About this role
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 Job Overview As a member of the Digital Data Networks (DDN) business in TE Connectivity, the Shanghai-based Manager II, R&D/Product Development Engineering – Busbar will lead a team of product development engineers responsible for the design and development of busbar and busbar assembly (BBA) solutions for AI data centers, prefer background of AIDC or high-voltage electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and related high-power applications.
- The role owns engineering execution across the full new product development cycle, from customer and market requirements through concept development, detailed design, validation, qualification, production release, and sustaining support.
- The manager will build a high-performing team, drive disciplined technical decision-making, and ensure product designs meet applicable electrical, mechanical, thermal, safety, manufacturability, quality, cost, and schedule requirements.
- Job Requirements Guide the team in the development of busbar and busbar assembly (BBA) solutions from market definition through production release, including: Working closely with customers and TE Sales, Systems Architecture, FAE, Product Management, Operations, Quality, and Manufacturing Engineering to capture the voice of customer and translate it into clear system, product, and validation requirements.
- Developing busbar concepts and conducting feasibility studies covering conductor sizing, current carrying capability, material selection, insulation systems, creepage and clearance, thermal performance, mechanical robustness, manufacturability, and compliance with applicable industry standards.
- Reviewing and guiding mechanical and thermal simulation activities, interpreting results, and ensuring correlation with engineering tests and design decisions.
- Making the engineering evaluation/proposal to the customer.
- Creating the detailed design including 2D/3D drawings and performing DFMEA/tolerance analysis.
- Building prototype samples and performing validation.
- Completing product qualifications and finalizing product specifications.
- Providing technical support to the operations, MPDE, quality, and production teams for efficiency improvement and safe launch.
- Resolving product related issues to closure and managing the ECN/PCN (Engineering Change Notification/ Product Change Notification).
- Aid your team in building a deep understanding of the market and customer needs by fostering a connection between the business engineering teams and the customer engineering teams.
- Drive your team to maintain a system level understanding of the customer application and the product design/concept necessary for providing a solution to the customers’ expectation.
- Monitor that your team is following the LEANPD Project Process to support the project team from the product development engineering (PDE) perspective to complete the new product development project on time, quality and budget.
- Effectively lead a regional team of engineers of varying levels of experience with different backgrounds, experiences, and cultures.
- Drive high performance by providing your team routine coaching and feedback, holding your team accountable to meet performance objectives, and providing meaningful development to increase individual/team capability.
- Manage employee wellbeing by prioritizing work, effectively managing resource loading, and providing flexibility to enable employees to successfully balance their work and personal lives.
- Drive organization effectiveness by structuring your organization in a way that best enables the BU strategy, maximizes resource efficiency and productivity, and provides role clarity and clear lines of accountability.
- Manage the talent in your organization to support the business now and to proactively prepare for the future by identifying organization skillset/role gaps, implementing plans to fill any skillset/role gaps, and assessing current talent fit to ensure the right talent is matched to the right roles to best meet the needs of the business.
- What your background should look like Position is based in Shanghai, China.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related engineering discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
- At least 15 years of relevant engineering experience in product design and development, including electrical components, power distribution products, busbars, mechanical structures, manufacturing tooling, or related high-power products.
- More than 5 years of progressive people-management experience, with demonstrated responsibility for directly leading an engineering team of at least five employees in a regional or global environment.
- Demonstrated hands-on knowledge of busbar and busbar assembly design, including conductor and insulation material selection, electrical insulation systems, creepage and clearance, current carrying capability, temperature rise, product validation, qualification testing, and applicable industrial safety and performance standards.
- Relevant product or industry experience in AI data centers (AIDC), high-voltage electric vehicles, energy storage systems, or comparable high-power electrical applications is strongly preferred.
Strong Design for Manufacturing (DFM) experience across stamping, injection molding, extrusion, tooling and mold development, machining, plating, joining, and assembly processes. Working knowledge of mechanical and thermal simulation methods, with the ability to review assumptions, interpret results, identify design risks, and connect simulation outputs to validation testing. Demonstrated experience applying DFMEA throughout the product development cycle; Six Sigma Green Belt certification is required.
Experienced in leading teams with responsibility for the full product development cycle, from establishing customer requirements and design concepts through validation, qualification, safe launch, and release to production. Solid understanding of competitive products, intellectual property considerations, technical risk management, design reviews, engineering change control, and cross-functional project execution. Fluent in English, both verbal and written, to support global communication with internal stakeholders, customers, and suppliers.
Ability to work effectively in a global environment, accommodate varying time zones, and travel approximately 25% for customer, supplier, manufacturing, and team activities. Expert problem solver able to manage high-complexity situations and use data analytics, engineering judgment, and critical thinking to reach logical conclusions with limited direction. Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and projects simultaneously.
Advanced communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence customers, cross-functional partners, direct reports, and senior leaders. Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
Competencies SET
Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers)