Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. TE Connectivity is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. The Senior Manager of Manufacturing & Process Development Engineering will provide strategic leadership for Metals Manufacturing Technologies and lead a global team to enhance manufacturing capabilities and drive operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership for Metals Manufacturing Technologies across engineering teams, manufacturing sites, and suppliers
- Lead and develop a global team of Manufacturing and Process Development Engineers
- Build organizational capability through coaching, mentoring, and succession planning
- Collaborate with operations, engineering, quality, supply chain, and business leaders to drive priorities and execution
- Develop and execute global technology roadmaps that support growth, productivity, quality, and operational excellence
- Establish manufacturing standards and best practices for metals manufacturing technologies
- Evaluate emerging technologies, automation, and digital manufacturing solutions
- Prioritize technology investments and support capital planning across the global network
- Serve as the enterprise SME for machining, plating, stamping, and hermetic manufacturing technologies
- Provide governance and technical leadership for manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, and controls
- Lead the global technical community and resolve complex manufacturing challenges
- Drive productivity improvements through labor efficiency, cost reduction, automation, and capacity optimization
- Deploy best practices and continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing facilities
- Establish performance metrics and partner with sites to improve manufacturing performance
- Develop global equipment strategies, technology standards, and capital investment roadmaps
- Provide technical leadership for major capital projects, manufacturing transfers, and capacity expansions
- Standardize equipment, tooling, controls, and manufacturing approaches across the enterprise
- Lead manufacturing readiness activities for new product development programs
- Partner with Product Development to optimize manufacturability, quality, yield, and cost
- Support successful product launches through process development and qualification
- Serve as the key interface between engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, and suppliers
- Drive alignment and global deployment of standards and best practices
- Lead initiatives focused on safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost improvement
- Manage technical risks, ensure compliance, and apply Lean/Six Sigma problem-solving methodologies
Skills
- Due to ITAR regulations, U.S. citizenship or U.S. lawful permanent residency (green card) is required
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, or related technical discipline
- Minimum of 12 years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience
- Minimum of 5 years leading engineering teams, programs, or global technical organizations
- Demonstrated success developing and executing manufacturing technology strategies and roadmaps
- Strong experience driving productivity improvement, operational excellence, and manufacturing transformation initiatives
- Experience leading cross-functional organizations in complex global manufacturing environments
- Experience influencing organizational decisions without direct authority
- Strong project and program management capabilities
- Excellent communication and leadership skills with proven ability to influence senior leaders across functions and regions
- Ability to travel globally approximately 25%–50%
- Advanced degree preferred but not required
- Knowledge of machining, plating, stamping, hermetic manufacturing, or similar metals manufacturing technologies preferred
- Experience supporting low-volume, high-mix manufacturing environments preferred
- Aerospace, defense, medical, automotive, or other highly regulated manufacturing industry experience preferred
- Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred but not required
Benefits
- A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.
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