Process Engineering Technical Support

Job Overview TE Connectivity's Manufacturing and Process Development Engineering Teams significantly impact LEANPD-driven new product development projects, driving for excellence in existing manufacturing technologies and methods and striving to implement new manufacturing technologies to provide improved process and tolerance control. They help Product Development in the optimization of designs and piece parts for manufacturability by realizing sample tooling / products / prototypes. They also plan, develop, and qualify tooling and manual / automate processes to meet TE quality and production standards, document all processes and tooling in applicable TE systems, help the supply chain to verify supplier compliance and capability, initiate and implement programs to continuously improve quality, cost and cycle time and follow all appropriate specifications, regulatory requirements, and customer requirements.

Quick engagement with the Manufacturing and Process Development Engineering teams.

• LEANPD Driven New Product Development : Play a pivotal role in LEANPD driven new product development projects, ensuring strong impact and adherence to Lean principles throughout the process.
• Process and Expertise : For High-Speed products serve as high level process leader for cutting, stamping, molding, cable assembly, or other TE manufacturing processes, ensuring optimal performance for quality and output
• Cross-functional Collaboration : Collaborate closely with Product Development Engineering, Program Management, Quality Assurance, Production, Supply Chain, and other departments to ensure alignment and effective communication.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance manufacturing processes, ensuring efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
• Design, develop, and qualify tooling and manual / automate processes for high speed products to meet TE quality and production standards, documenting all processes and tooling in applicable TE systems
• Drive for excellence in existing manufacturing technologies and methods, striving to optimize processes for efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
• Initiate and implement programs to continuously improve quality, cost, and cycle time, aligning with TEOA requirements and Best Demonstrated Practices (BDP's).
• Risk Management : For high-speed cable assembly products identify and mitigate risks in manufacturing processes, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and industry best practices.
• Regulatory Compliance and Quality Assurance : Mechanical, Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering Degree or equivalent is preferred.
• Ability to adapt and make significant departures from traditional approaches to enhance quality or value.
• Experience in interacting with senior management, with the ability to change thinking and gain acceptance from others.
• Ability to establish and assure adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.
• Experience with applicable systems (SAP, TLM, CAD etc.) Strong understand industry document specifications like US-CAR & IPC620.

Strong understand the cable making technology, stamping and plating technology, HSG molding technology, metal and plastic raw material characteristics.

Understand product tolerance analysis, Stability using verify data analysis the processes, such as the CPK.

Experience with the product development process, able to provide DFM, SOP, PFMEA, BOP, CTAR required for each phase according to the project schedule.

Experience with the equipment capability in the cable assembly process, and independent to complete the equipment capacity improvement, and be familiar with the improvement of product efficiency by IE knowledge.

Working knowledge of manual, semi-automatic and automatic assembly processes