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TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER III

TE Connectivity plc

  • Middletown, DE
  • 19 days ago

    Highlights

    The role partners closely with suppliers and cross-functional teams to drive NPI, capacity expansion, process optimization, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring customer and business requirements are achieved. Technical Support Engineer III serves as TE's on-site technical representative at supplier facilities, ensuring successful product industrialization, production readiness, quality performance, and delivery execution.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationMiddletown, DE
    IndustryElectronics, Components, and Semiconductor Mfg
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded2007
    Websitehttp://www.te.com/usa-en/home.html

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    Job Title: TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER III

    Posting Start Date: 10/5/26

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

    Job Description:

    Job Overview

    Technical Support Engineer III serves as TE's on-site technical representative at supplier facilities, ensuring successful product industrialization, production readiness, quality performance, and delivery execution. The role partners closely with suppliers and cross-functional teams to drive NPI, capacity expansion, process optimization, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring customer and business requirements are achieved.

    Job Requirements

    • Act as the primary on-site technical liaison between TE and assigned suppliers.
    • Support New Product Introduction (NPI), transfer projects, and production ramp-up activities.
    • Monitor supplier production performance, capacity utilization, and operational readiness.
    • Drive issue resolution for manufacturing, quality, capacity, and delivery challenges.
    • Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, and Sourcing teams.
    • Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
    • Evaluate manufacturing processes and identify opportunities for productivity improvement.
    • Conduct supplier assessments, process audits, and readiness reviews.
    • Ensure compliance with TE standards, product requirements, and customer expectations.
    • Provide regular reports on supplier performance, risks, escalation status, and improvement activities.
    • Lead or support continuous improvement projects to improve quality, cost, delivery, and operational efficiency.

    What your background should look like

    • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Electronics, Manufacturing Engineering, or related disciplines.
    • Minimum 8 years of experience in manufacturing, supplier engineering, process engineering, quality, or operations.
    • Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, NPI, and production management.
    • Proven experience working directly with suppliers and cross-functional teams.
    • Experience driving process improvements and resolving manufacturing issues.
    • Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, SPC, PFMEA, and problem-solving methodologies.
    • Strong communication, project management, and stakeholder management skills.
    • Willingness to work at supplier sites and travel as required.
    • Experience in electronics, connector, cable assembly, automotive, or high-volume manufacturing environments.
    • Strong understanding of supplier operations and production processes.
    • Hands-on experience supporting NPI, production transfer, or factory ramp-up projects.
    • Ability to analyze production, quality, and operational data to drive improvements.
    • Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis capabilities.
    • Experience working in a fast-paced multinational manufacturing environment.
    • Self-driven with excellent collaboration and influencing skills.
    • Comfortable working directly with suppliers and leading improvement initiatives.

    Competencies

    Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork

    Job Locations:

    Posting City: Chonburi

    Job Country: Thailand

    Travel Required: 10% to 25%

    Requisition ID: 159687

    Workplace Type: Onsite

    External Careers Page: Engineering & Technology

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    About Company

    TE Connectivity is an industry leader with an entrepreneurial spirit, fueled by innovation and collaboration. Our emphasis on forward thinking has attracted the brightest industry minds, allowing them to thrive and create breakthrough solutions that deliver a competitive advantage to our customers.

    TE Connectivity is a global, $12.1 billion company that designs and manufactures over 500,000 products that connect and protect the flow of power and data inside the products that touch every aspect of our lives. Our nearly 90,000 employees partner with customers in virtually every industry—from consumer electronics, energy and healthcare, to automotive, aerospace and communication networks—enabling smarter, faster, better technologies to connect products to possibilities.

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