Manufacturing Integration Engineer

Molex creates connections for life by enabling technologies that transform the future and improve lives. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a complete range of connectivity products, services and solutions for the data communications, medical, industrial, automotive and consumer electronics industries. Our Datacom and Specialty Solutions team designs an extensive product line serving customers in telecommunications, datacom, hyperscalers, data center and storage applications.

The key responsibility of the Manufacturing Integration Engineer (MIE) will be developing a manufacturing strategy for new products to meet customers production and delivery requirements. This person will be working with initial requirements to design how this product will be manufactured with manual and/or automation production lines. The Manufacturing Integration Engineer will need to consider cost, volume and manufacturability to accomplish volume product design on our manufacturing lines.

This person will lead a focused team consisting of product and signal integrity engineers, all tooling Product Engineers and plant manufacturing engineering functions to support product development process ensuring robust product design and manufacturability in low and high volumes. As products move to manufacturing, the MIE will work with the plant manufacturing engineers to debug new products and processes to validate product performance delivery and quality.

What You Will Do

• Develop manufacturing strategies for new products and drive the tooling development process to meet customer's expectations of quality and optimal cost and lead-time.
• Provide estimated costing (bill of materials, labor, capital tooling) of products in early stages of new product development process. Finalize costing quotes working alongside manufacturing plant once product design is finalized.
• Partner with product development, marketing, finance and senior management on analysis of multiple scenarios to arrive at optimal solution.
• Identify limitations of the proposed design and suggest improvements to meet DFM and inspection guidelines to successfully launch new products.
• Identify and lead any proof-of-concept work required in early design stage to verify use of new technology or concepts in product or process design to reduce risk and improve profitability.
• Provide feedback on process critical dimensions and product features.
• Execute manufacturing strategies to support all phases of product development process (prototype through high volume production).
• Work with Die, Mold and Automation Process Engineers in selecting and managing internal and external suppliers to ensure successful project completion through concept, design, build, debug and qualification.
• Working with respective tooling engineers to ensure successful transfer of all tooling processes and equipment to NPI and manufacturing plants.
• Work with NPI pilot shop / plant Manufacturing Engineers as needed to debug new products and processes to validate product performance and meet customer needs - delivery, quality and performance.
• Support plant Manufacturing Engineers as needed in production capacity planning and continual process improvements.
• Utilize concepts and methods to optimize manufacturing processes and daily activities.
• Must be willing to travel (10%-15%) both internationally and domestic as required to global manufacturing plants.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or Manufacturing engineering
• Experience with manufacturing processes; molding, tooling, stamping, plating and/or assembly
• Experience in Design for Manufacturability
• Experience in capital justification, cost estimating, quote preparation or financial analysis
• Experience developing manufacturing process flow for mass production manufacturing
• Experience reading and interpreting product, tool detail and assembly drawings
• Experience managing projects: experience setting goals, managing competing priorities and handling multiple projects
• Experience explaining technical concepts to non-technical team members

What Will Put You Ahead

• High volume manufacturing of electronic products
• Masters in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering field
• Experience with high speed data cables
• Hands on experience in design, build and debug of assembly equipment
• GLSS Certification with successful project accomplishments
• Knowledge of accounting and business management principles

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading?edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan 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. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.