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Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Staff Product Engineer to join our Signal and Power Connectivity (S&PC;) area at our Hermosillo Automotive Plant. This role is crucial in strengthening our business position with customers and developing cost-effective product solutions. The adecuado candidate will be a key player in our Mexico Connectors Value Stream, driving product innovation and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

- Customer Engagement and Relationship Management

- Serve as the primary engineering contact for key customers

- Foster and grow strong customer relationships

- Identify and document product requirements through direct customer communication

- Technical Leadership

- Manage the New Product Release process for new part numbers

- Lead the TE Engineering change process (ECN) to enhance product manufacturability

- Perform engineering analyses and risk assessments for product reliability

- Determine and oversee product qualification testing for automotive industry standards

- Cross-functional Collaboration

- Support business office in potential new business quotes

- Communicate with Product Management on manufacturing challenges impacting product cost

- Provide engineering support to TE HMO manufacturing facility

- Collaborate with Quality Engineering on customer issues through root cause analysis

- Industry Standards and Specifications

- Understand and apply industry and customer specifications to product development

- Translate customer drawings into manufacturable, detailed prints for TE facilities

- Ensure compliance with automotive industry standards (USCAR2, GMW3191, Ford specs, etc.)

- Product Launch and Ongoing Support





- Support new product line launches before and after Start of Production (SOP)

- Manage TE Engineering systems

- Generate samples and conduct technical evaluations as needed

- Product Extension and Innovation

- In collaboration with PM office, translate customer needs into potential derivative business.

- Collaborate with TE product/process experts to refine concepts

- Assess and apply TE products to meet customer specifications

- Focus on increasing profit margins through innovative design

- Develop VAVE cost-savings ideas and implement or support viable projects to improve profitability

Qualifications

What your background should look like

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Mechatronic Engineering

- 5+ years of automotive engineering experience or equivalent

- Bilingual proficiency in Spanish and English

- Excellent communication and presentation skills (oral and written)

- Strong problem-solving skills and effective management abilities

- Extensive knowledge of automotive connectors, terminals, and cable assemblies requirements/testing (USCAR), materials, and processes

- Proficiency in CREO, SolidWorks, or high-level 3D CAD software

- Experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T;) and stack-up analysis

- Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma methodologies or Red X methodology (preferred)

- Knowledge and application of AI tools to enhance productivity

Required Skills

- Ability to manage multiple priorities and multitask effectively

- Strong interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration

- Experience working with quality, supply chain, operations, manufacturing, sales, and marketing teams

- Proficiency in conducting specification reviews

- Ability to apply AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation

- US Visa required.

Location: Hermosillo, Sonora.

Travel: 10%-25%

Competencies

Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork

📌 Staff Product Engineer - Automotive Connectors (Hermosillo)
🏢 TE Connectivity
📍 Hermosillo