TE Connectivity's R&D/Product Development Engineering Teams conceive original ideas for new products, introduce them into practice. They are responsible for product development, and qualification from market definition through production and release; assist in the qualification of suppliers for new products to ensure suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services for new or improved manufacturing processes; conduct feasibility studies, testing on new and modified designs; direct and support detailed design, testing, prototype fabrication and manufacturing ramp. The R&D/Product Development Engineering Teams provide all required product documentation including, but not limited to, Solid Model, 2D/3D production drawings, product specifications, and testing requirements. They create and modify detailed drawings and drafting or conceptual models from layouts, rough sketches or notes and contribute to design modifications to facilitate manufacturing operation or quality of product. Typical fields of expertise include: materials, mechanics and systems, electrical, optics, chemistry, software, automation systems, packaging, testing and measurement, and manufacturing of electrical, mechanical and electronic components, products, and their integration into systems.
**What your background should look like**:
**RESPONSABILITIES**:
- Uses statistical techniques to facilitate decision making and to draw conclusions from available data.
- Understands product cost components and its interactions, (direct & indirect material costs, labor, overhead).
- Prepares product and process reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
- Performs installation/validation activities for new or existent production lines, meeting regulatory requirements. That includes equipments, process, product and test method validations.
- Estimates validation activities cost and assures it is budgeted withing financial cycle.
- Identifies, selects, and purchases equipment/fixtures according to production requirements, due to obsolescence, redundancy or line capacity expansion.
- Has direct relation with vendors to define equipment suitability.
- Keeps equipment operational by coordinating calibration, maintenance and repair services; following manufacturer's instructions and established procedures; requesting special service when needed.
- Analyzes equipment data, trends, and performance to assure correct lifecycle management. Identifies and mitigates risks associated to equipment technical knowledge, spares availability and external technical service
- Evaluates the financial, process or quality impact, derived from product & process changes.
- Assures that production lines output meet the specifications of the product.
- Has clear criteria of conforming/ non conforming product and the test methods used for verifying conformance.
- Able to navigate and excecated activities on manufacturing systems for example, update routers, BOM's or to generate new part numbers.
- Coordinates the activities related to new part numbers implementation.
- Maintains MP's current and compliant to regulations. Ensures practices at the manufacturing floor adhere to them.
- Supports DL's & IDL's training process.
- Participates in the identification and investigation of Non-conforming products.
- Uses Root cause problem solving techniques to identify and eliminate causes, implements controls and define preventive activities.
- Leads or supports CAPA investigation processes, or exception documents such as complaints investigations.
- Identify and implement continuous improvement projects for any of the main key areas: safety, quality, production and cost, using the appropriate project management tools.
- May supervise and provide technical assistance to exempt and non-exempt personnel, being accountable for their correct training and performance management.
- Provides inputs for the departmental budget preparation.
**REQUIREMENTS**:
- Bachelor's Degree in electronic/mechatronic or equivalent discipline.
- 3+ years of manufacturing/process development experience
- Computer software knowledge (Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point).
- Experience or knowledge in Grinding process is a plus.
- Experience with continuous improvement methodologies. Such as lean manufacturing techniques, value stream mapping, or similar.
- Knowledge of ISO 13485 is required.
- Experience leading validation plans for medical industry products and processes and leading root cause problem solving methodologies.
- Experience in project management.
- Advance command of English (written and speaking). Required
**Competencies**:
- Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork