Sr. Optical Manufacturing Engineer

TE's Aerospace Defense & Marine Division is currently seeking a highly motivated Senior Manufacturing and Process Development Engineer – Fiber Optics to deliver the engineering design, development, and implementation of next generation manufacturing technologies and processes. Manufacturing Development works closely with Product Development and Operations ONSITE to:

• Launch new product at world class quality and cost at pace of customer demand.
• Infuse strong DFM/DFA principles to ensure delivery of robust, efficient and cost-effective designs that are manufacturable at full scale.
• Deliver product designs that align with current manufacturing capabilities.
• Develop new manufacturing processes to support customer driven product innovation as needed.

The candidate must have prior experience with:

• Optical manufacturing principles such as single and multi-fiber termination
• Test methods of optical connectors
• Active optical assembly.

Additionally, this candidate should have basic knowledge of industry standards surrounding environmental and mechanical performance of optical connectors.

Primary responsibilities include:

Execution of Manufacturing deliverables to the NPD Phase Gate process including:

• New process and equipment compliance with TE safety and ergonomic policies
• DFM/A input into the early stages of product design

• PFMEA and implementation of high-risk mitigation plans
• Manufacturing capacity analysis
• Value stream mapping
• Assembly tooling and equipment development
• Process qualification via capability studies
• Execution of sample builds including generation of first article inspection reports
• Generation of process specifications

Develop and implement new manufacturing technologies and automation appropriately to support customer driven new product innovation.

Apply a lean manufacturing focus to drive world class cost on new product and fuel plant-level productivity initiatives on fiber optic manufacturing processes.

Support TE’s global operations footprint as a subject matter expert for fiber optic manufacturing processes.

Liaise with manufacturing facilities to support preliminary cost estimates on new product concepts.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Optical, or Manufacturing Engineering with 5 years of hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment, at least 2 of which is related to fiber optic product.
• Experience with machine, equipment and process design, development, and deployment into a production environment.
• Hands-on problem solver with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge and experience implementing Lean Six Sigma principles preferred. Green or Black Belt certification a plus.
• Must be able to effectively operate in remote teams with broad geographic footprints.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to balance priorities while working under the pressure of demanding project schedules.
• Strong written and oral communication skills across all levels of the organization.
• Proficient with 3D CAD software as well as general Microsoft Office applications.