STAFF R&D/PRODUCT DVL ENGINEER 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 Overview** As a Staff Product Development Engineer in TE Connectivity’s Data Connectivity Product Development Team, you will help our customers drive progress in the fast-changing automotive market. You will create products that enable new driver assist features, autonomous driving, infotainment systems, and other data-critical applications. You will tackle challenging high speed data connector projects and utilize technical tools to guide innovative solutions toward success. Product Development Engineers are highly engaged, foundational members of the product launch team and support product introduction from concept through to production. Development Engineers work directly with OEMs and Tier 1 customers to determine specifications and generate solutions while collaborating with support operations such as design, fabrication of tooling and product testing. This position will be located in either Middletown, PA or Winston-Salem, NC **What your background should look like:** **Responsibilities** + Conceiving ideas for new vehicle connectivity products and bringing them to life. + Gathering voice of customer and developing product solutions while working closely with global manufacturing resources and outside suppliers to meet all TE technical, quality, and cost objectives. + Adapting and reconfiguring existing product designs for performance enhancements, manufacturability improvements, and cost reduction efforts. + Creating, analyzing, and protecting IP according to policy + Conducting feasibility studies and communicating product testing requirements + Creating all required product documentation including, but not limited to, solid models, drawings, product and application specifications, DFMEAs, tolerance analysis, and test plans & reports. + Maintaining engineering control of product related documentation via the engineering change system. + Directing and supporting detailed product design, prototype fabrication, testing, and manufacturing ramp. + Working closely with the new product launch teams and the final manufacturing location to ensure smooth launch of products into the production facility. **Skills, Experience and Education** + BS in Mechanical Engineering Required + 7 years minimum of product design/development experience + Automotive terminal and connector design and manufacturing experience preferred + Knowledge of materials, manufacturing processes, and assembly design principals + Proficient in technical tools such as 3D CAD (Creo preferred), CAE (ANSYS preferred), DoE, FMEA, and QFD + Basic problem-solving skills (Fishbone, 5 Why Analysis, etc.) + Excellent communication and presentation skills (verbal and written) + Ability to manage multiple products/projects with attention to detail + Familiarity with vehicle wiring harness architectures and connectivity technologies is a plus. + Periodic travel is required depending on project needs, especially to Mexico. **Competencies** Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork **COMPENSATION** + Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $141,400 – $212,200 (subject to change dependent on physical location) + Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity. + Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits Location: WINSTON SALEM, NC, US, 27101-2166 City: WINSTON SALEM State: NC Country/Region: US Travel: Less than 10% Requisition ID: 131464 Alternative Locations: Function: Engineering & Technology TE Connectivity and its subsidiaries, affiliates, and operating units (collectively, the "Company") is committed to providing a work environment that prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability or any other characteristics protected by applicable law or regulation.