Change Management Engineer - Optical Solutions

Molex; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Molex is seeking a Change Management Engineer to lead ECO processes for optical transceiver products. You will coordinate cross-functional reviews with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and customers to ensure changes are properly assessed, approved, and implemented.

You will drive change management metrics, maintain configurations, and lead CRB activities while partnering with multiple teams to minimize impact on quality, delivery, and performance.

Qualifications

• BS degree in a technical field (Electrical/Optical/Mechanical).
• 5+ years in product/manufacturing/quality engineering or change management.
• Experience with ECO/ECN processes and PLM/ERP systems (SAP preferred).

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the ECO process for optical transceiver products.
• Coordinate cross-functional review and approval of design, firmware, component, and supplier changes.
• Assess impacts to technical, quality, reliability, manufacturing, inventory and customers.
• Manage configurations, revisions, BOMs, and documentation in PLM/ERP.
• Lead CRB activities and ensure timely implementation of changes.
• Coordinate qualification and validation activities for changes.

Skills

Change management

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Effective communication

Engineering change control

ECO/ECN processes

Education

BS in Electrical/Optical/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

PLM systems

SAP

Job description

Change Management Engineer - Optical Solutions

Molex is seeking a highly organized and technically proficient Change Management Engineer to manage engineering change control activities across our portfolio of optical transceiver products. This role is responsible for managing all changes related to the design and manufacture of an optical transceiver product throughout its product lifecycle, ensuring those changes are properly assessed, reviewed, approved, communicated, and implemented without disrupting quality, delivery, reliability, or customer commitments.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical knowledge of optical transceivers with excellent project management and cross-functional leadership skills. This role serves as the primary coordinator between engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, operations, and customer-facing teams to ensure effective execution of change management processes.

Our Team

Molex is an industry leader in transforming optical network infrastructure with an unwavering commitment to speed, reliability, and performance. We proudly engineer high-performance systems for critical, fast-growing industries including data centers, telecom, medical, and industrial automation. Our team develops an advanced portfolio of optical solutions, ranging from cutting‑edge optical connectivity products-such as expanded beam connectors, fiber management, adapters, and hybrid copper/fiber solutions for medical systems-to end‑to‑end optoelectronic solutions featuring cages, connectors, optical transceivers, and cable assemblies. Supporting extreme data rates from 100 Mbps to 1.6 Tbps across long‑haul distances up to 80km+, we deliver complete wavelength management and turnkey OEM solutions. Come join Molex and help build the future of global connectivity.

What You Will Do

• Own and drive the Engineering Change Order (ECO) process for optical transceiver products.


• Coordinate cross‑functional review and approval of design, firmware, component, process, and supplier changes.


• Assess technical, quality, reliability, manufacturing, inventory, and customer impacts of proposed changes.


• Manage product configurations, revisions, BOMs, and documentation within PLM and ERP systems.


• Lead Change Review Board (CRB) activities and ensure timely implementation of approved changes.


• Coordinate qualification and validation activities required to support product and process changes.


• Work closely with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Procurement, and Manufacturing teams to implement change in the system


• Ensure manufacturing documentation, test procedures, and quality plans are updated before production release.


• Drive change management metrics, process improvements, and best practices.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field.


• At least 5+ years of experience in product engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, or change management. Experience with optical transceivers, optical components and optical modules is highly desirable.


• Working knowledge of ECO/ECN processes, product lifecycle management (PLM), and configuration control.


• Experience with PLM systems (Agile, Windchill, Teamcenter, Arena) and ERP systems (SAP preferred).


• Strong project management, communication, and organizational skills.

For this role, we anticipate paying $150,000 - $240,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

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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.

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