STAFF RESIDENT ENGINEER (Hybrid)

TE Connectivity; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 132,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

TE Connectivity is seeking a Staff Resident Engineer to serve as the senior on-site technical liaison to the customer, leading product expertise, validation, and issue-resolution through concept to production.

The role requires 7+ years of automotive engineering experience with low-voltage terminal and connector systems; you will coordinate TE teams to deliver timely, technically sound solutions and occasionally travel to customer sites.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of automotive engineering experience, including substantial hands-on experience with low-voltage terminal and connector systems.
• Strong understanding of terminal and connector design, application, validation, manufacturing, and common failure modes.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical investigations, manage competing priorities, make sound independent decisions, and communicate effectively with customer and internal stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft applications.

Responsibilities

• Serve as TE’s senior technical liaison to the customer, building trusted relationships with DREs and other stakeholders.
• Apply expert knowledge of low-voltage terminals and connectors to solve complex customer problems and identify opportunities.
• Navigate customer systems for specifications, drawings, part releases, validation plans and reports, issue tracking, and corrective-action closure.

Skills

Low-voltage terminal systems

Connector systems

Lead investigations

Microsoft applications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

3D design software

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

The Staff Resident Engineer is TE Connectivity's senior on-site technical interface to the customer. This role combines deep product expertise with strong knowledge of engineering systems, specifications, validation, change-management, and issue-resolution processes. The engineer leads customer support from early concept and product selection through validation, launch, production, and corrective action, coordinating TE Engineering, Quality, Project Management, Product Management, and Sales to deliver timely, technically sound solutions.

Job Requirements

• Serve as TE’s senior technical liaison to the customer, building trusted relationships with DREs, technical specialists, validation engineers, manufacturing teams, and other key customer stakeholders.
• Apply expert knowledge of low-voltage terminals and connectors—including product selection, application requirements, crimping, sealing, mating performance, packaging, manufacturing, and validation to solve complex customer problems and identify new opportunities.
• Navigate customer systems and processes for specifications, drawings, part releases, engineering changes, validation plans and reports, issue tracking, and corrective-action closure; maintain accurate status and documentation.
• Support customer during assembly-plant trials, launches, and production, including problem definition, root-cause investigation, containment, corrective action, and customer communication.
• Coordinate cross-functional TE teams to deliver prompt, aligned responses and influence product, validation, and application decisions without direct authority.
• Occasional travel to customer engineering locations, supplier sites, TE facilities, and vehicle assembly plants as required

Role Requirements

• 7+ years of automotive engineering experience, including substantial hands-on experience with low-voltage terminal and connector systems.
• Strong understanding of terminal and connector design, application, validation, manufacturing, and common failure modes.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical investigations, manage competing priorities, make sound independent decisions, and communicate effectively with customer and internal stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience supporting GM and working knowledge of GM engineering systems and workflows for specifications, releases, engineering changes, validation, launches, and issue closure.
• Experience with wire harnesses and vehicle assembly.
• Experience in the Resident Engineering field.
• High-voltage terminal and connector experience.
• 3D design software experience.

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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: $132,000 - $177,000 (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