Principal System Architect - Industrial Sensors (m/f/d) EMEA Remote (#, BE, DE,

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