PRINCIPAL R&D/PRODUCT DVL ENGINEER
TE ConnectivityAt 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
COMPANY
TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enables the distribution of power, signal, and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers, medical technology, and more. With more than 85,000 employees, including 9,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 130 countries, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat and Instagram.
BU / FUNCTION DESCRIPTION
Key markets of Digital Data Networks are Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud, Enterprise/Telecommunications, Tier 3/Business Retail Equipment (BRE), and Internet of Things (IoT). In these markets, we are driving growth and innovation with an industry-leading product portfolio and global manufacturing capabilities.
TE /448GB/shas specialized in socket products since 1970 and has developed a large size socket (>10K pin count), small pitch socket (<0.4mm pitch) for high-speed applications (224/448Gbps)
ROLE OBJECTIVE
As Principal R&D Product Development Engineer of the DDN socket team, you will focus on creating relationships with customer innovators and influencers, defining and driving technical activities, coordinating and facilitating technical engineering-related communications for internal/external customers, creating the product standard for a key technology, and contributing to the technical roadmap of the socket products.
Job Requirements
1. Concept Development & Design
• Develop innovative design concepts and conduct feasibility studies to assess technical and commercial viability.
• Collaborate with global Product Design Engineering (PDE) teams to accurately convert VOC and PRD into detailed design inputs for precise socket development.
• Create simplified 3D models and perform signal integrity (SI) simulations using advanced tools such as Ansys HFSS to validate electrical signal performance.
• Build and test prototype samples, execute design validation plans, and complete product qualification to finalize specifications.
2. Strategic & Leadership Responsibilities
• Lead end-to-end product development of high-speed, fine-pitch, large-size sockets—from market definition, concept creation to design, review, and production release.
• Foster strong alignment between business and customer engineering teams to deepen market understanding and drive customer-cent
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