Job Overview

 Job Overview

As a member of the Sensors business in TE Connectivity you will play a key role in the design of products for Aerospace, Defense and Military Market, targeting piezo, tamper and position sensors. As a manager of Product Development Engineering, you will lead a team of engineers in all aspects of electrical and mechanical design, simulation, and verification-validation testing as well as process development and automation. You will be responsible for leading your team to successfully achieve business objectives in a dynamic business environment while fostering a culture of high performance, innovation, and employee wellbeing

Short Description

•    Manage and lead a team of regional/global mechanical and electrical engineers in establishing sensor product design performance and functional requirements for new products.
•    Lead the team to perform simulations, including determining the correct simulation methodology and setup to use, as well as a good understanding of the criteria for each interface.
•    Guide the team in sensor design and qualifications from a mechanical and electrical standpoint with a focus on making data-driven decisions about the product functionality and areas for improvement.
•    Create actionable recommendations based upon design reviews and simulation results.
•    Lead the team in communicating actions and impacts clearly to stakeholders including management, customers, and the technical community.
•    Align the technology roadmap with the market trends, customer needs, and implement accordingly.
•    Drive a culture of innovation using a base of traditional approaches and external knowledge to develop innovative solutions.
•    Effectively lead a regional/global team of mechanical and electrical engineers of varying levels of experience with different backgrounds, experiences, and cultures.
•    Drive high performance by providing your team routine coaching and feedback, holding your team accountable to meet performance objectives, and providing meaningful development to increase individual/team capability. 
•    Manage employee well-being by prioritizing work, effectively managing resource loading, and providing flexibility to enable employees to successfully balance their work and personal lives.
•    Drive organization effectiveness by structuring your organization in a way that best enables the BU strategy, maximizes resource efficiency and productivity, and provides role clarity and clear lines of accountability.
•    Manage the talent in your organization to support the business now and to proactively prepare for the future by identifying organization skillset/role gaps, implementing plans to fill any skillset/role gaps, and assessing current talent fit to ensure the right talent is matched to the right roles to best meet the needs of the business.

What your background should look like:

•    Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent work experience; Master's Degree preferred.
•    Requires 10 to 15 years of relevant work experience in Mechanical and Electrical Product Design and development.
•    Requires a minimum of 5 years of progressive leadership and people management experience in a global environment
•    Proficient with 2D and 3D CAD tools (SolidWorks preferred, AutoCAD, Creo, or equivalent)
•    Proficient with data analysis techniques, appreciation for design geometry tolerance impacts, and HVM qualification.
•    Practiced analytical capabilities to interpret simulation and lab data to identify issues and provide solutions to fix identified problem.
•    US Citizen
•    Ability to work in a global environment – able to accommodate varying time zones and capable of collaborating with individuals across geographies.
•    Master problem solver – able to solve unusually high complexity situations with little to no direction. Proactive in identifying complex issues, providing solutions, and driving improvements to evolve procedures.
•    Advanced capability in presenting technical solutions to customers and upper management.
•    Demonstrated experience leading/developing a team of 10+ experienced professionals who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments with accountability for team/department performance, project delivery, and resource allocation.
•    Advanced capability in building and leading a high-performing team - experienced in assessing talent fit (current team and future hires), aligning skills to business needs, identifying skillset gaps needed to strengthen the team, identifying organizational gaps creating barriers, and taking the necessary actions to maintain a high-performing team.
•    Demonstrated experience and accountability for establishing and ensuring adherence to budgets, schedules, and work plans.
•    Advanced capability in leading cross-functional new product development projects which require strong collaboration and influencing skills to achieve the right outcome for the business.
•    An understanding of Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodologies with deep proficiency in Design of Experiments (DOE) and statistical analysis.
•    Advanced capability in driving a data analytics mindset across the team – identifying the most meaningful data to collect, analyzing it, drawing conclusions, and presenting those conclusions as data intelligence to provide insight and drive innovative solutions for the business.
•    Advanced capability in leading change in a high-paced and dynamic environment with an understanding of common barriers to effectively managing change.
•    Advanced continuous improvement skillset with demonstrated experience implementing best practices to enhance engineering efficiency.

This position requires access to information which is subject to stringent controls under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR).   Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, person granted asylee status in the U.S., or person admitted into the U.S. as a refugee.

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