Product Design Engineer
 Molex | |
life insurance, parental leave
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 United States, Arkansas, Conway | |
| 2222 Wellington Court (Show on map) | |
 Nov 07, 2024 | |
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Your Job
As a Product Design Engineer, you will be responsible to design, model, analyze, characterize high-speed connectors, cables, and systems within our Copper Solutions enterprise division team. In this role you will provide technical expertise in connector, cable design for the exponentially growing data storage systems and telecommunications market. This is a dynamic group of highly skilled professionals that will provide an opportunity for constant learning and innovation. This role will be engaged in projects from idea to high volume production. These new products drive the industry making a big impact on our customers and their products. The successful applicant will have the ability to appropriately plan and see assignments through to completion with minimal direction, develop timing, meet project schedules, manage risks, accurately quote design, and systematically solve problems. What You Will Do * Be a team member in a global organization designing and developing leading edge new products and components for the high-speed cable and connector industry. * You will be interfacing with professional cross functional team members in our signal integrity team, manufacturing integration team, program management, sales organization, state of the art test laboratories, high tech R&D model shop, manufacturing and senior leadership teams * Develop and validate new interconnect products, including high speed connectors, connector cable assemblies, and miscellaneous related mechanical hardware for datacom and telecom applications such as hubs, servers, switches, routers. * Collaborating to develop cost competitive and creative designs with the manufacturing, and signal integrity team that are efficient to manufacture while meeting our high-performance market requirements * Develop product and application specifications documents for testing that meet our customer requirements and general market expectations * Present concepts and detailed requirements internally and to customers to obtain support for development of major new products. * Support Manufacturing and Quality Assurance during product launches and have travel opportunities to visit our manufacturing sites and meet the global team * Create relationships with cross functional team members and peers through team building activities and growth opportunities operating as One Molex Team * Help lead the organization in identification, evaluation, and implementation of new technologies and methodologies to enable next generation products, improve costs and quality, as well as improve New Product Development (NPD) engineering processes. * Work with marketing and external customers to help define new project opportunities and strategize on overall design. * Work with quality and external suppliers to help ensure product requirements are met. * Collaborate closely and directly with customer engineering during product development lifecycle. * Provide application and technical support to consolidate inputs from Marketing, customers, and external consultants into product concepts and detailed requirements. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) * Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline * 5+ years of experience in Product Design Engineering in electronic components * Experience with welding, stamping, plating, or plastic injection molding/insert molding, and connector and cable harness assembly * Knowledge in developing engineering documentation including DFMEAs * Experience with Tolerance Analysis studies * Working knowledge in Data Analysis, preferably using Excel, Minitab, and/or Power BI * Proficiency in CAD, preferably in NX, Team Center What Will Put You Ahead * Six Sigma training/certification * Experience designing high-speed interfaces, cable and board mount connectors * Twinax termination, PCB surface mount and compression technologies * Design Board launches (EON, SMT, compression, etc.) * High Density Board termination rework process * Experience with DVP testing 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 [1] here. Who We Are As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our [2] 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 visit the following website for additional information: [3] http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf #LI-RL1 References Visible links 1. https://jobs.kochcareers.com/pages/culture 2. https://www.kochind.com/about/business-philosophy 3. http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf | |