Senior R&D/Product Development Engineer (extrusions and balloons)
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
As a Senior R&D/Product Development Engineer, you will be responsible for implementing and growing the capabilities and services of balloons provided by the Components group, primarily with Balloons (extrusion and forming). This will be a fast-paced role where we design new products for new and existing markets, qualify tooling, and specify new capital equipment investments. You will also work alongside Operations and parallel R&D teams to understand design criteria to optimize quality and maximize throughput.
Responsibilities
* Implement and grow new technology of Balloons (extrusion and forming)
* Procure & qualify capital equipment, tooling, and fixtures for development and manufacturing
* Subject matter expert in the material properties of thermoplastic polymers and balloon forming processes to ensure optimized design inputs and outputs
* Support development of equipment, process, and measurement strategy as related to Balloons
* Plans, organizes, and manages related projects and staff as appropriate
* Train, mentor, and provide direction to Operators and Technicians.
* Support sustainable operations as a subject matter expert
* Design and integrate related test methods
* Understand customers’ applications and design products to meet application demands
* Lead the development of balloon forming equipment, process, and measurement strategy
* Directly review and validate the measurement results of development balloon runs
* Collaborate across operations and engineering teams to build consensus, summarize data to drive progress, to draw conclusions, and to create recommendations
What your background should look like:
Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Material Science, or other related fields.
* A minimum of 5 years of industry experience in a manufacturing environment
Key Requirements:
* Extrusion/Injection molding/related experience preferred
* Innovative idea-generator who enjoys leading teams and mentoring others
* Problem-solving mindset backed up by solid statistical analysis skills
* Self-starter, self-motivator with the ability to work effectively in a team environment
* 1+ years of experience of indirectly providing direction to support technicians is preferred
ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY
TE Connectivity is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, renewable energy, automated factories, data centers, medical technology and more. With more than 85,000 employees, including 8,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 140 countries. TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS.
WHAT TE CONNECTIVITY OFFERS:
We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to changing life situations - the well-being of our employees is our top priority!
* Competitive Salary Package
* Performance-Based Bonus Plans
* Health and Wellness Incentives
* Employee Stock Purchase Program
* Community Outreach Programs / Charity Events
* Employee Resource Group
Across our global sites and business units, we put together packages of benefits that are either supported by TE itself or provided by external service providers. In principle, the benefits offered can vary from site to site.
Location: GALWAY, G, IE, H91 VN2T
City: GALWAY
State: G
Country/Region: IE
Travel: Less than 10%
Requisition ID: 131562
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