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Job Description:

Job Overview

Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for sustaining, optimizing and developing making cable – extrusion process for high-speed wire and cable manufacturing. Lead continuous improvement activities focused on Safety, product quality, line performance, and material efficiency, ensuring compliance with EH&S; and industry regulatory standards (UL, ISO).Working also in collaboration with multifunctional teams.

Responsibilities

- Lead process development and optimization for high-speed extrusion lines (single, dual, and co-extrusion).
- Define and control critical process parameters — temperature profiles, pressure, screw speed, and puller tension — ensuring stable and repeatable production.
- Conduct troubleshooting and root cause analysis (RCA) on product quality issues: Ovality, Concentricity, Wall Thickness, Adhesion, Elongation, Lumps/Necks, and surface defects.
- Perform medium and high-severity issue analysis (SI) and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Manage extrusion tooling: specification, maintenance, and advanced-level repair.
- Coordinate BOM reviews and ensure process documentation accuracy through document control systems.
- Develop and execute JSA (Job Safety Analysis) and LOTO audits, ensuring compliance with EH&S; regulations.
- Maintain inventory and localization of critical spare parts for extrusion equipment. Multiple reviews to make sure every spare availability.
- Utilize SAP for production planning, process tracking, and maintenance management.
- Train technicians and operators in best extrusion practices,



ensuring consistent process control and product quality.
- Leading and / or participate in multiple improvement projects.
- Support new product introduction (NPI) initiatives by defining extrusion parameters, material validation, and line trials. When support is required.
- Collaborate with materials engineering to qualify new polymers and optimize compound behavior under high-speed extrusion conditions. When support is required.
- Collecting manufacturing daily data, reviewing and pursue assigned KPI compliant.
- Formalize all engineering changes. Evaluate the impact before implementing them and then document it.

What your background should look like

- Strong understanding of making cable technology and high and low temperature polymer rheology and material behavior during extrusion process.
- Proven experience with extrusion tooling design, calibration, and die optimization as well as experience selecting type of material tooling must be made with.
- Familiar with crosshead selection as per type of product as well as crosshead installation considering assembly and disassembly process of mechanical parts of it.
- Familiar with vacuum systems, and cooling systems used in cable manufacturing.
- Proficient in data analysis, SPC, and continuous improvement methodologies (Six Sigma, Lean).
- Knowledge of UL standards, insulation thickness control,



and inline dimensional measurement systems.
- Hands-on experience with high-speed cable extrusion, and multi-layer constructions.
- Proven experience with lean manufacturing practices.
- Proficient in design software as SolidWorks and/or AutoCAD.
- Familiar with material handling and containerization techniques.
- Strong communications skills.
- Proven experience with problem solving techniques.
- Excellent ability to interpret product drawings and requirements as well as engineering machinery drawings and diagrams.
- English (desirable)

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Competencies

Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork

ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY

TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a integral 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.

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

Job Locations

Posting City: HERMOSILLO

Job Country: Mexico

Travel Required: Less than 10%

Requisition ID:

Workplace Type: Onsite

External Careers Page: Engineering & Technology

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