Principal System Architect - Industrial Sensors (m/f/d) EMEA Remote at TE Connectivity, Remote
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Job Overview
The Principal System Architect - Industrial Sensors (m/f/d) is a global leadership role responsible for shaping the industrial sensors market strategy and product portfolio. This role works closely with customers, sales, product management, applications engineering, and R&D to identify emerging opportunities and define differentiated sensor solutions that drive long-term business growth.
As a recognized subject matter expert, the Principal System Architect (m/f/d) provides system-level leadership across the organization, translating customer needs, market trends, and technology developments into innovative product concepts, technology roadmaps, and executable requirements. The role serves as a critical bridge between customers, engineering teams, and business leadership to ensure solutions deliver meaningful customer value and sustainable competitive advantage.
Job Requirements
Technical Leadership & Application Expertise
- Serve as the recognized technical authority for industrial sensing applications, providing deep system-level expertise and guidance across customers, partners, and internal teams.
- Translate market, application, and customer requirements into clear product specifications, system architectures, and development priorities.
- Advise customers on system-level trade-offs and optimize sensing solutions to maximize performance, reliability, cost, and ease of integration.
- Drive early customer engagement and design-in activities through close collaboration with engineering teams and technical decision-makers.
- Develop and deliver application-focused training programs to elevate technical knowledge across sales, FAE, marketing, and engineering organizations.
- Represent the company as a thought leader and subject matter expert through industry forums, trade shows, technical publications, and digital channels.
Market Intelligence & Strategic Insight
- Monitor and assess market dynamics, industry trends, growth drivers, and emerging application opportunities to inform business and technology strategy.
- Maintain a deep understanding of the competitive landscape, identifying areas of differentiation and strategic opportunity.
- Leverage system-level analysis, problem solving, and customer insights to define compelling value propositions and solution strategies.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, disruptive innovations, and competitive threats to guide future investment decisions.
- Capture and communicate market and application requirements that align organizational priorities, product strategy, and technology development.
Product Innovation & Technology Strategy
- Shape mid- and long-term product, technology, and innovation roadmaps by aligning customer needs, market trends, and application insights.
- Identify strategic portfolio and technology gaps and provide recommendations for future investment and development.
- Partner with Product Management, R&D, Sales, and Marketing to define product strategies, roadmap priorities, and commercialization plans.
- Lead and sponsor advanced technology initiatives that enable differentiated products and sustainable competitive advantage.
- Serve as a strategic technical advisor to business and product line leadership, influencing portfolio decisions and long-term growth strategies.
- Champion innovation through disciplined engineering, cross-functional collaboration, and customer-focused technology development.
What your background should look like
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline. Technical master’s degree preferred.
- 10+ years direct experience within the industrial sensors market in a similar role.
- Strong understanding of sensor technologies and system-level integration
- Demonstrated experience working with customer engineering teams on technical solutions
- Ability to translate complex technical requirements into practical, scalable solutions
- Capability to synthesize and simplify complex situations and drive organizational alignment.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Familiarity with market-driven product strategy and platform development
- Ability to lead and drive initiatives in a cross functional environment
- Proficiency using Microsoft Office tools.
- Ability to travel globally 25% travel.
Competencies
SET : Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers)