SR Qlty & Reliability Engineer

Job description

Job Overview

BU / FUNCTION DESCRIPTION In CLS (Connected Living Solutions) Business Unit, our purpose is to make our homes safer, more sustainable, energy efficient and smart in a world where every connection truly counts. CLS has two subvertical BUs Home & Integrated Solutions (HIS) and Lighting & Precision Connections (LPC), which are focusing on home appliances and Lighting fields, leading innovation through our product portfolio of Power and Signal Interconnects, Terminals & Splices, Magnet Wire Terminations, Sensors, Circular Plastic Connectors, and Lighting, unleashes potential in every connection and with great power comes great sustainability, from Innovating Homes to Smart Cities.

ROLE OBJECTIVE We are looking for Product Certification Expert to handle all the world-wide certifications (UL/CSA/VDE/TUV/IEC CB, etc.) for various product families in TE Connected Living Solutions Business Unit.

Job Requirements

• Business Unit PoC for product approvals & certification activities globally.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for UL, coordinating communications on general matters and maintaining a strong, collaborative working relationship with UL.
• Shall act as a project manager, being diligent, methodical, and organized in carrying out the agency approval activities.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding on the agency technical reports, test reports, specifications and procedures is a must.
• Spearhead continuous improvement activities, 5S, and kaizen events for lean processes and cost saving activities.
• Shall be subject matter expert and provide guidance to internal teams on the interpretation of technical/standard requirements to be applied for each various product as per standard /country regulations/agency requirements.
• Coordinate with the testing/certification agencies, track projects and lead them to a logical closure for all regulatory agency approvals activities for existing, modified, and new product.
• Monitor standards developed, review products, and advise engineers to ensure product compliance.
• Establish and maintain reliable records on all aspects of the approval process, maintain the certified products information in TE systems accurately.
• Resolve follow-up services and inspector variation notices from agencies, including plant "shutdowns".
• Conduct training sessions on agency requirements/standards to internal teams.
• Ability to multitask, handling multiple projects and driving for project completion with multiple stakeholders is key for this role.
• Should be able to interact with global stakeholders (PM/Sales etc.), directly with Customers, and communicate technical details efficiently.
• Cost down/avoidance mindset and execute in actual product certification projects to achieve cost avoidance target.
• Be technical expert for agency approval team, support and responsible for the overall technical quality of the team, assisting manager in promoting the team to follow best practices. Job Description con't
• Assist the product approval manager in managing all certification projects well with timely and accurate delivery.
• Assist the manager to regularly maintain BU product approval management platform (quality/procedure documents, knowledge sharing, lesson learning, best practice, etc.) MANDATORY

SKILLS

REQUIRED TO PERFORM THE JOB:

• In depth knowledge of regulatory compliance process pertaining to electrical safety products and standards, on both components and end-products are in priorities, experience on standards UL1977/CSA Std. C22.2 No. 182.3, UL310/CSA Std. C22.2 No. 153, ANSI C136.41/UL 773, UL 2237/2238, UL486, IEC 61984, IEC 60335, IEC 61210 would be preferred.
• Strong understanding of engineering design practices, product development lifecycles, design change and technical specifications and ability to communicate effectively with engineering teams.
• Innovative thinking and continuous process improvement mindset.
• Ability to recognize opportunities and propose practical solutions for improvements.
• Excellent collaboration with global team members.
• Excellent Project/Program/stakeholder and information management skills.
• Excellent Communication (oral and written) and presentation skills.
• Flexibility in learning, multi-tasking and executing on a variety of certification tasks in short time.
• Strong planning, data organization, review and management skills.
• A strong attitude of ownership of success and failure. Responsible and committed to quality results.
• Customer focus mindset / passion to work to provide excellent customer experience.
• Mentoring Junior engineer and Training to other function skills What your background should look like EDUCATION/CRITICAL

Years of Experience

• 8+ years in Product Safety Certification Domain.

Educational qualification

• BE/BTECH Electrical/Electronics/Mechanical Engineering