, quality, and data integrity.
  • Experience in regulated industries and knowledge of MES/SAP is a plus.
  • Commitment to developing others and building team capability.
  • Flexibility to travel when needed.

ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY

TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more.

Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

 

WHAT TE CONNECTIVITY OFFERS:
We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to changing life situations - the well-being of our employees is our top priority!

•    Competitive Salary Package
•    Performance-Based Bonus Plans
•    Health and Wellness Incentives
•    Employee Stock Purchase Program
•    Community Outreach Programs / Charity Events
•    Employee Resource Group

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RECRUITMENT FRAUD
TE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity never requests payment or fees from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com. If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities.

Across our global sites and business units, we put together packages of benefits that are either supported by TE itself or provided by external service providers. In principle, the benefits offered can vary from site to site.

 

Job Locations:

PARKMORE WEST
GALWAY, Galway H91 VN2T
Ireland
Posting City:  GALWAY
Job Country:  Ireland
Travel Required:  Less than 10%
Requisition ID:  153252
Workplace Type:  Onsite
External Careers Page:  Engineering & Technology