Senior Product Engineer

TE Connectivity Ltd.; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

TE Connectivity Ltd. is seeking a seasoned Materials Engineer to drive development of heat shrink tubing products and related polymer solutions.

You will translate customer feedback into practical product initiatives and collaborate with global teams to qualify and improve materials and processes. You will assess risks from material, process, and supplier changes, support engineering changes and deviations, and ensure safety, reliability, and manufacturing robustness across the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Polymer Science, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline.
• Advanced degree or equivalent industry experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of heat shrink tubing materials, processes, and product performance.
• Experience leading material selection, process assessment, qualification, validation, and lifecycle support.
• Experience managing material, process, and supplier changes with a strong focus on risk assessment.
• Experience working across global manufacturing sites and cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of engineering and quality tools including FMEA, validation planning, root cause analysis, and failure analysis.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer feedback and market opportunities into product development initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evaluate, qualify, and improve products and materials.
• Act as a technical authority for heat shrink tubing materials and processes across multiple product families.
• Assess technical risks associated with material, process, and supplier changes and provide recommendations.
• Support engineering changes, validation, qualification, and deviation activities.
• Ensure product safety, compliance, reliability, and manufacturing robustness throughout the product lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership through mentoring, knowledge sharing, and influencing technical decisions.
• Support customer and supplier technical reviews, issue resolution, and value engineering.

Skills

Heat shrink materials

Polymer processing

Risk assessment

FMEA

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical leadership

Communication

Education

Engineering degree

Polymer/Materials science

Tools

FMEA

Root cause analysis

Validation planning

Lifecycle management tools

Job description

Develop new products and material solutions aligned to customer and market needs.Translate customer feedback and market opportunities into product development initiatives. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evaluate, qualify, and improve products and materials. Act as a technical authority for heat shrink tubing materials and processes across multiple product families.Assess technical risks associated with material, process, and supplier changes and provide recommendationsSupport engineering change, validation, qualification, and deviation activities.Ensure product safety, compliance, reliability, and manufacturing robustness throughout the product lifecycle.Apply expertise in polymer materials, compounding, extrusion, irradiation, cross-linking, and expansion processes to optimize product performance.Provide technical leadership through mentoring, knowledge sharing, and influencing technical decisionsSupport customer and supplier technical reviews, issue resolution, and value

engineering activities.Drive continuous improvement through technical best practices and fact-based decision makingWhat your background should look likeBachelor's degree in Engineering, Polymer Science, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline. Advanced degree or equivalent industry experience preferred.Ongoing professional development in materials engineering, processing technologies, or quality systems.Strong knowledge of heat shrink tubing materials, processes, and product performance.Understanding of polymer systems, additives, fillers, and pigments.Expertise in compounding, extrusion, irradiation, cross-linking, and expansion processes.Significant experience in heat shrink tubing or polymer-based product engineeringExperience leading material selection, process assessment, qualification, validation, and lifecycle support activitiesExperience managing material, process, and supplier changes with a strong focus on risk assessmentExperience working across global
manufacturing sites and cross-functional teams.Experience partnering with customers and suppliers on technical projects and issue resolution.Knowledge of engineering and quality tools including FMEA, validation planning, root cause analysis, and failure analysisStrong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.Ability to communicate complex technical information to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Strong collaboration, stakeholder management, and influencing skills. Ability to balance technical rigor with business priorities and time-to-market objectives. Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and commitment to continuous improvement. #jobsEMEAAD #LI-ONSITE

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 OverviewThe role combines strong technical execution with developing domain expertise, translating Voice of the Customer insights and market gaps into actionable product and material development initiatives. Working in collaboration with cross-functional teams, the engineer supports the definition, evaluation, and qualification of new and existing products to ensure robust manufacturing processes and predictable product performance across the lifecycle. Operating as an individual contributor, the role emphasizes technical depth, analytical thinking and effective collaboration, contributing to business outcomes through a growing understanding of materials science, polymer technologies, processing and product behaviour.Your new role: Support and sustain the heat shrink identification sleeves and cable marker product portfolio.