Manufacturing & Process Development Engineer

TE Connectivity; Braintree; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 75,000

Job description

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.

Why you should join:

TE Connectivity's Manufacturing and Process Development Engineering teams play a critical role in LEANPD-driven new product development. They enhance existing manufacturing technologies while integrating new solutions to improve process efficiency and tolerance control. Acting as the bridge between product development and manufacturing engineering, they ensure seamless collaboration, optimizing designs for manufacturability through prototyping and sample tooling. Based in Braintree.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety functions.
• Define project objectives, scope, roles, and responsibilities while tracking costs to stay within budget.
• Analyze Product Requirement Specifications to determine the optimal manufacturing process.
• Conduct tolerance analysis, process capability studies, and create bills of materials for equipment.
• Design CAD tooling, estimate costs, and determine resource requirements for new processing equipment.
• Collaborate with Product Development Engineering to assess extrusion and expansion processes.
• Identify and implement tooling, fixtures, and equipment for extrusion, cross-linking, expansion, and finishing.
• Research and integrate new technologies to enhance product quality, cost efficiency, and capacity.
• Assist in creating specification documents and ensuring compliance with TE standards.
• Support lead engineers in process validation, implementation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Plan, execute, and evaluate documentation for new equipment and plant trials.

Your ideal background:

• Bachelor's degree in Polymers, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field (focus on process equipment design and automation preferred).
• Experience in manufacturing, process development, automation, and equipment design.
• Knowledge of extrusion processes, tooling, and high-shear compound mixing.
• Proficiency in CAD software (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, etc.).
• Experience with ANSYS (or similar simulation software).
• Understanding of control systems is a plus.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including presentations and public speaking.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written) to represent TE Connectivity in business matters.

If you're passionate about driving innovation in manufacturing and process development, we'd love to hear from you!

ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY
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 enable 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, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

WHAT TE CONNECTIVITY OFFERS:
We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to changing life situations - the well-being of our employees is our top priority!

• Competitive Salary Package
• Performance-Based Bonus Plans
• Health and Wellness Incentives
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Community Outreach Programs / Charity Events
• Employee Resource Group

Across our global sites and business units, we put together packages of benefits that are either supported by TE itself or provided by external service providers. In principle, the benefits offered can vary from site to site.

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