R&D/PRODUCT DVL TECHNICIAN V

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

About the role

We’re looking for a highly skilled, hands-on Extrusion Development Technician to join our R&D team and work directly with engineers to transform ideas into prototypes, processes, and commercial products. This is not a traditional production role. You’ll be at the front end of innovation, operating extrusion equipment, solving technical challenges, developing new processes, and helping bring advanced medical products to market.

Responsibilities

• Set up, start up, operate, optimize, troubleshoot, and shut down extrusion equipment for development and prototype builds.
• Produce prototype tubing and components for new product development programs.
• Select tooling, materials, and process parameters to achieve product requirements.
• Partner closely with R&D engineers to conduct trials, process investigations, and technology development.
• Analyze results, recommend improvements, and support process scale-up and commercialization.
• Serve as a technical resource and mentor for extrusion best practices.

Requirements

• Medical tubing extrusion
• Extrusion startup, shutdown, and troubleshooting
• Tooling selection and process optimization
• Prototype manufacturing and process development
• Thermoplastic materials and extrusion fundamentals
• Dimensional inspection and metrology
• Data collection, root cause analysis, and problem solving
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Continuous improvement and technical leadership

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on extrusion experience, preferably in medical devices or another regulated industry.
• Demonstrated expertise independently running extrusion equipment, including setup, startup, troubleshooting, process adjustment, and shutdown.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to select and adjust tooling to meet product requirements.
• Self-driven, highly motivated, and comfortable working with minimal supervision.
• Strong problem-solving mindset with the ability to identify issues, recommend practical solutions, and keep development work moving.
• Interest in building, testing, learning, and developing new technologies in a collaborative R&D environment.

Skills

Ideal candidate is a self-starter who can walk up to an extruder, select the right tooling, make good product, troubleshoot issues, and help engineers move new products from concept to commercialization.

About TE Connectivity

TE 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.

Pay

Competitive base salary: $77,400 - $116,100 (subject to change dependent on physical location). Total compensation includes base salary, incentives, and benefits.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance
• 401(k)
• Disability and life insurance
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Voluntary benefits