PROJECT MANAGER ENGINEER I

TE Connectivity Corporation; Middletown (NJ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

TE Connectivity is seeking a results-driven Project Manager Engineer I to coordinate supplier-driven projects for data center and connectivity applications. You will define and track prototype requirements, manage purchasing activities in SAP, and report milestones and risks to stakeholders.

In this role, you will partner with engineering and cross-functional teams to close gaps, own follow-up actions, and ensure scope, schedule, cost, and quality targets are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or supply chain with 2+ years of project-related experience.
• Experience with prototype development using MIM, 3D printing, Laser cutting, Chemical etching, PCBA fabrication and testing.
• Knowledge of supply chain and procurement processes including supplier follow-up and purchase orders.
• Experience using SAP for purchasing or project-related transactions.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple due dates.
• Ability to partner with engineers without being the technical decision owner.
• Effective written and verbal communication; escalation of risks.
• Analytical and problem-solving with focus on schedule, cost, quality, scope.
• Self-directed and motivated; long-term career in project management.
• Ability to work with regional/global cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Join a technical project team supporting data center and connectivity product development.
• Build a tracker for prototype requirements, supplier ownership, purchasing status, build milestones, delivery dates, risks, and open actions.
• Coordinate purchase requisitions, purchase order submission, supplier follow-up, and receipt of prototype materials or services.
• Work with technical experts to ensure suppliers receive complete and timely requirements and that technical questions are resolved.
• Provide concise, fact-based project updates and elevate risks that threaten prototype timing, cost, quality, or project objectives.

Skills

Project management

Supply chain

SAP purchasing

MS Project

Excel

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or supply chain

Tools

SAP

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 Description

Are you a self-directed, motivated professional who wants to build a career in project management while applying a strong supply chain and technical coordination mindset? At TE Connectivity, you will work with technical experts, suppliers, procurement teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to support innovative projects in the data center and connectivity markets.

The Project Manager Engineer I will coordinate supplier-dependent technical projects, with particular focus on prototype builds, purchasing activities, schedule management, and execution follow-up. This role is responsible for helping teams translate technical requirements into clear sourcing and execution plans; preparing and tracking purchase requisitions and purchase orders; monitoring supplier commitments, prototype build status, risks, costs, and due dates; and providing timely project reporting to stakeholders.

The successful candidate is organized, proactive, comfortable working across technical and commercial functions, and willing to take ownership of follow-up activities. The individual will partner closely with engineering and other technical experts to remove execution gaps, elevate issues when appropriate, and help projects achieve scope, schedule, cost, and quality objectives.

Job Requirements

• Coordinate technical projects involving suppliers, prototype materials, components, tooling, and related services for data center and connectivity applications.
• Plan, report, manage, and track prototype builds from requirements definition through supplier delivery and internal evaluation.
• Partner with engineering and technical experts to understand specifications, prototype needs, priorities, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate supplier activities, obtain status updates, confirm commitments, and drive closure of actions affecting prototype delivery, cost, quality, or technical readiness.
• Create, submit, and track purchase requisitions and purchase orders in SAP, following applicable procurement and approval processes.
• Monitor purchasing status, supplier acknowledgements, lead times, promised delivery dates, and open commercial or technical issues.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, action-item logs, risk registers, and status reports.
• Identify schedule gaps, supply risks, resource constraints, and changes that may affect project objectives; elevate issues with clear facts and proposed recovery actions.
• Facilitate cross-functional reviews with engineering, procurement, supply chain, operations, quality, finance, and suppliers as needed.
• Communicate roles, expectations, priorities, decisions, and due dates clearly to project stakeholders.
• Support project budget tracking, quotation follow-up, prototype cost visibility, and alignment between approved scope and supplier spending.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of project management, prototype procurement, supplier coordination, and reporting practices.

TE's prototype development strategy combines rapid internal prototyping capabilities with specialized external suppliers for casting, tooling, molding, PCB fabrication, and complex assemblies. Internal facilities primarily focus on assembly, soldering, welding, testing, and cable termination, while external partners provide specialized manufacturing processes necessary to accelerate development and validate designs prior to production tooling investment.

Most immediately, you will:

• Join a technical project team supporting data center and connectivity product development activities.
• Build a clear tracker for prototype requirements, supplier ownership, purchasing status, build milestones, delivery dates, risks, and open actions.
• Coordinate purchase requisitions, purchase order submission, supplier follow-up, and receipt of prototype materials or services.
• Work with technical experts to ensure suppliers receive complete and timely requirements and that technical questions are resolved.
• Provide concise, fact-based project updates and elevate risks that threaten prototype timing, cost, quality, or project objectives.

What your background should look like

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain operations with +2 years of experience with project related activities.
• Experience with prototype development using MIM, 3D printing, Lasser cutting Chemical etching, PCBA Fabrication and testing.
• Working knowledge of supply chain and procurement processes, including supplier follow-up, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, lead times, and delivery tracking.
• Experience using SAP for purchasing or project-related transactions, including purchase requisition and purchase-order activities.
• Demonstrated ability to organize priorities, maintain accurate trackers, manage multiple due dates, and follow actions through closure.
• Ability to partner effectively with engineers and technical subject matter experts without needing to be the technical decision owner.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, including clear status reporting and escalation of risks or blockers.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to schedule, cost, quality, scope, and supplier performance.
• Self-directed, motivated, accountable, and interested in building a long-term career in project management.
• Ability to work effectively with regional and global cross-functional teams and suppliers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in data center, connectivity, connector, cable assembly, electronics, networking hardware, or related product-development environments.
• Experience coordinating prototype builds, engineering samples, development materials, tooling, or supplier-produced technical deliverables.
• Knowledge of project scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project and proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Planisware and Teams.
• Familiarity with stage-gate, phase-gate, New Product Development, LEAN, or similar project execution processes.
• Experience working with technical drawings, bills of material, specifications, change requests, or product configuration information.
• Customer or supplier-facing experience in a technical or manufacturing environment.

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.

COMPENSATION

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $65,000-$ 98,400 (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

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RECRUITMENT FRAUD

TE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity never requests payment or fees from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com. If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities.

Job Locations

Posting City: Middletown

Job Country: United States

Travel Required: 10% to 25%