Senior R&D Product Development Engineer

TE Connectivity Jobid=) Job Description Job Title: Senior R&D Product Development Engineer Posting Start Date: 4/14/26 Job Description: Why you should join: TE Connectivity's Industrial Automation & Electrification Business Unit is seeking a Senior R&D/Product Development Engineer with specialized expertise in contact physics and mechanical/thermal simulations. This role will conceive original ideas for new products and lead product development from requirements definition through production release, with particular focus on simulation-driven design validation and contact system optimization. Your main tasks: - Participate in global product development project teams as the engineer responsible for new product design - Create product concept (presentations) for distribution to internal and external stakeholders - Coordinate prototyping of new product designs when needed to verify design elements or to provide samples to customers - Produce detailed 3D designs and 2D drawings of injection-molded and precision-stamped electro-mechanical components and assemblies - Perform advanced FEM (finite element modeling) simulations for mechanical stress analysis, thermal simulations, and mechanical failure mode assessment - Validate simulation results through correlation with physical testing and prototype verification - Analyze contact physics behavior like material, plating, wear patterns, operating conditions - Work with Quality Engineering to perform Design Reviews, Design FMEA, and Process FMEA analyses - Develop comprehensive test plans to qualify products to performance requirements - Create Application Specifications, documenting proper product use for customers - Collaborate with TE Legal team to document Intellectual Property associated with new designs #LI-HYBRID Your ideal profile: - Bachelor's/master's degree in mechanical engineering, Materials Engineering, or equivalent - 5+ years of product desig...