Sr. Product Design Engineer

Molex is seeking a Senior Product Design Engineer in the Copper Solutions IO enterprise division to design and develop high-speed connector and cable systems for big data and hyperscale customers. In this onsite role in Conway, AR, you will guide projects from early ideas through high volume production, while partnering with multiple teams across the business to deliver high-performance interconnect products.

What you will do

• Contribute to a global product design and development effort focused on leading edge new products and components for the high-speed cable and connector industry.
• Interface with cross-functional partners including signal integrity, manufacturing integration, program management, sales, test laboratories, a high tech R&D model shop, manufacturing, and senior leadership.
• Design and develop new interconnect products such as high speed connectors, connector cable assemblies, and related mechanical hardware for datacom and telecom applications including hubs, servers, switches, routers, HBA servers, and RAIDS.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and signal integrity teams on cost competitive designs that are efficient to manufacture and meet performance expectations for the market.
• Create product and application specification documents to support testing that align with customer requirements and market expectations.
• Present concepts and detailed requirements internally and to customers to build support for development of major new products.
• Support manufacturing and quality assurance during product launches, with opportunities to travel to visit manufacturing sites and connect with the global team.
• Help lead evaluation and adoption of new technologies and methodologies to enable next generation products, improve costs and quality, and strengthen New Product Development (NPD) engineering processes.
• Provide leadership, support, and guidance to less experienced team members across multiple NPD projects.
• Partner with marketing and external customers to help define new project opportunities and shape overall design strategy.
• Provide application and technical support to consolidate inputs from marketing, customers, and external consultants into product concepts and detailed requirements.
• Follow product development steps from concept inception and detailed design refinement through supply tooling group models and drawings for quoting and tool build.
• Own follow-up activities, documentation, publishing, and expediting of action items across new product programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in mechanical product design and development with proven technical leadership
• Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
• Experience with GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing) and other related concepts
• Expert use of Tolerance Analyses
• Experience with advanced parametric 3D CAD systems
• Design experience with products manufactured using processes such as progressive die stamping, injection molding, die casting, and insert molding
• Desire to learn and be challenged while operating in a cross-functional team environment

Tools and technologies

• Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
• GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing)
• Tolerance Analyses
• Advanced parametric 3D CAD systems

Compensation and variable pay

• Estimated pay range: $100,000-$130,000 per year
• Eligible for variable pay, provided as a monetary bonus or in another form

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance
• ADD
• Disability
• Retirement
• Paid vacation/time off
• Educational assistance
• May also include infertility assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance

What may put you ahead

• Master’s degree or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering field
• Siemens NX experience
• Design experience with high speed, high density connectors, cable assemblies, and interconnect products
• Design experience with products manufactured using electroplating and automated assembly
• Knowledge of regulatory agency testing requirements (for example: UL/CSA, NEBS, EMC/EMI requirements)
• Understanding of Six Sigma quality development tools and principles (DOE, FMEA, etc.)
• Knowledge and application of project management techniques for timelines, due dates, and deadlines

Primary location: Lisle, IL Headquarters or the Conway, Arkansas Design Center. Work location: Conway, AR (onsite).