Process Engineer, Connectors

About the role

The successful candidate will serve as the technical leader for connector process development, owning processes from concept through validation, scale-up, and handoff to sustained production. They will develop and validate new manufacturing processes across various connectorization methods, focusing on scalability, automation, and long-term manufacturability.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for connector process development, owning processes from concept through validation, scale-up, and handoff to sustained production.
• Develop new and innovative manufacturing processes across a range of connectorization methods, including injection molding, overmolding, and laser welding, with a mindset toward scalability and automation from day one.
• Design, execute, and analyze structured Design of Experiments (DOEs) to optimize process parameters, improve yield, and reduce variability.
• Validate processes using lab and metrology equipment to ensure results meet quality, reliability, and customer requirements.
• Collaborate closely and bidirectionally with design engineers, providing critical process and manufacturability feedback that shapes product design decisions, and translating design intent into robust, scalable processes.
• Work hands-on with technicians during builds, providing technical direction and guidance; foster a strong, collaborative working relationship on the production floor.
• Write and maintain clear, accurate work instructions and process documentation to ensure consistency, repeatability, and smooth knowledge transfer.
• Identify opportunities to automate, scale, or improve connector processes; lead initiatives that push CelLink’s manufacturing capabilities forward.
• Lead root cause investigations and drive data-driven corrective actions to resolve process issues and prevent recurrence.
• Support APQP documentation as needed, including PFMEAs, DVP&Rs, and control plans.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in process engineering, NPI, or advanced manufacturing.
• Hands-on experience with injection molding and/or overmolding processes.
• Strong background in DOE methodology, statistical analysis, and data-driven decision-making; experience with JMP, Minitab, or similar tools preferred.
• Familiarity with electrical interconnection processes such as laser welding, soldering, crimping, or similar techniques is a strong plus.
• Familiarity with Design for Manufacturability (DFM), design review participation, and CAD tools.
• Experience supporting APQP documentation: PFMEAs, DVP&Rs, control plans, etc.

Qualifications

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Physical Demands – Office and Manufacturing Environment: Regularly talk or hear, use hands or fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms and pull/push; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance.
• Work Environment – Includes both a typical office environment, with minimal exposure to excessive noise or adverse environmental issues, and a shop environment, with exposure to high noise levels from operating machines, physical hazards from moving equipment and machine parts, nuisance dust, and skin exposure to chemicals used to run/maintain machines. PPE Employee may be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment, including but not limited to safety glasses, safety shoes, bump-caps, gloves, hair nets, masks, & clean-room frocks while adhering to the prescribed safety procedures. Ear plugs are recommended in areas of high noise levels that meet minimum OSHA requirements.