STAFF RESIDENT ENGINEER (Hybrid)

TE Connectivity Corporation; Troy (MI); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Job summary

TE Connectivity's Staff Resident Engineer in Troy is the senior on-site technical interface to the customer, leading efforts from concept through validation, launch, and production. You will coordinate TE teams across Engineering, Quality, PM, Product Management, and Sales to deliver technically sound solutions in a hybrid on-site role.

The role requires 7+ years in automotive engineering, strong knowledge of low-voltage terminal systems, and the ability to drive investigations and communicate

Qualifications

• 7+ years of automotive engineering experience.
• Expertise with low-voltage terminals and connectors.
• Knowledge of terminal and connector design, validation, and manufacturing.
• Experience leading technical investigations and communicating with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior technical liaison to the customer and build trusted relationships.
• Apply expert knowledge of low-voltage terminals and connectors to solve problems and identify opportunities.
• Navigate customer systems for specs, drawings, part releases, validation plans and reports.
• Support customer during assembly-plant trials, launches, and production with root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Coordinate cross-functional TE teams to deliver timely responses and align product decisions.
• Travel occasionally to customer sites, supplier sites, TE facilities, and vehicle plants.

Skills

Customer liaison

Cross-functional coordination

Root-cause analysis

Technical communication

Automotive engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Eng.

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Title: STAFF RESIDENT ENGINEER (Hybrid)

Posting Start Date: 9/9/26

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:

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.

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

Job Locations:

Posting City: Troy

Job Country: United States

Travel Required: Less than 10%

Workplace Type: Hybrid