SR PRODUCT ENGINEER

TE Connectivity; Hastings; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

TE Connectivity is seeking a highly motivated Product Engineer for the Ruggedized Fiber Optics group in Hastings. The role involves optimizing existing products and supporting manufacturing processes. Ideal candidates will possess strong technical aptitude and experience with CAD software, underpinning their ability to contribute to product development in a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes required.
• Experience with SolidWorks, CREO, and AutoCAD is essential.
• Strong technical aptitude and willingness to learn quickly.

Responsibilities

• Liaison to Manufacturing in Hastings plant location.
• Create Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and support testing.
• Modify drawings in SolidWorks, CREO, or ZWCAD.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Technical Aptitude

Multitasking

People Management

Problem Solving

Tools

SolidWorks

CREO

AutoCAD

MS Office

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Job Overview

TE Connectivity’s Product Engineering Teams optimize existing products based on information or input provided by marketing, customers, Operations Teams, Development Engineers, or other employees. They maintain existing products, processes, and specifications, including modifications for new applications consistent with manufacturing techniques and economies. They also initiate and implement programs to continuously improve quality and cost, while meeting customer requirements, and may support and implement product extensions to existing platform products to meet specific customer needs. They are the key experts in the products they are responsible for at TE.

We are currently seeking a highly motivated Product Engineer to join AD&M’s Ruggedized Fiber Optics (RFO) group, focusing primarily on sustaining development. RFO is a leading designer, developer, and manufacturer of optical and optoelectronic products for telecom/datacom, oil and gas, industrial, military, and broadcast markets. As part of the AD&M team, you will join a group of professionals passionate about ensuring the future growth of the business while maintaining integrity, taking accountability, working together, and continually improving to ensure constant innovation and openness to change. This position reports directly to the RFO Engineering Manager in the US. It is a hybrid role with onsite presence at our Hastings plant required.

Role and Responsibilities

• Liaison to Manufacturing in Hastings plant location
• Create Engineering Change Requests (ECRs)
• Support and witness testing in the lab
• DVT/Qual cable assembly design, drawings, component modeling, and print creation
• Participate in DFMEA/PFMEA
• Support design review preparation and presentation
• Model shop requests
• Support build or build prototype parts
• Conduct tolerance analysis
• Create design verification test (DVT)/Qualification test plans and test requests
• Modify drawings in SolidWorks, CREO, or ZWCAD to support UK MIL or general market-controlled ECR/ECNs
• Address requests for product extensions, drawing changes, and engineering quotes
• Handle requests to extend parts and cost in SAP
• Support Expanded Bean Product Line for changes and extensions

What your background should look like:

• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes
• Proficient with MS Office software
• Experience with SolidWorks, CREO, and AutoCAD
• Strong technical aptitude with a willingness to learn new technologies quickly
• Self-driven and result-oriented
• Ability to multitask in a matrix organization
• Desire to solve problems with analytical thinking
• Good people management and execution skills
• Strong organizational skills and a team player

Competencies

Values: Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation