About this role
<p><strong>At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world. </strong></p> <p></p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Overview</b></H2> </div><div><p>The Senior Manager, Engineering Methodology & Tools leads the development and evolution of engineering methodologies, tools, and processes that enable scalable, high-quality product development across the organization. </p> <p>This role is responsible for advancing modern engineering practices—including AI-enabled productivity, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), and workflow transformation—to improve engineering effectiveness and accelerate innovation.<br>Working closely with engineering leadership, product development teams, and cross-functional partners, this role drives the standardization and continuous improvement of engineering practices to ensure the organization remains competitive with rapidly evolving customer and market demands in high-speed connectivity and data center infrastructure.</p> <p>In addition to methodology and process leadership, the role oversees engineering capability development through scalable onboarding programs, early-career talent incubation, and initiatives that strengthen collaboration, knowledge sharing, and engineering culture across global teams.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Requirements</b></H2> </div><div><p>Key Responsibilities</p> <p><strong>Engineering Methodology & Process Excellence</strong><br>• Lead the development and evolution of standardized engineering design methodologies that enable scalable, high-quality product development.<br>• Establish engineering frameworks, best practices, and governance across product teams to improve consistency, repeatability, and execution discipline.<br><strong>Engineering Productivity, Digital & AI Enablement</strong><br>• Drive adoption of advanced digital engineering tools, including AI-enabled solutions, to improve engineering productivity and design efficiency.<br>• Partner with IT and engineering leadership to integrate modern digital engineering capabilities into core development workflows.<br><strong>Workflow Transformation & Continuous Improvement</strong><br>• Lead initiatives to improve engineering operating models, workflows, and development processes to better support market and customer needs.<br>• Identify systemic barriers impacting development speed and drive continuous improvement initiatives to accelerate product development cycles.<br><strong>Design Quality & DFSS Leadership</strong><br>• Champion Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) practices across engineering teams to strengthen product quality, reliability, and risk management.<br>• Develop DFSS capability through certification programs and integration into product development processes.<br><strong>Engineering Knowledge Management & Design Reuse</strong><br>• Establish engineering documentation standards, technical knowledge management practices, and lessons-learned processes across development programs.<br>• Promote modular architectures, reusable design platforms, and design reuse strategies to reduce duplication and improve development speed.<br><strong>Engineering Talent Development & Engagement</strong><br>• Lead scalable onboarding and capability development programs for engineering talent across product teams.<br>• Foster a strong engineering culture through engagement initiatives, cross-team collaboration, and global knowledge sharing.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>What your background should look like</b></H2> </div><div><p><strong>Education</strong><br>• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a related technical field required<br>• Master’s degree or advanced technical training preferred<br><strong>Experience</strong><br>• 10+ years of engineering experience in product development, engineering systems, or process improvement<br>• Demonstrated experience implementing engineering methodologies, development frameworks, or quality systems<br>• Experience with Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) or similar structured design methodologies<br>• Experience leading cross-functional engineering initiatives or engineering transformation programs<br><strong>Skills & Capabilities</strong><br>• Strong understanding of engineering development processes and product lifecycle management<br>• Experience implementing digital engineering tools, automation, or AI-enabled productivity solutions<br>• Ability to lead organizational change related to engineering processes and workflows<br>• Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence across global engineering teams<br>• Experience developing engineering talent and building scalable training or capability programs<br>• Ability to balance strategic transformation initiatives with practical implementation across engineering organizations</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Competencies</b></H2> </div><div><div>SET : Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers)</div></div></div></div><p><strong>ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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 <a href="http://www.te.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.te.com</a> and on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/te-connectivity/">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/teconnectivity/">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.te.com.cn/chn-zh/policies-agreements/wechat.html">WeChat,</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/teconnectivity/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/TEConnectivity">X (formerly Twitter).</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>COMPENSATION</strong><br>• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $180,400 – $270,500 (subject to change dependent on physical location)<br>• 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.<br>• Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits</p> <p><br><strong>BENEFITS</strong><br>• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>EOE, Including Disability/Vets</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RECRUITMENT FRAUD</strong><br>TE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity <strong>never requests payment or fees</strong> from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come <strong>only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com</strong>. If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities.</p>