Test Technician

Molex; Conway (AR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Life insurance

Flexible spending account

Job summary

Molex is seeking a Test Technician for the Arkansas Design Center (ADC) in Conway, Arkansas. You will perform electrical testing on high-speed twinax cables, set up equipment, collect data, and maintain test records to support engineering validation.

You will work with test engineers and product teams to troubleshoot setups, calibrate instruments, and ensure repeatable measurements in a fast-paced lab environment. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• At least 1 year of electrical test or electronics lab experience.
• Experience with oscilloscopes, multimeters, or similar measurement equipment.
• Basic understanding of electrical measurements and troubleshooting.
• Experience with electrical or mechanical test fixtures, cables, connectors, or adapters.

Responsibilities

• Set up and perform electrical testing of twinax cable and cable assemblies using established test procedures.
• Operate laboratory test equipment including VNAs, TDR/TDT systems, oscilloscopes, and other electrical test instruments.
• Support measurements of electrical performance including insertion loss, return loss, impedance, crosstalk, and other signal integrity parameters.
• Prepare and connect test samples, fixtures, adapters, cables, and measurement hardware.
• Perform equipment calibration and verification activities according to established laboratory procedures.
• Collect, organize, and document test data for engineering review.
• Assist engineers with product characterization, design verification, qualification testing, and troubleshooting activities.
• Identify abnormal test results or measurement issues and communicate findings to the appropriate engineer.
• Troubleshoot basic test setup, fixture, cable, adapter, and equipment issues with engineering support.
• Support repetitive testing and data collection required to evaluate sample-to-sample and lot-to-lot performance.
• Maintain test equipment, fixtures, adapters, cables, and laboratory supplies.
• Create and maintain test records, laboratory documentation, work instructions, and equipment records.
• Follow laboratory safety, calibration, equipment handling, and measurement practices.
• Support continuous improvement of laboratory processes, test efficiency, and measurement repeatability.

Skills

Electrical test experience

Test equipment operation

Data collection and documentation

Education

Associate degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Vector Network Analyzers

TDR/TDT systems

Job description

Your Job

Molex is seeking a Test Technician to join the Arkansas Design Center (ADC) in Conway, Arkansas. In this role, you will support the Twinax Engineering team by performing electrical testing, test setup, sample preparation, data collection, equipment maintenance, and documentation activities for high-speed twinax cable and cable assembly products.

The successful candidate will work closely with test engineers, signal integrity engineers, and product development teams to execute established test procedures, ensure accurate and repeatable measurements, troubleshoot test setups, and organize test data for engineering review.

This position provides an excellent opportunity to develop technical expertise in high-speed electrical measurements, signal integrity testing, and next-generation twinax interconnect technologies.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Our Team

The Twinax Engineering team develops and validates high-speed cable and interconnect technologies supporting current and next-generation data rates. The team works across product development, signal integrity, manufacturing, quality, and operations to characterize product performance, support qualification activities, troubleshoot product issues, and deliver reliable high-speed interconnect solutions.

What You Will Do

• Set up and perform electrical testing of twinax cable and cable assemblies using established test procedures.
• Operate laboratory test equipment including Vector Network Analyzers (VNAs), TDR/TDT systems, oscilloscopes, and other electrical test instruments.
• Support measurements of electrical performance including insertion loss, return loss, impedance, crosstalk, and other signal integrity parameters.
• Prepare and connect test samples, fixtures, adapters, cables, and measurement hardware.
• Perform equipment calibration and verification activities according to established laboratory procedures.
• Collect, organize, and document test data for engineering review.
• Assist engineers with product characterization, design verification, qualification testing, and troubleshooting activities.
• Identify abnormal test results or measurement issues and communicate findings to the appropriate engineer.
• Troubleshoot basic test setup, fixture, cable, adapter, and equipment issues with engineering support.
• Support repetitive testing and data collection required to evaluate sample-to-sample and lot-to-lot performance.
• Maintain test equipment, fixtures, adapters, cables, and laboratory supplies.
• Create and maintain test records, laboratory documentation, work instructions, and equipment records.
• Follow laboratory safety, calibration, equipment handling, and measurement practices.
• Support continuous improvement of laboratory processes, test efficiency, and measurement repeatability.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Associate degree in a technical discipline OR equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 1 year of electrical test, electronics laboratory, or test and measurement experience.
• Experience using electrical test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, or similar electronic measurement equipment.
• Basic understanding of electrical measurements and troubleshooting.
• Experience working with electrical or mechanical test fixtures, cables, connectors, or adapters.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience working with high-speed cable, connectors, cable assemblies, or electronic interconnect products.
• Experience operating VNAs, TDR/TDT systems, oscilloscopes, or other high-frequency test equipment.
• Familiarity with signal integrity measurements such as insertion loss, return loss, impedance, crosstalk, or S-parameters.
• Experience performing VNA calibration or working with high-frequency test fixtures and adapters.
• Experience supporting product qualification, validation, characterization, or failure-analysis testing.
• Experience using Excel or other tools to organize, graph, and summarize test data.
• Experience in an engineering laboratory or product development 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.

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

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

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

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Who We Are

Molex's Copper Solutions Business Unit (CSBU) is a global team that works together to deliver exceptional products to worldwide telecommunication and data center customers. CSBU is one of the most highly technically advanced business units within Molex. Our engineering teams are designing cutting edge solutions for high-speed, high-density products that maximize speed, signal integrity, and efficiency.

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.

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.