Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Fibre optics Job Details

Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Fibre optics

Posting Start Date: 12/4/25

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Job Description:

Job Overview

TE's Aerospace Defense & Marine Division is currently seeking a highly motivated Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Fiber Optics to deliver the engineering design, development, and implementation of next generation manufacturing technologies and processes. Manufacturing Development works closely with Product Development and Operations ONSITE to:

· Launch new product at world class quality and cost at pace of customer demand.

· Infuse strong DFM/DFA principles to ensure delivery of robust, efficient and cost-effective designs that are manufacturable at full scale.

· Deliver product designs that align with current manufacturing capabilities.

· Develop new manufacturing processes to support customer driven product innovation as needed.

The candidate must have prior experience with:

· Optical manufacturing principles such as single and multi-fiber termination

· Test methods of optical connectors

· Active optical assembly.

Additionally, this candidate should have basic knowledge of industry standards surrounding environmental and mechanical performance of optical connectors

Your main tasks:

New process and equipment compliance with TE safety and ergonomic policies

· DFM/A input into the early stages of product design

· PFMEA and implementation of high-risk mitigation plans

· Manufacturing capacity analysis

· Value stream mapping

· Assembly tooling and equipment development

· Process qualification via capability studies

· Support in the execution of sample builds and first article inspection

· Generation of process specifications

Develop and implement new manufacturing technologies and automation appropriately to support customer driven new product innovation.

Apply a lean manufacturing focus to drive world class cost on new product and fuel plant-level productivity initiatives on fiber optic manufacturing processes.

Support TE’s global operations footprint as a subject matter expert for fiber optic manufacturing processes.

Liaise with manufacturing facilities to support preliminary cost estimates on new product concepts.

Your ideal background:

· A Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Optical, or Manufacturing Engineering with 5 years of hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment, at least 2 of which is related to fiber optic product.

· Experience with machine, equipment and process design, development, and deployment into a production environment.

· Hands-on problem solver with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

· Knowledge and experience implementing Lean Six Sigma principles preferred. Green or Black Belt certification a plus.

· Must be able to effectively operate in remote teams with broad geographic footprints.

· Excellent time management skills and the ability to balance priorities while working under the pressure of demanding project schedules.

· Strong written and oral communication skills across all levels of the organization.

· Proficient with 3D CAD software as well as general Microsoft Office applications.

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Posting City: SWINDON

Travel Required: Less than 10%

Requisition ID: 144553

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