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TE Connectivity; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 128,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Voluntary benefits

Job summary

TE Connectivity is seeking a Manager II, Manufacturing & Process Development Engineering to lead a team of molding and automated assembly engineers responsible for molds and processes for SPC plugs and mold-and-ship components across Automotive Americas.

The role oversees development to mass production in TE North America plants, including close collaboration with Product Development and Supply Chain, ensuring readiness and compliance for manufacturing transitions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of engineering, manufacturing, or process-development experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of injection molding and automated assembly in automotive.
• Experience with DFM principles, tooling qualification, and production-readiness.
• Excellent English communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead molding and plug-assembly processes aligned with LEAN/PD product development.
• Drive excellence in existing manufacturing technologies, methods, and controls.
• Identify, evaluate and implement new manufacturing technologies for capability and productivity.
• Partner with Product Development to optimize manufacturability (DFM), tooling, and prototypes.
• Direct design, develop, and qualification of tooling and processes meeting TE standards.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain and supplier development to verify capabilities.
• Manage project portfolios, schedules, budgets, and resource plans.

Skills

People leadership

Manufacturing engineering

Process development

Injection molding

Lean Six Sigma

CAD software

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical Eng

Master's preferred

Tools

CAD software

Microsoft Office

Job description

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

TE Connectivity is seeking a Manager II, Manufacturing & Process Development Engineering, to support the Automotive Americas business unit. This role leads a team of process development molding engineers and automated assembly manufacturing engineers responsible for developing molds and manufacturing processes for SPC plugs and mold-and-ship components. The Manager will also coordinate closely with manufacturing engineering teams to ensure an effective transition from development through mass production across Automotive Americas plants in Hermosillo, Empalme, and Greensboro.

Location: Winston-Salem NC

Job Requirements

People Leadership & Team Development

• Allocate and balance work across direct reports based on project priorities, workload, and business needs.
• Provide timely performance feedback, coaching, mentoring, and development to strengthen individual and team capability.
• Motivate and retain key talent while resolving people, organizational, and functional issues that may affect team performance.
• Build effective teams and foster accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Perform core people-management responsibilities, including interviewing, staffing, performance management, and workforce planning.

Manufacturing & Process Development

• Lead the development of molding and plug assembly manufacturing processes in alignment with LEANPD product-development requirements.
• Drive excellence in existing manufacturing technologies, methods, and process controls.
• Identify, evaluate, and implement new manufacturing technologies that improve process capability, tolerance control, quality, and productivity.
• Partner with Product Development to optimize product designs for manufacturability (DFM), including part design, sample tooling, product samples, and prototypes.
• Direct your team through the design, develop, and qualification phases of tooling and manufacturing processes that meet TE North America Automotive design, quality, and production standards.
• Support Supply Chain and supplier-development activities by verifying supplier process compliance, manufacturing capability, and readiness.
• Analyze workforce utilization, space requirements, workflow, equipment needs, and workspace layouts to maximize manufacturing efficiency.

Project Manufacturing Leadership

• Serve as Project Manufacturing Leader (PML) for assigned projects and act as the primary manufacturing interface with sustaining Operations, the Project Launch Team Leader (PLTL), and Lean Industrial Design (LID) management.
• Coordinate with Operations industrialization teams to ensure plant-driven activities and project deliverables are executed to plan.
• Own G0-G3 manufacturing quotations across the applicable engineering disciplines for assigned projects.
• Maintain the Pre-PAC repository for assigned projects and review project P&L assumptions to determine whether the proposed manufacturing strategy is optimal or whether an alternative approach should be considered.
• Act as the connecting link between Product Development and Manufacturing Engineering, ensuring an effective and efficient transition from product design to production.
• Maintain regular communication with project-management teams to understand current priorities and future strategic business needs.
• Prioritize and manage a portfolio of projects and work efforts based on business impact, urgency, resources, and project criticality.
• Determine the best course of action to maintain schedules, mitigate risk, and resolve technical or execution issues.
• Provide feedback for project management on project schedule timelines and ensure deliverables are met
• Manage performance requirements, budgets, and resource plans for the organization.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work effectively across multiple organizational levels and influence stakeholders to gain alignment and cooperation.
• Facilitate and coordinate cross-functional communication across a globally matrixed organization.
• Partner with engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, finance, and project-management teams to support successful industrialization and launch execution

What Your Background Should Look Like

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline required; master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant engineering, manufacturing, or process-development experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of leadership experience.
• Demonstrated management, technical, and project-leadership experience with deep knowledge of advanced manufacturing processes and manufacturing technology/capability development.
• Strong knowledge of injection molding and automated assembly processes within the automotive industry.
• Working knowledge of stamping, plating, molding, and assembly manufacturing processes.
• Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, and related industrial engineering and continuous-improvement methods and tools.
• Experience applying DFM principles, tooling/process qualification methods, and production-readiness practices.
• Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills in English.
• Working knowledge of CAD software and Microsoft Office applications

Competencies

SET : Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers)

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).

Compensation

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $128,200- $ 192,300 (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

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.

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