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Job Title: MGR I MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING
Posting Start Date: 4/14/26
At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.
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Job Overview
Position Overview
Lead/Support and transform the Japan Manufacturing Engineering organization. Drive strategic initiatives to close performance gaps with regional benchmarks, enhance equipment reliability, and build a high-performing team capable of supporting rapid product launches while maintaining sustainable operations and technical competency.
The role requires a visionary leader who can balance technical depth with strong people management to elevate the Japan ME function from reactive troubleshooting to proactive process/quality optimization and wasting elimination.
Job Requirements
Required Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field
- Master's degree preferred
Experience
- 10+ years in manufacturing engineering within high-volume production environment
- 5+ years in leadership roles managing engineering teams (minimum 15+ engineers)
- Proven track record in automotive, electronics, or precision manufacturing industries
- Experience leading organizational transformation and change management initiatives
- Demonstrated success in NPI/product launch support and sustaining engineering
Technical Competencies
- Deep expertise in manufacturing processes: injection molding, automated assembly….
- Strong knowledge of equipment troubleshooting, maintenance strategies, and process optimization
- Proficiency in root cause analysis methodologies (8D, 5-Why, DMAIC, Fishbone)
- Understanding of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma principles
- Familiarity with automation technologies, robotics, and Industry 4.0 concepts
What your background should look like
Generally requires Bachelors degree in appropriate field with a minimum of 8 years of experience; Masters degree or higher or local equivalent may be preferred at this level
Competencies
SET : Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers)
Job Locations:
Posting City: KAKEGAWA SHIZUOKA
Job Country: Japan
Travel Required: 10% to 25%
Requisition ID: 149976
Workplace Type: Onsite
External Careers Page: Engineering & Technology
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Mansfield, OH |
| Industry | Electronics, Components, and Semiconductor Mfg |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 2007 |
| Website | http://www.te.com/usa-en/home.html |
About Company
TE Connectivity is an industry leader with an entrepreneurial spirit, fueled by innovation and collaboration. Our emphasis on forward thinking has attracted the brightest industry minds, allowing them to thrive and create breakthrough solutions that deliver a competitive advantage to our customers.
TE Connectivity is a global, $12.1 billion company that designs and manufactures over 500,000 products that connect and protect the flow of power and data inside the products that touch every aspect of our lives. Our nearly 90,000 employees partner with customers in virtually every industry—from consumer electronics, energy and healthcare, to automotive, aerospace and communication networks—enabling smarter, faster, better technologies to connect products to possibilities.
Skills
- 8Dunmatched
- Automationunmatched
- Benchmarkingunmatched
- Change Managementunmatched
- Clean Technologiesunmatched
- Diversityunmatched
- Electronicsunmatched
- Engineering Managementunmatched
- Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Industrial Engineeringunmatched
- Injection Moldingunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Lean Manufacturingunmatched
- Lean Six Sigmaunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing Engineeringunmatched
- Manufacturing/Industrial Processesunmatched
- Mechanical Engineeringunmatched
- People Managementunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Product Supportunmatched
- Product/Service Launchunmatched
- Production Systemsunmatched
- Production Volumeunmatched
- Roboticsunmatched
- Root Cause Analysisunmatched
- Six Sigma DMAICunmatched
- Strategic Planningunmatched
- Talent Managementunmatched
- Team Lead/Managerunmatched
- Technical Operationsunmatched
- Willing to Travelunmatched
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