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Sr. Product Design Engineer

Molex
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Illinois, Lisle
2222 Wellington Court (Show on map)
Aug 19, 2025
Your Job Molex brings together innovation and technology to deliver electronic solutions to customers worldwide. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a full suite of solutions and services for many markets, including data communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, commercial vehicle and medical. Molex is seeking an experienced Sr. Product Design Engineer to join our Copper Solutions enterprise team responsible for the design of our industry leading high-speed connector and cable systems for exponentially growing data storage systems, telecommunication and hyperscale customers. This is a dynamic group of highly skilled professionals that will provide an opportunity for constant learning and innovation. This role will be leading projects from ideas to high volume production. These creative, high-tech leading-edge components are critical for the data superhighways existence we use every day changing the world. The primary location for this position is the Lisle Design Center in Chicago area. What You Will Do Design and develop new interconnect products, including high speed connectors, connector cable assemblies, and miscellaneous related mechanical hardware for datacom and telecom applications such as hubs, servers, switches, routers, HBA servers, and RAIDS. Interface with cross functional team members in our signal integrity team, manufacturing integration team, program management, sales organization, state of the art test laboratories, high tech R&D model shop, manufacturing and senior leadership teams. Collaborate to develop cost competitive and creative designs with signal integrity, and manufacturing team that are efficient at manufacture while meeting our high-performance market requirements. Develop product and application specifications documents for testing that meet our customer requirements. Present concepts and detailed requirements internally and to customers to obtain support for development of major new products. Support Manufacturing and Quality Assurance during product launches and have travel opportunities to visit our manufacturing sites and meet the global team. Create relationships with senior leadership, cross functional team members and peers through team building activities and growth opportunities operating as One Molex Team Help lead the organization in identification, evaluation, and implementation of new technologies and methodologies to enable next generation products, improve costs, quality and New Product Development (NPD) processes. Follow all product development steps from concept inception, refinement of detailed product design, supply tooling group models and drawings for quoting and tool build. Responsible for follow-up, documentation, publishing, and expediting all action items of a new product program. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering Experience in mechanical design from initial concept through production Experience creating prototypes and simulations Expert use of Tolerance Analyses Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Work experience with plastic injection molding and sheet metal development Experience with GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing) Experience with advanced parametric 3D CAD systems What Will Put You Ahead Master's degree or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or other related engineering field Siemens NX experience Design experience with high-speed, high-density connectors, cable assemblies, and interconnect products Design experience with products manufactured utilizing electroplating and automated assembly Good understanding and practical knowledge of Six Sigma quality development tools and principles (DOE, FMEA, etc.) Understanding and application of sound project management techniques managing projects to timelines, due dates and deadlines Design experience with products manufactured using some of the following processes: progressive die stamping, injection molding, die casting and insert molding Knowledge of regulatory agency testing requirements For this role, we anticipate paying $90,000-$130,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form. At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here. Who We Are At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. 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. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu). #LI-RL1