Project Engineer

Molex; Rochester Hills (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Molex is seeking a Project Engineer in Michigan to lead projects from concept to execution, ensuring designs meet functional needs, are manufacturable, cost-effective, and high-quality.

You will mentor engineers, capture customer needs, develop risk mitigation plans, and lead root cause analysis while driving technical reviews with internal and external teams. Travel about 10% is expected.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of product design experience in automotive with connector focus.
• Ability to lead product design development and manufacturing processes.
• Experience mentoring engineers and managing engineering plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead project scope and engineering work plans.
• Capture and analyze customer needs for new technology.
• Lead technical discussions and customer relations on Molex capabilities.
• Ensure designs are manufacturable, cost-effective, and compliant.
• Define risk mitigation and lead DFMEA, FEA, tolerance analysis.
• Create models and drawings using GD&T with precise tolerancing.
• Manage ECM process and review updates from junior engineers.
• Develop test plans (DVP&R) and perform DOE and capability studies.
• Lead root cause analysis and technical reviews with teams.
• Mentor team members and oversee project health and tasks.
• Travel ~10% of the time.

Skills

Project leadership

Electrical connector design

DFMEA

FEA

GD&T

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Your Job

Are you an experienced engineer with a passion for innovation and product design? Molex is seeking a Project Engineer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will lead projects from concept to execution, ensuring design meet functional needs, are manufacturable, cost-effective, and high-quality. Leveraging your expertise to tackle complex challenges, you will define strategies for analytical studies, develop cutting-edge products, and mentor less experienced engineers in a collaborative environment. Your responsibilities will include capturing customer needs, designing products, developing risk mitigation plans, and leading root cause analysis. Your contributions will directly impact project success and drive the growth of our engineering capabilities. If you are ready to advance your career and be part of a team that values creativity and technical excellence,

Our Team

The Transportation Solutions Business Unit (TSBU) at Molex focuses on delivering innovative and high-quality electrical and electronic interconnect solutions specifically for the automotive and transportation industries. TSBU partners closely with leading automotive part suppliers and OEMs to develop cutting-edge products and systems that support powertrain, body electronics, safety and infotainment applications. The division plays a critical role in advancing vehicle connectivity, reliability, and performance by leveraging technical expertise and strong industry partnerships.

What You Will Do

• Lead documentation of project scope, requirements, feasibility, and engineering work plans.
• Collaborate with product management to capture and analyze customer needs for new technology and product development.
• Lead technical discussions with customers, building relationships on Molex's technical capabilities and ability to solve problems.
• Lead concept development, ensure designs are manufacturable, cost-effective, and meet requirements.
• Define strategies for risk mitigation and lead DFMEA, FEA, tolerance analysis, and other analytical studies.
• Create feature/product models and drawings using GD&T methodology, ensuring accurate dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Manage the Engineering Change Management (ECM) process and review documentation updates made by less experienced engineers.
• Develop test plans (DVP&R) to validate product performance, analyze results using statistical methods, and perform DOE and Capability Studies.
• Lead root cause analysis for complex issues and provide technical mentoring; lead technical reviews with internal and external teams.
• Lead a team from a technical standpoint. Delegating tasks, monitoring the health of the project, and mentoring others technically.
• Ability to travel approximately 10% of the time.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Minimum of 7 years of product design experience in the automotive industry, with expertise in electrical connector design.
• Ability to lead product design development products, strong mechanical aptitude.
• Problem Solving leadership & strong critical thinking abilities.
• Experience in creating and maintaining engineering work plans and timelines for the engineering team.
• Strong understanding of resins, metals, engineering tools, processes, and manufacturing techniques such as injection molding, stamping, plating, and assembly.
• Experience providing technical mentoring to less experienced engineers.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field

What Will Put You Ahead

• Ability to contribute to the product roadmap from a technical perspective. Ability to visualize the potential of a product and adapt as new information is gathered.
• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.

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.

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.

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

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance

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).