Sr. Mechanical Project Engineer

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Molex brings together innovation and technology to deliver electronic solutions to customers worldwide. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a full suite of solutions and services for many markets, including data communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, commercial vehicle and medical.

Molex is seeking an experienced Sr. Mechanical Project Engineer to join our Copper Solutions team. This team is responsible for the conceptualization, design, and launch our industry leading high-speed connector and cable systems. Successful team members are highly skilled professionals who thrive in an environment of constant learning and innovation. Products for this industry focus on rapidly growing markets in cloud computing, AI, and hyperscale applications. This role will be leading projects from concept through design validation and initial production.

Molex offers a flexible work environment to suit our talent needs. This hybrid position may choose to work from the Lisle, IL or Conway, AR office.

What You Will Do

• Lead the advanced development of new interconnect products, including high speed connectors, connector cable assemblies, and miscellaneous related mechanical hardware for datacom and telecom applications such as servers, switches, routers, AI accelerators, and more.
• Interface with cross functional team members in signal integrity, manufacturing integration, product management, sales, state of the art test laboratories, on-premise model shop, and leadership teams.
• Establish and review feasibility of mechanical & electrical functional requirements for new connector systems.
• Knowledge share with global product development team members, applying collective experience to new product designs.
• Collaborate closely with signal integrity and manufacturing teams, to develop cost competitive and creative designs that are efficient to manufacture while meeting high-performance market requirements.
• Develop test plans and product specification documents for internal testing and external customers.
• Clearly document and present to management : design features, analysis, and risks.
• Support manufacturing and quality assurance during product launches; have travel opportunities to visit global manufacturing sites.
• Create relationships with leadership, cross functional team members and peers through team building activities and growth opportunities operating as One Molex Team.
• Lead the organization in identification, evaluation, and implementation of new technologies and methodologies to enable next generation products, improve costs, quality and New Product Development (NPD) processes.
• Track engineering timelines & deliverables, leveraging global engineering resources to maximize efficiency and minimize time-to-market.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

What Will Put You Ahead

For this role, we anticipate paying $100,000 - $140,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation / time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).

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