Senior Engineer, Product Design

Molex; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Molex is seeking a Sr Engineer in Product Design responsible for leading innovative product design projects. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and ensure designs meet customer requirements from concept through to production. Candidates should have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minimum of four years' experience in product design.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience in product design and development.
• Connector's product design knowledge.
• Experience in mold design or die design/stamping processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead product design projects from concept to market introduction.
• Engage with cross-functional teams and customers.
• Create design specifications and manage modifications.

Skills

Product Design

Innovation

Customer Requirements Analysis

Cross-functional Collaboration

Mold Design

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD

Job description

Your Job

As a Sr Engineer, Product Design, you will play a key role in driving the successful development of new product design projects. You will research and develop innovative ideas for new and improved designs, creating specifications and proposals that align with customer requirements. From concept to market introduction, you'll lead and participate in design and development activities, ensuring products meet the highest standards. Additionally, you will support product modifications, cost reductions, and manufacturing process improvements while providing technical expertise and guidance across various stages of product development.

Our Team

This position is part of the CCS (Commercial & Consumer Solutions) division and reports to the Manager, Product Design. You will engage with a cross-functional team across departments, including Product Marketing, Product & Project Management, Manufacturing Operations, Advanced Quality Planning, Reliability Laboratory, and Quality. Your role will also involve interacting with customers and suppliers, collaborating to ensure successful product development and manufacturing outcomes.

What You Will Do

Product Proposal Phase

• Review customer requirements.
• Provide preliminary design feasibility review.
• Benchmark competitors’ designs.
• Generate design proposals in the form of CAD models, drawings, sketches or the like.
• Review and determine feasibility of design solution(s)/proposal(s).
• Request patent opinion from Legal.
• Make models or mock-ups as required.
• Check design against Marketing and/or Customer requirements.
• Present design proposal(s) to Sales, Marketing and/or Customers.

Product Design Phase

• Establish design & development plan.
• Create project file.
• Review additional inputs and/or changes in customer requirements.
• Request patent opinion from Legal (if not done in the prior phase).
• Create design CAD models, sales and engineering drawings, and other design specifications such as product,material and packaging specifications.
• Perform design verification activities per design & development plan.
• Conduct design FMEA.
• Conduct design reviews to determine feasibility of design and design for manufacturability.
• Confirm design meets Marketing and/or Customer requirements.
• Release final design specifications for tooling and process design & development.
• Establish product reliability/screen test plans with Reliability.
• Review and update design & development plan.

Product / Process Development Phase

• Maintain product drawings and other design output documents; distribute changes per ECR/ECN procedures as required.
• Disposition first article inspection reports.
• Approve or disapprove product deviation requests.
• Submit product for reliability/screen tests.
• Submit product for agency approvals (UL, CSA, VDE, TUV).
• Review and update design FMEA.
• Review reliability/screen test results for conformance to product specifications and take action to resolve issues, if any.
• Review engineering verification samples, documents and test reports for customer approval.
• Review product performance status and seek customer approval
• Update design & development plan.

Production Phase

• Provide design support for product modifications and/or extensions.
• Provide design support for manufacturing process improvements.
• Approve or disapprove product deviation requests.
• Participate in cost reduction activities.
• Respond to customer complaints on design-related issues.
• Maintain and safe-keep project file.
• Apply lessons learnt on new and/or improved designs.

Other Responsibilities

• Provide support & coordination on prototyping sample build for other entity
• Provide consultations to Sales and/or Marketing on design-related matters
• Conduct mold design DFM with vendors.
• Support / Assist vendors in resolving molding issue.
• Support Quality Department in handling quality claims.
• Support Operations in manufacturing process improvements.
• Assist or lead department support and focal point activities when required.
• Assist Purchasing in new products/vendors qualification.
• Other duties as assigned by Management.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Degree or Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in product design and development.
• Connector’s product design knowledge
• Mold design / Mold process or Die design / Stamping processes knowledge

What Will Put You Ahead

• Working experience in a connector design and manufacturing environment

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.

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.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophyhelps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

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.