Description

Your Job

In this role, you will play a vital role in collaborating with design engineers and technicians to establish design objectives, troubleshoot mechanical failures, and engineer functional prototypes. Your expertise will contribute to the development of cutting-edge products, from concept to release, while conducting research, implementing best-known techniques, and ensuring adherence to customer requirements. If you are passionate about innovation, problem-solving, and making a tangible impact in a collaborative environment, we invite you to join our team.

Our Team

The Product Development Engineer role contributes indispensably to a versatile engineering team, where cross-functional collaboration is paramount for designing, analyzing, and implementing antenna systems. The team thrives on synergy, leveraging diverse expertise and skill sets to drive innovation and achieve optimal engineering solutions.

What You Will Do

• Work directly with the design engineers and technicians to establish design objectives and meet design specifications and performance expectations.
• Perform risk assessment tests to improve design and reduce risks before release for tool kickoff.
• Identify failures, file observations, troubleshoot mechanical failures and lead root-cause analysis.
• Engineer functional prototypes to evaluate product performance.
• Participate in the product cycle development from concept to release. Solid modeling with UG NX, create detailed drawing, write Engineering Change Notices (ECN).
• Develop internal testing methods, apparatuses, fixtures, and materials needed to achieve customer and product requirements.
• Research on material alternatives and new mechanical design tools
• Implementations of best-known mechanical techniques and materials for different antenna components.
• Perform engineering analysis and studies. Conduct research & development activities related to prototypes.
• Submit test reports and present test results to engineering team and costumer.
• Evaluate prototypes, write test plans, and design experiments, perform engineering tests. Support manufacturing builds, and development of prototypes.
• Work closely with program management, quality, and electrical departments to discuss areas of interest.

• Some minimal travel requirements (currently to MX) supporting builds.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Experience in design and working knowledge of plastic, small die cast/sheet metal components.
• Knowledge of Unigraphics NX, Catia or SolidWorks.
• Detailed theoretical design and failure mode analysis background (mechanics of materials, elastic failure, stress analysis)

What Will Put You Ahead

• Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

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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.

Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf