Job Title: STAFF RESIDENT ENGINEER (Hybrid)
Posting Start Date: 9/9/26
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 OverviewThe Staff Resident Engineer is TE Connectivity's senior on-site technical interface to the customer. This role combines deep product expertise with strong knowledge of engineering systems, specifications, validation, change-management, and issue-resolution processes. The engineer leads customer support from early concept and product selection through validation, launch, production, and corrective action, coordinating TE Engineering, Quality, Project Management, Product Management, and Sales to deliver timely, technically sound solutions.
Job Requirements- Serve as TE's senior technical liaison to the customer, building trusted relationships with DREs, technical specialists, validation engineers, manufacturing teams, and other key customer stakeholders.
- Apply expert knowledge of low-voltage terminals and connectors-including product selection, application requirements, crimping, sealing, mating performance, packaging, manufacturing, and validation-to solve complex customer problems and identify new opportunities.
- Navigate customer systems and processes for specifications, drawings, part releases, engineering changes, validation plans and reports, issue tracking, and corrective-action closure; maintain accurate status and documentation.
- Support customer during assembly-plant trials, launches, and production, including problem definition, root-cause investigation, containment, corrective action, and customer communication.
- Coordinate cross-functional TE teams to deliver prompt, aligned responses and influence product, validation, and application decisions without direct authority.
- Occasional travel to customer engineering locations, supplier sites, TE facilities, and vehicle assembly plants as required
Role requirements- 7+ years of automotive engineering experience, including substantial hands-on experience with low-voltage terminal and connector systems.
- Strong understanding of terminal and connector design, application, validation, manufacturing, and common failure modes.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Proven ability to lead complex technical investigations, manage competing priorities, make sound independent decisions, and communicate effectively with customer and internal stakeholders.
- Proficiency with Microsoft applications.
Preferred Qualifications- Demonstrated experience supporting GM and working knowledge of GM engineering systems and workflows for specifications, releases, engineering changes, validation, launches, and issue closure.
- Experience with wire harnesses and vehicle assembly.
- Experience in the Resident Engineering field.
- High-voltage terminal and connector experience.
- 3D design software experience.
#TANAUV #LI-HYBRID
CompetenciesValues: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork
ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITYTE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global 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.
Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).
COMPENSATION Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $132,000 - $177,000 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits
BENEFITS A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.
EOE, Including Disability/VetsIMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RECRUITMENT FRAUDTE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity
never requests payment or fees from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come
only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com. If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities.
Job Locations:901 Wilshire Drive
Troy, Michigan 48084
United States
Posting City: Troy
Job Country: United States
Travel Required: Less than 10%
Requisition ID: 158184
Workplace Type: Hybrid
External Careers Page: Engineering & Technology
Never miss an opportunity! Create an alert based on the job you applied for.
