PRODUCT ENGINEER I - 1sy Shift

TE Connectivity; Katy (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

TE Connectivity in Texas is seeking a Product Engineer I to support and enhance existing product lines within our Aerospace, Defense & Marine business. The role focuses on sustaining engineering, value engineering, and customer applications, collaborating with mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing engineers to ensure performance and cost competitiveness.

The position follows a standard 40-hour work week and is primarily onsite.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related engineering experience.
• Able to deliver quality results without appreciable direction.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with a technical team consisting of electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers.
• Willingness to shift priorities as business pressures demand.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite.
• Proficient in 3D CAD/CAE software (SolidWorks Preferred).

Responsibilities

• Provide Sustaining Engineering support for existing product lines.
• Improve existing product lines with Value Engineering initiatives to drive cost savings.
• Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignment.
• Interacts and/or negotiates effectively with external and/or internal customers at all levels.
• Demonstrates expertise within a specific professional discipline by integrating theory and principles with organizational practices and precedents into work.
• Develops solutions to complex problems which require high degree of ingenuity and innovation.
• Adapts precedents and traditional approaches to develop solutions.
• Assist in the quotation and proposal of responsible product lines into customer applications.

Skills

MS Office Suite

SolidWorks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

MS Office Suite

SolidWorks

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 motivated Product Engineer I to support and enhance existing product lines within our Aerospace, Defense & Marine business. This role is responsible for sustaining engineering activities, driving value engineering initiatives, supporting customer applications, and developing innovative solutions to complex technical challenges. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams including mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing engineers to ensure product performance, cost competitiveness, and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Provide Sustaining Engineering support for existing product lines
• Improve existing product lines with Value Engineering initiatives to drive cost savings
• Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignment
• Interacts and/or negotiates effectively with external and/or internal customers at all levels
• Demonstrates expertise within a specific professional discipline by integrating theory and principles with organizational practices and precedents into work
• Develops solutions to complex problems which require high degree of ingenuity and innovation
• Adapts precedents and traditional approaches to develop solutions
• Assist in the quotation and proposal of responsible product lines into customer applications

This position follows a standard 40-hour work week. Facility operating hours are 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with flexibility for employees to complete their 8-hour workday within those hours. The role is intended to be primarily onsite.

What Your Background Should Look Like

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related engineering experience
• Able to deliver quality results without appreciable direction
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with a technical team consisting of electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers
• Willingness to shift priorities as business pressures demand.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite.
• Proficient in 3D CAD/CAE software (SolidWorks Preferred)

Export Control Notice

ITAR - Please note: This position may involve working with technical data, technology, software/source code, hardware, or other items subject to U.S. and non-U.S. export control laws and regulations. Under these regulations, it may be necessary for TE Connectivity to verify a candidate's national origin and/or citizenship status to determine whether a U.S. or other government export license is required prior to releasing technologies to the candidate. If TE determines that a license is required, or that applicable laws prohibit the release of such items, TE reserves the right to make employment contingent upon obtaining the required license, consider the candidate for another position, or discontinue the application process.

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).

Compensation

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $70,000 - $105,000 (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.

EOE, Including Disability/Vets