Design Engineer II

About the role

The Transportation Solutions Business Unit (TSBU) at Molex is seeking a Design Engineer II skilled in fundamental engineering principles with strong critical thinking skills. This position involves providing solutions for technical challenges while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Aid in documenting project scope, requirements, feasibility, and engineering work plans under senior engineer guidance.
• Collaborate with the engineering team and product management to capture and analyze customer needs.
• Support concept development, ensuring designs are manufacturable, cost-effective, and meet customer requirements; develop risk mitigation plans.
• Conduct DFMEA, FEA, tolerance analysis, and other analytical studies with oversight from senior engineers.
• Create and maintain product models and drawings using GD&T, ensuring proper datum selection, dimensioning, and tolerancing with guidance from experienced engineers.
• Prepare and manage engineering change processes in line with company policies.
• Develop test plans (DVP&R) and analyze test results using statistical methods; perform DOE, Hypothesis Testing, and Capability Studies.
• Lead root cause analysis using structured problem-solving methods like 8D, 5 Why, and Fishbone diagrams with senior guidance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field
• 3+ years of engineering experience in product design
• Experience creating DFMEAs and using FEA / tolerance stacks / analytical studies as part of a robust risk mitigation plan
• Experience developing validation plans and analyzing test results to ensure a product meets performance requirements
• Experience utilizing structured problem-solving methods to systematically determine root cause for complex technical issues

Qualifications

• 3+ years of product design experience in the automotive industry (preferably in connection systems)
• Knowledge of resins, metals, engineering tools and processes, and manufacturing processes (injection molding, stamping, plating, assembly)

Skills

• Strong critical thinking skills
• Proficiency in CAD tools
• Experience with tolerance analysis, FEA, and DVP&R
• Structured problem-solving methods (8D, 5 Why, Fishbone diagrams)

Benefits

Our benefits package 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.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details on schedule are not specified in the job posting.