Principal Product Design Engineer - Enterprise Copper Solutions

About the role

The Principal Engineer at Molex will play a critical role on the team, enabling partnerships with customers, focusing on long-term planning, delegating tasks, and handling advanced, custom technology challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of cutting-edge next-generation products and components for the high-speed cable and connector market.
• Partner with customers, vendors, marketing, and sales personnel, and other engineering areas during the pre-production stages of new products.
• Create original ideas for new products/solutions and develop them into practical and economical models through feasibility studies.
• Provide technical direction and coaching to a design team, ensuring a deep understanding of the market and customer needs.
• Manage the design change process, resolve product-related issues to closure, and provide technical support to the Operations team including Quality and Production for efficiency improvement and safe launch.
• Build prototype samples and perform validation, and maintain a system-level understanding of the customer application and product design/concept.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• At least 15 years of experience in the connector industry.
• Expertise in contact physics.
• Experience leading new product design efforts.
• Design expertise in various board launch and wire termination technologies.

Qualifications

• Six Sigma training/certification.
• Experience working with customers in the data storage market.
• Experience in NX and TeamCenter.
• Geometric dimensioning and tolerance.

Skills

• Strong leadership and technical direction skills.
• Ability to conceive and develop innovative solutions.
• Expertise in high-density board termination rework processes.

Benefits

This role is eligible for a salary range of $150,000 - $200,000 per year, with the possibility of variable pay in the form of a monetary bonus or other forms. Additional benefits include medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria are set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy, or guideline, and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Pay

$150,000 - $200,000 per year

Schedule

N/A