Your Job
If you are looking for a way to accelerate your career and be part of a great company, this may be the opportunity for you. In this role you will have the opportunity to lead the design engineering of new and existing connector and terminal products from concept to production.
Our Team
We are currently building our in-house Engineering staff and are looking for a talented Product Development Engineer to join our team.
In the Connected Mobility Business Unit, we are at the forefront of the connected car movement. From innovative products like high-speed USB and LVDS signaling to mini-coax and 25Gb+ Ethernet solutions, we design and manufacture products that enable flawless data transfer within the next generation of autonomous and connected vehicles.
In this role you will have the opportunity to lead the design engineering of new and existing connector and terminal products from concept to production.
What You Will Do
- Lead design efforts in developing new connectors, cable assembly products, and networking or connectivity products autonomous vehicles and automotive systems.
- Follow all Product Development Phases required to bring concepts into production. Prepare presentation material for design reviews and customer meetings.
- Evaluate customer requirements to develop technical assumptions and requirements that provides an outline for project scope, planning and quoting activities.
- Create Design FMEA, execute on risk mitigating actions from the DFMEA, and update it accordingly.
- Responsible for design/product validation plan and report.
- Supports cross-functional feasibility reviews of new products.
- Prepare information such as design concepts for design reviews and for customer presentations.
- Participate and provides value add feedback in customer’s Product Design Team meetings.
- Provide team and customers with regular status updates.
- Provide technical support to customers both internal and external.
- Problem solving and troubleshooting in the reliability lab, online or at the customer location.
- Confirm product design intent.
- Perform/Review stack studies and other analyses required from the DFMEA to reduce and eliminate failure modes from designs before tool release.
- Check manufacturing drawings for completeness and accuracy.
- Perform engineering tests and submits products for screen and qualification testing in the reliability lab.
- New product development, debug and release.
- Follow all product development steps, supplies tooling groups with necessary drawings for quoting and tool building. Assists and supports manufacturing in the debug process.
- Responsible for follow-up, documentation, publishing and expediting all action items of the assigned product program.
- Prepares and follows engineering change requests (ECR) per document control procedures. Supports other engineers in department by checking drawings and provides mark-up for corrections.
- Produces suitable manufacturing drawings that follow the Molex Drawing Standard and employs accepted GD&T methodology.
- Interface with internal departments (manufacturing, quality, lab, sales and marketing) to ensure design objectives are met in a timely manner and assists by providing product information, engineering samples and technical advice.
- Supports current product with continuous improvement and supports resolution of customer issues. Always support sustenance activities, co-ordination with manufacturing plant.
- Take part in disposition activities and support global team in measurement data.
- Understand, support and contribute to current Molex Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma, International Standards Organization (ISO) and Environmental, and/or Health and Safety (EH&S) Management Systems by following stated policies and procedures.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- CAD skills (2D and 3D), preferably in UG NX
- Hands on experience on GD&T, tolerance studies, statistical analysis, DFMEA
- Knowledge in interpreting FEA report
- Design for Manufacturing/Assembly (DFM/DFA) Experience (Plastic, sheet metal, casting)
- Problem solving skills using systematic tools (8D, fishbone, cause/effect diagrams)
- Knowledge of the Product development process
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Microsoft Office products: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, MS Project, Visio
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent science degree
- Proven experience in product design and development
What Will Put You Ahead
- Exposure in Team Center and Polarion software
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Who We Are
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
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