Staff R&D/Product Development Engineer

TE Connectivity Ltd.; 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 seeks a Staff Engineer to lead high-current connector development from concept through release. You will translate customer needs into engineering requirements and drive cross-functional programs in a fast-moving global environment.

You will mentor engineers, build reusable platforms, and ensure DFx principles are embedded in development. The role offers broad exposure to data centers and power-distribution hardware with a competitive base

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with 8+ years of relevant experience or advanced degrees with reduced experience.
• Experience developing electromechanical products through a structured process.
• Strong capability in high-current connector design, 3D CAD, GD&T, validation, and DFMEA.
• Ability to lead complex technical work and influence cross-functional teams.
• Ownership, collaboration, mentoring, and clear communication in a fast-moving global environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-current power connector development from feasibility to production release.
• Translate customer and system needs into testable engineering requirements.
• Develop concepts balancing electrical, thermal, mechanical, and manufacturing needs.
• Drive design reviews, DFMEAs, tolerance analysis, and verification planning.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for design and manufacturing issues.
• Build reusable platforms, design methods, and engineering standards across families.
• Collaborate with global teams, suppliers, labs, and customers while mentoring engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Mentoring

Communication

Root-cause analysis

Problem solving

Decision making

Education

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

8+ years relevant experience

Master's degree or PhD preferred

Tools

3D CAD

GD&T

Validation planning

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.

EOE, Including Disability/Vets