The Staff R&D/Product Development Engineer will be responsible for conceiving original ideas for new products, introducing them into practice, and developing and qualifying new products from market definition through production and release. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent work experience, with a minimum of 8 years of relevant mechanical engineering work experience.
Requirements
- Responsible for product development of socket, high-speed connector, and cable assembly solutions from market definition through production and release
- Work closely with the customer and TE sales/SA/FAE/PM in getting the right and clear VOC (voice of customer) and convert to a TE design conceptualization and preliminary product specification
- Conceive concepts and perform feasibility studies
- Run mechanical and thermal simulations
- Make the engineering evaluation/proposal to the customer
- Create the detailed design including 2D/3D drawings, and perform DFMEA/tolerance analysis
- Build prototype samples and perform validation
- Complete product qualification and finalize product specification
- Provide technical support to the Operations team, including Quality and Production, for efficiency improvement and safe launch
- Resolve product-related issues to closure and manage the ECN/PCN (Engineering Change Notification/ Product Change Notification)
Benefits
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience
- A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits