Key Responsibilities
Build and scale the engineering organization, including organizational structure, talent, capabilities, capacity, and strategic investments.
Establish clear engineering direction, processes, technical standards, and decision-making practices that improve speed, quality, and overall effectiveness.
Develop the technologies, platforms, processes, and reusable engineering capabilities needed to rapidly address emerging customer and market opportunities.
Balance near-term customer and product-development priorities with longer-term technology exploration, capability development, and risk reduction.
Translate advanced technologies and innovative concepts into practical, reliable, cost-effective products and scalable, high-volume manufacturing solutions.
Develop and mentor Sr. Managers, emerging engineering leaders, and technical experts while strengthening succession and creating opportunities for career growth.
Foster collaboration across TE’s global engineering, manufacturing, materials, automation, and technology organizations to leverage capabilities, expertise, and best practices.
Build and maintain a strong external technology ecosystem across strategic suppliers, equipment and process partners, technology and IP providers, and specialized engineering resources.
Partner closely with Product Management, Operations, Manufacturing, customers, and senior leadership to align technical strategy with business and market priorities.
Establish an engineering organization recognized for technical depth, execution, innovation, process excellence, and the ability to scale.
What your background should look like
Bachelor’s degree in Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
Typically 15+ years of engineering or product-development experience, including significant progressive engineering leadership experience.
Proven success building and leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations through significant growth, transformation, or change.
Strong technical foundation across relevant areas such as optics, fiber connectivity, precision mechanical systems, materials, plastics, metals, glass, precision manufacturing, or high-volume assembly.
Technical depth and judgment to challenge assumptions, assess technical risk, guide complex decisions, and earn the credibility of experienced engineers and technical experts.
Demonstrated ability to improve engineering effectiveness through organizational design, talent and capability development, processes, tools, and disciplined technical decision-making.
Experience translating emerging or advanced technologies into practical products and scalable manufacturing approaches.
Experience in fast-moving technology markets such as hyperscale data centers, optical communications, high-performance computing, or semiconductor technology strongly preferred.
Proven ability to build productive internal and external technical networks across customers, suppliers, technology partners, manufacturing organizations, and global engineering teams.
Strong business judgment, communication, collaboration, and influencing skills across technical and business stakeholders.
Ability to balance immediate execution needs with longer-term technology strategy and capability development.
Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.
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Competencies
SET : Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers)
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: $203,800 – 305,700 (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
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Job Locations
Posting City
Rochester
Job Country
United States
Travel Required
10% to 25%
Requisition ID
158455
Workplace Type
Hybrid
External Careers Page
Engineering & Technology
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