POSITION : Manager AQE (Advanced Quality Engineering) 
LOCATION : Pune 
BU : Global Automotive 
SEGMENT : Transportation Solutions (India) 

COMPANY 

TE Connectivity Ltd. is a $12 billion global technology and manufacturing leader creating a safer, 
sustainable, productive, and connected future. For more than 75 years, our connectivity and sensor 
solutions, proven in the harshest environments, have enabled advancements in transportation, industrial 
applications, medical technology, energy, data communications, and the home. With 80,000 employees, 
including more than 7,500 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 150 countries, TE 
ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com 

BU / FUNCTION DESCRIPTION  

The role comes under Automotive BU where we are currently supplying products to Commercial, 
passenger, two wheelers and Industrial transportation. Function is to manage Quality Assurance for entire 
transportation solution business in India.  
Transportation solutions BU makes products for Connecting and Sensing Data, Power and Signal for 
vehicles ranging from Two wheelers to Heavy Commercial trucks. TS India operates out of 2 Manufacturing 
plants in Pune, Sales offices in Pune, Noida and Chennai and a Global engineering team in Bangalore. The 
total team strength is of 3,500 employees. There is a clear business strategy till 2025 to support the 
business growth. The growth is driven mainly driven from localization of Core India Specific products and 
new technology products.  
ROLE OBJECTIVE  

The job objective is to ensure compliance with product quality specifications, customer requirements, 
and process needs during the product and process design phase according NPD Process until the 
formal product and process release is achieved. 

RESPONSIBILITIES  

• The AQE team leader will be responsible for leading and managing a team of 4 - 5 advanced quality 
engineers on the Quality system activities in APQP & PPAP. 
• Understand Customer drawings, Technical requirements, Quality requirements, CSR and cascade 
the requirements to CFT 
• Exposure to Design and process validation testing and understanding test specifications 
• AQE engineers are part of the project core team and being the Voice of the customer as well as the 
interface to other internal departments 
• Hands on experience in creating and reviewing PPAP documents such as PFC / PFMEA / DFMEA / 
Control Plan / Specifications reviews / preparation of control plan / Gauge planning / SPC / MSA 
• Support the FMEA meetings to achieve the quality standard, structure and content by capturing past 
failures and lessons learnt 
• Conduct Pre-PPAP audit, share observation to the team and follow-up to close all the open points 

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• Leading customer audits and experienced in obtaining PPAP approvals from customers 
• Support Safe Launch for New projects to ensure ‘0’ customer complaints before hand over the 
project to manufacturing site 
• Collaboration in introducing and training of new quality and engineering related software packages, 
Quality procedures and systems. 
• AQE team leader will champion the IATF annual surveillance audits for the Engineering function 

EDUCATION/KNOWLEDGE 

• BE/ B.Tech (Mechanical / Production / Automotive Engineering) 
• Knowledge about various phases of Product and Process development 
• ISO/IAFT 16949 requirements for New Product / Process development 
• Indepth knowledge in APQP/PPAP/PFC/PFMEA/DFMEA/Control Plan/SPC/MSA etc 
• Awareness on VDA 6.3 requirements and audit 
• Knowledge in wiring harness, parts having plastic injection molding / metal stamping processes will 
be an added advantage  

CRITICAL EXPERIENCE 

• Minimum of 12-15 years of hands-on experience in IATF 16949 (Formerly TS 16949) Quality 
systems in Automotive industry 
• Experience in conducting internal audits & facing external audit as per IATF 16949 Quality systems 
• Well versed and experienced in handling APQP, PPAP activities 
• Leading interaction with Customer & suppliers for part and process from quality aspects 
• Leading and managing a team of 4 – 5 AQE Engineers 

COMPETENCIES 
• Technical capabilities: Expert functional/domain knowledge 
• Strategic agility: Identifying relevant technology trends and opportunities and leveraging TE global 
technology to increase competitive position and increased value to customer 
• Application Engineering: Ability to understand customer requirements & offer engineering solutions 
• Quality & Reliability Engineering: Ability to understand customer requirements from quality 
perspective & cascade internally to achieve First Time Right 
• Building people capability: Training and mentoring engineers with the necessary skill set and 
improve organizational capability to achieve First Time Right 
• Team management: Effective management of Internal and External stake holders and team 
members  

MOTIVATIONAL/CULTURAL FIT 

• Customer focus 
• Innovation demeanor Problem solving 
• Optimism and Team management