Staff Electromechanical R&D/Product Development Engineer

TE Connectivity; United States; On-site; USD 144,000 - 179,000; 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’s Power Connector Engineering team develops high-current connector interfaces for data centers, servers, and power systems. The Staff Engineer leads complex development from customer need through design, validation, and release, collaborating with global teams and mentoring others.

The role requires a strong background in electromechanical design, 3D CAD, GD&T, tolerance analysis, validation, and manufacturing considerations. A senior engineer with proven leadership is ideal.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience developing and releasing complex electromechanical products.
• Strong capability in connector or related high-current product design and validation.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and communicate engineering positions.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-current power connector development from feasibility through production release.
• Translate customer needs into testable engineering requirements.
• Drive design reviews, DFMEAs, tolerance analysis, and verification planning.
• Lead root-cause analysis for design, qualification, manufacturing, and customer issues.
• Mentor engineers and build reusable platforms and standards.

Skills

High-current connector design

3D CAD

GD&T

Tolerance analysis

Validation planning

Reliability engineering

Design for manufacturing

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Materials, or related engineering

Experience: 8+ years (senior) / 6+ years (MS) / 3+ years (PhD)

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’s Power Connector Engineering team develops high-current connector interfaces for next-generation data centers, servers, power shelves, rack architectures, and power-distribution systems. The Staff Engineer is a senior technical contributor who leads complex connector-development work from customer need and concept through design, validation, industrialization, and release.

Job Requirements

• Lead high-current power connector and platform development from feasibility through production release.
• Translate customer and system needs into clear, testable engineering requirements.
• Develop connector concepts that balance electrical, thermal, mechanical, reliability, manufacturability, cost, and safety needs.
• Drive design reviews, DFMEAs, tolerance analysis, verification planning, and evidence-based technical decisions.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for difficult design, qualification, manufacturing, and customer issues.
• Build reusable platforms, design methods, and engineering standards across customers and product families.
• Collaborate with global engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, laboratories, and customers while mentoring less-experienced engineers.

What Your Background Should Look Like

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Materials, or a related engineering discipline with at least 8 years of relevant experience; Master’s with at least 6 years; PhD with at least 3 years; or equivalent practical experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing and releasing complex electromechanical products through a structured product-development process.
• Strong capability in connector or related high-current product design, 3D CAD, GD&T, tolerance analysis, validation, reliability, and design for manufacturing.
• Ability to lead complex technical work, communicate a defensible engineering position, and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong ownership, collaboration, mentoring, and communication skills in a fast-moving global environment.

Preferred Experience

Experience with electrical connectors, power distribution, data-center hardware, servers, busbar systems, cable assemblies, high-current thermal performance, materials and plating, simulation, agency testing, or customer-facing technical support.

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: $143,500 - 179,300 (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.