TE Connectivity - Sustainability Lead

Responsibilities:

- Lead initiatives to minimize the environmental impact and carbon footprint of the product portfolio, aligning with organizational sustainability goals.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders to define sustainability solutions and oversee the execution of sustainability projects.

- Develop and implement methods and tools to analyze, report, and enhance circularity in product design and manufacturing operations for carbon emission reduction.

- Build and maintain a pipeline of sustainability projects in coordination with engineering, procurement, material platforms, suppliers, technology centers, and product management.

- Serve as a subject matter expert on Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) and carbon emission reduction strategies.

- Support engineering teams in conducting environmental life cycle assessments and incorporating sustainability into decision-making processes.

- Identify training and capability-building needs to drive sustainability initiatives successfully.

- Work closely with customers, sales, and product management (PM) to gather Voice of Customer (VOC) insights, making engineering assessments and proposals for sustainability.

- Provide technical support to customers, sales teams, PMs, and manufacturing plants, conducting engineering analyses, troubleshooting, and verification.

- Collaborate with global manufacturing resources, procurement, and suppliers to ensure compliance with TE's technical, quality, and cost objectives.

Required Skills:

- Master's degree in Sustainability, Materials Science, Environmental Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related fields (Master's preferred)

- Minimum of 8 years of experience in design/sustainability engineering.

- Experience with product compliance certification (Product, Safety, Environmental Substance Control).

- Basic knowledge of manufacturing processes such as machining, molding, stamping, and plating is advantageous.

- Understanding of material properties (metals/plastics) and associated manufacturing processes.

- Familiarity with material standards and agency approvals for connectors, cables, and cable assemblies.

- Experience in environmental life cycle assessment, circular economy, or product stewardship/compliance.

- Knowledge of ISO/IEC/UL standards related to carbon footprint and emissions reduction in industrial products