Job Overview

Role Summary 

The R&T Project Leader is responsible for leading reliability and validation activities across the full NPI lifecycle for DDN Power and Cable Assembly products. This role combines technical leadership in reliability and validation with strong project management ownership, ensuring products meet customer, industry, and TE internal requirements for reliability, performance, quality, cost, and schedule. 

The role acts as the single R&T interface to both internal stakeholders and customers, driving clarity, alignment, and execution discipline across cross-functional teams including PDE, AQE, MPDE, Quality, Manufacturing, Procurement, and external test partners. 

Key Responsibilities 

Reliability & Validation Technical Leadership 

• Play a critical role in the DFMEA process, working cross-functionally to identify risks and define robust mitigation plans. 

• Coordinate with PDEs and internal reliability experts to define and develop a comprehensive Reliability and Validation Strategy(108 spec) for each project based on VOC and DFMEA outputs. 

• Define and develop standardized specifications of reliability and validation Methodologies and Procedures including test scope, objectives, sample size, test duration, conditions, test sequencing and pass/fail criteria

• Develop and maintain ORT (Ongoing Reliability Test) plans aligned with product maturity and customer expectations. 

Project & Execution Management 

• Own project-level Reliability & Validation control documentation. 

• Lead R&T Coordinators to translate validation strategy into executable test plans and track progress in project management systems. 

• Facilitate R&T technical reviews and regular project update meetings. 

• Identify risks, bottlenecks, and gaps, and drive mitigation and escalation as needed. 

• Ensure validation activities are delivered on spec, on time, and on cost. 

Cross-Functional & Customer Interface 

• Lead PDEs, AQE, MPDEs, and Quality teams in failure analysis and corrective action implementation. 

• Act as the single R&T interface to customers for reliability and validation requirements, test plans, schedules, and results. 

• Interface with Procurement and external labs to support test outsourcing strategy and execution. 

Key Deliverables 

• Project-specific Reliability and Validation Strategies 

• Standardized Reliability & Validation Methodologies and Procedures 

• Approved Test Plans and Validation Reports 

• Ongoing Reliability Test (ORT) Plans 

Job Requirements

• Required Qualifications 

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical, Mechanical, Materials, or related Engineering discipline. 
  • 8+ years of experience in Reliability Engineering, Validation, Test Engineering, or Technical Project Management. 
  • Strong understanding of DFSS, DfRE, DFMEA, reliability principles, testing and design validation and industry standards (EIA-364, IEC62368, IEC 61000, IEC60068, FCC part 15, IPC9592B, ISTA 3E, ASTM D4169, and customer specifications). 
  • Hands-on experience on
  • Environmental tests(Temperature/Humidity/Altitude/IPxx…),
  • Mechanical tests(Vibration/Shock/Drop/Impact/Durability/Package…)
  • Electrical tests(Power integrity/Signal integrity/Power boot/Power thermal rise…)
  • Safety(Hi-pot/contact resistance/LLCR…),EMC(RE/CE/RS/CS/ESD/Surger…)
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional, multi-site engineering teams. 
  • Strong communication skills and ability to interface professionally with customers and senior stakeholders. 
  • Fluent in English (written and verbal). 

  Preferred Qualifications 

  • Master's degree in engineering or related field. 
  • Six Sigma Black Belt or DFSS certification. 
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification. 
  • Experience supporting hyperscale data center power, cable, or connector applications. 

   

What your background should look like

Generally requires Bachelors degree in appropriate field with a minimum of 8 years of experience; Masters degree or higher or local equivalent may be preferred at this level

Competencies