Job Description
Job Title:  Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Posting Start Date:  9/18/26

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:

The purpose of the position is to implement advanced solutions for optimizing production processes, improving efficiency, and reducing costs. The role is responsible for completing complex technical tasks, which include planning and designing new products, improving production methods, planning machinery and tools, as well as implementing equipment and workflows to ensure a safe and efficient production environment. The position contributes directly to achieving cost, quality, and delivery objectives through innovative and sustainable technical solutions.

Your main tasks:

  • Plans, develops, and implements efficient and innovative production processes
  • Identifies and drives process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce costs
  • Manages process improvement projects end-to-end (planning, execution, monitoring)
  • Defines production routes, specifications, and manufacturing methods for new and existing products; implements technical changes
  • Conducts feasibility studies, cost-reduction analyses, and time/method studies
  • Identifies, analyzes, and resolves technical issues in production; implements solutions on the shop floor
  • Provides technical support and mentorship to production teams and operators; organizes trainings on new processes and technologies
  • Coordinates special processes, including implementation, validation, and monitoring, ensuring compliance with customer and industry standards
  • Uses CAD/PLM systems to maintain and update drawings, documentation, and engineering databases
  • Develops and maintains technical documentation, procedures, and work instructions
  • Establishes production methods, process sequences, and work standards to ensure quality, capacity, and cost efficiency
  • Supports new product introduction (NPI), including line setup, prototype builds, and production ramp-up
  • Contributes to equipment and capacity planning, including recommendations for materials, tools, and investments
  • Supports analysis of material flow, production layout, and manufacturing systems to optimize performance
  • Acts as technical interface for customers during development and serial production (e.g., critical characteristics selection)

Your ideal profile:

  • Experience in new production line installation and equipment integration
  • English language on conversational level
  • Understanding of the relationship between process parameters and product quality
  • Ability to perform process start-up trials and process validation 
  • Experience in troubleshooting and root cause analysis using methodologies such as 5 Whys and Ishikawa
  • Ability to read and interpret electrical and pneumatic schematics
  • Intermediate knowledge of automation systems
  • Strong teamwork and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Practical knowledge of PFMEA and Minitab for process analysis, risk assessment, and continuous improvement.
  • Hands-on experience in manufacturing and assembly processes

Competencies

Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork

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 your changing life situation - the well-being of our employees is our top priority!

  • Attractive compensation and benefits package
  • Private medical care for the employee (medical insurance)
  • Gift vouchers for Easter and Christmas
  • Transport allowance
  • Employee events
  • Opportunity to improve qualifications and trainings
  • Friendly onboarding and initial training
  • Referral bonus for recommending a new employee
  • Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) – voluntary, employee-led groups focused on shared experiences or interests 

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:

Dumbravita commune
TIMISOARA, Timiș 307160
Romania

Posting City:  TIMISOARA
Job Country:  Romania
Travel Required:  10% to 25%
Requisition ID:  159247
Workplace Type:  Onsite
External Careers Page:  Engineering & Technology