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 high-speed cable and connectors.
• 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.
• Lead the engineering design evaluation and design proposal to the customer.
• Build prototype samples and perform validation.
• Provide technical support to the Operations team including Quality and Production for efficiency improvement and safe launch.
• Resolve product-related issues to closure and manage the design change process.
• Build a deep understanding of the market and customer needs by fostering a connection between the business engineering teams and the customer engineering teams.
• Maintain a system-level understanding of the customer application and the product design/concept necessary for providing a solution to the customers' expectations.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• At least 15 years in the connector industry.
• Expertise in contact physics.
• Expertise in providing technical direction and coaching to a design team.
• Design expertise in various board launch and wire termination technologies.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge in high-density board termination rework process.
• Six Sigma training/certification.
• Experience working with customers in the data storage market.
• Experience in NX and TeamCenter.
• Geometric dimensioning and tolerance.

Skills

• Experience leading new product design efforts.
• Ability to conceive original ideas for new products/solutions and develop them into practical and economical models through feasibility studies.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

This role is eligible for a base salary of $150,000-$200,000 per year, plus variable pay options. 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.

Pay

$150,000 - $200,000 per year

Schedule

N/A