Manager for NPD Engineering Team

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.
We are seeking a manager to lead the NPD engineering team for our Round Contact System Portfolio located in Bangalore, India. This position will lead a large sized NPI/ NPD , projects and/or supports Advance development projects to improve technology readiness level.
ICT Offers a complete portfolio for the truck, bus, construction, agriculture, recreation, marine markets. World leadership in rough and rugged connectivity, and our innovation in transformational new areas such as electrification, makes us the partner of choice for vehicles where reliability is critical, and failure is not an option.
Act as global technical leader for Round Contact System engineering including ensuring solutions are mechanically and electrically robust, best practice is followed, and design reuse is leveraged.
Maintain a deep understanding of Round Contact System applications and market trends including the assessment of competitive and emerging technologies.
Actively collaborate with Product Managers to develop and evolve product strategies and development roadmaps.
Own the technology roadmap and ensure that it enables future market success.
Identify engineering investments needed to meet growth and earnings forecasts.
Drive a culture of engineering excellence and manage competency, technical skill mix, and continuous development of staff.
Responsible for performance goals following organization strategy, review and provide feedback to team members often.
Ensure tight integration and cooperation of engineering with other internal teams such as Manufacturing, Quality, Product Management, Project Management, Sales, and Finance.
Coordinate the deployment of resources to best address dynamic priorities .
Ensure process compliance for engineering deliverables inline with New Product Development stage gate process (LEANPD).
Participate in cross functional workshops, Kaizen events to drive a culture of continuous improvement.
Travel as required to production facilities and customers.

What your background should look like
Bachelor's in Engineering and/or mechanical with a progressive experience in New Product Development.
Master’s degree or higher or equivalent may be preferred with minimum 5 years of experience in related fields.
Experience in managing team of engineers in a global scale.
Minimum of 10+ years of experience in Product Development preferably in the connector industry.
Knowledge of Commercial Vehicle or Automotive terminal and connector products.
Experience with terminal and connector requirements & testing.
Understanding of connector manufacturing processes including stamping, plating, molding, and assembly.
Knowledge of Transportation industry standard quality processes such as PPAP, FMEA, DFMEA, 6sigma, DOE, 8D…).
Experience with design for rugged environments including sealing and vibration resistance.
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