Sr. Design Engineering Manager, Enterprise Copper Solutions

Flint Hills Resources; Lisle (IL); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Retirement

Job summary

The Sr. Design Engineering Manager leads the global Product Design Engineering organization for Molex's Enterprise Copper Solutions portfolio, guiding architecture, design execution, and customer-focused innovation across high-speed connectors, cables, and interconnects for AI, cloud, and data infrastructure.

Reporting across Development, Product Management, Manufacturing, Reliability, and Program Management, this role drives DFM/ DFA/ DFR practices, talent development, and strategic roadmaps

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline.
• 10+ years of engineering experience in product development.
• 10+ years of engineering leadership experience managing technical teams.
• Proven experience with electro-mechanical product design.
• Strong understanding of connector and cable assembly development, tolerance analysis, product lifecycle management, design verification, manufacturing processes, reliability engineering, and signal integrity.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a global team of Product Design Engineers supporting Enterprise CSBU products.
• Establish technical direction, engineering standards, and best practices for product design.
• Build organizational capability through talent acquisition, mentoring, succession planning, and leadership development.
• Create a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive engineering resource planning and portfolio prioritization.
• Own design engineering execution across connector and cable product families.
• Ensure designs meet customer, performance, cost, reliability, and manufacturability requirements.
• Drive concept generation, feasibility studies, risk assessments, and design validation.
• Champion Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Reliability (DFR) methodologies.
• Support development of next-generation Enterprise connectivity platforms including high-speed backplane connectors, NPC, CPC, high-density cable assemblies, 224G and 448G interconnect solutions.
• Partner with Advanced Development on technology incubation and transition to product platforms.
• Support strategic customer engagements with hyperscalers, networking OEMs, AI infrastructure providers, and semiconductor companies.
• Represent Molex as a senior technical leader during customer interactions.
• Partner with Product Management to align product roadmaps and engineering priorities.
• Collaborate with Development Engineering, NPI, Manufacturing Engineering, Reliability, Quality, and Supply Chain teams.
• Facilitate effective design transfers from concept through launch.
• Drive alignment between regional engineering teams in North America and Asia.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that improve speed-to-market and development effectiveness.

Skills

Global engineering leadership

Technical direction

Product design engineering

Design for Manufacturing DFA DFR

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Materials Engineering

Master's degree in a technical field

Job description

Sr. Design Engineering Manager, Enterprise Copper Solutions

The Senior Product Design Engineering Manager is responsible for leading the global Product Design Engineering organization supporting Molex's Enterprise Copper Solutions portfolio. This leader will drive product architecture, design execution, technical excellence, talent development, and customer-focused innovation across high-speed connector, cable assembly, and interconnect platforms serving AI, cloud, networking, storage, and compute markets.

The role partners closely with Advanced Development, Development Engineering, Product Management, Manufacturing, Reliability, Signal Integrity, and Program Management teams to deliver new products from concept through commercialization while ensuring alignment with CSBU business strategy and customer roadmaps. The position plays a key leadership role in translating emerging technologies into scalable, manufacturable, and market-leading solutions.

What You Will Do

• Lead and develop a global team of Product Design Engineers supporting Enterprise CSBU products.


• Establish technical direction, engineering standards, and best practices for product design.


• Build organizational capability through talent acquisition, mentoring, succession planning, and leadership development.


• Create a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.


• Drive engineering resource planning and portfolio prioritization.


• Own design engineering execution across connector and cable product families.


• Ensure designs meet customer, performance, cost, reliability, and manufacturability requirements.


• Drive concept generation, feasibility studies, risk assessments, and design validation.


• Champion Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Reliability (DFR) methodologies.


• Support development of next-generation Enterprise connectivity platforms including:


• High-speed backplane connectors


• Near-package connectivity (NPC)


• Chip-package connectivity (CPC)


• H igh-density cable assemblies


• 224G and 448G interconnect solutions


• Partner with Advanced Development on technology incubation and transition to product platforms.


• Support strategic customer engagements with hyperscalers, networking OEMs, AI infrastructure providers, and semiconductor companies.


• Represent Molex as a senior technical leader during customer interactions.


• Partner with Product Management to align product roadmaps and engineering priorities.


• Collaborate with Development Engineering, NPI, Manufacturing Engineering, Reliability, Quality, and Supply Chain teams.


• Facilitate effective design transfers from concept through launch.


• Drive alignment between regional engineering teams in North America and Asia.


• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that improve speed-to-market and development effectiveness.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Engineering, or related discipline.


• 10+ years of engineering experience in product development.


• 10+ years of engineering leadership experience managing technical teams.


• Proven experience with electro-mechanical product design.


• Strong understanding of: Connector and cable assembly development, tolerance analysis/design for complex assemblies, product lifecycle management, design verification methodologies, manufacturing processes, reliability engineering, and signal integrity.


• Experience leading cross-functional global development teams.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in data center, AI, cloud, networking, or server infrastructure markets.


• Knowledge of high-speed interconnect technologies operating at 112G, 224G, and 448G signaling rates.


• Experience with customer-facing technical leadership.


• Familiarity with global engineering organizations.


• Track record of innovation, patent generation, and new product launches.


• Knowledge of Principle Based Management® principles and culture.


• Master's Degree in a technical field

For this role, we anticipate paying $175,000 - $200,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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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


• infertility assistance


• paid parental leave


• adoption assistance

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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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