Field Application Engineer at TE Connectivity

The Data and Devices business unit of TE Connectivity has an opportunity for an experienced Field Application Engineer to support our key customers in the vicinity. Our office is in Kista and our key customer is in Kista. The business unit has determined that, for our key customers, having knowledgeable engineering presence locally is critical to long-term success in supporting our customers’ product and design needs and in advancing our Company’s interests.

The FAE will serve as a technical resource for our customers’ engineers and program / platform managers by providing technical expertise, design work, product application information, and general support for strategic customers. The selected engineer will be a significant interface between TE Connectivity’s sales and engineering organizations and our customers.


KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be the initial point of contact for customer’s local engineering group
• Function as the technical interface between the customer’s engineers and the TE engineering community on all existing products and certain new product development opportunities
• Actively contribute to new product development opportunities for TE at the customer with the ability to provide conceptual design modeling
• Interact directly with key customer daily and coordinate the deliverables related to customer projects including new products, modifications to existing products, test studies, signal integrity modeling, and any other development efforts
• Establish relationships with key customer engineering contacts and decision makers
• Gain a solid understanding of customer’s product set and future roadmap
• Gain a solid understanding of TE Data and Devices products and future roadmap
• Use VOC (Voice of Customer) tools to gain basic understanding the accounts’ technology, strategic direction, and electronic connectivity needs. Communicate these needs to internal TE Connectivity teams to initiate projects
• Support a cross-functional, global team specific to the customer. The team may consist of a Program Manager, Quality Engineering, Logistics, Procurement, Operations, and Sales.
• Support customers’ design cycle to be involved in the early stages of new product / platform planning
• Work closely with internal engineering teams to ensure that they are meeting the customers’ needs and be a conduit to the customer
• Represent and be an advocate for the customer.
• Support product & process qualifications



QUALIFICATIONS

• We believe you have a BS degree in Engineering preferred (Mechanical / Systems discipline preferred)
• At least 3 years of engineering experience in connector knowledge
• Knowledge of general manufacturing processes of stamping, molding, plating, and automated product assembly is desired
• Prefer candidates with some knowledge of electronics components, preferably in one or more of our product lines (connectors, electronics relays, wire & cable)
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective project leadership
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills demonstrated by the ability to communicate across all levels within and outside of the organization (in Swedish & English)
• Ability and willingness to travel as required, mainly regionally
• Successful candidates will have strong ability to work independently
• Good networking, influencing, and listening skills
• Experience reading/interpreting production level drawings



ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY

TE Connectivity Ltd. is a $14 billion global technology and manufacturing leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. For more than 75 years, our connectivity and sensor solutions, proven in the harshest environments, have enabled advancements in transportation, industrial applications, medical technology, energy, data communications, and the home. With 80,000 employees, including more than 8,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 140 countries, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat and Twitter.