Mechanical Engineer

As a Mechanical Engineer, you will play a key role in developing and supporting innovative mechanical solutions that enable the assembly, testing, and production of electronic products. You will collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams to optimize product designs and manufacturing processes, ensuring high levels of quality, reliability, efficiency, and customer satisfaction. Your work will help drive continuous improvement while supporting products from concept through full-scale production.

You will join a collaborative Engineering team focused on supporting advanced electronics assembly operations. Working closely with manufacturing, quality, product development, and operations teams, you will help deliver innovative products while driving improvements in safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance.

• Work under the direction of the Principle Engineer performing highly detail-orientated design/drafting functions for new and legacy products.

• Partner with cross-functional teams to support new product introductions and ensure designs are scalable for production.
• Drive the development and implementation of mechanical solutions that improve manufacturing efficiency, product quality, and operational performance on legacy and new products.
• Evaluate manufacturing challenges and develop innovative solutions that enhance reliability, throughput, and customer satisfaction.

• Creates assembly/component detailed drawings in 2D and 3D using company CAD systems (typically Solidworks) while following drawing change procedures and meeting KPIs.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on assembly processes, tooling, fixtures, and equipment performance.
• Support product and process validation activities to ensure compliance with quality, performance, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal stakeholders to optimize component designs, manufacturing methods, and cost-saving opportunities.

• Contribute technical expertise during design reviews, problem-solving efforts, and strategic engineering initiatives.
• Promote a culture of safety, innovation, and operational excellence across the organization.
• Be able to train internal and external stakeholders on our products and capabilities, with a willingness to travel up 10%

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience supporting mechanical design, manufacturing engineering, or process improvement within an electronics assembly or manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD software such as SolidWorks, Creo, AutoCAD, or similar design platforms.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, mechanical assemblies, engineering drawings, and GD&T principles.
• Experience communicating and working cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations teams.

• Experience supporting electronic product manufacturing.
• Experience designing tooling, fixtures, or automated assembly equipment.
• Familiarity with PCB assemblies, connectors, or cable assemblies.
• Experience with continuous improvement, failure effects, mechanical simulation tools, process validation, and root cause analysis and methodologies
• Six Sigma certification, knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles, or experience leading cost, quality, or productivity improvement projects.

• Working knowledge of ERP or product lifecycle management systems.
• Understands export control, fair trade, and anti-bribery/corruption law.

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.