Testing & Validation Manager

Flint Hills Resources; Grand Blanc (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

HSA/FSAs

Life insurance

AD&D

Disability

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Molex Connected Mobility in Grand Blanc, MI seeks a Testing & Validation Manager to lead environmental EV/DV/PV validation, EMC, certification, and prototype processes. You will guide R&D testing initiatives, coordinate internal and external resources, and ensure compliant, well-documented validation workflows across programs.

The role requires a engineering degree and 3+ years of leadership in product validation, with hands-on lab testing experience and strong cross-functional collaboration

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical or related engineering field.
• 3+ years of experience leading direct or indirect reports and managing cross-functional projects.
• Hands-on experience setting up or executing lab-based tests.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise environmental EV/DV/PV validation and testing activities.
• Oversee EMC, certification, homologation and prototype processes to meet milestones and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with suppliers, external labs, and certification bodies to support compliant testing and documentation flow.
• Promote and maintain quality and safety standards across validation activities.
• Lead R&D testing initiatives to support early failure detection during development.
• Track certification status and communicate risks and progress to stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

DOE

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering

Job description

The Testing & Validation Manager is responsible for leading and supervising environmental EV/DV/PV validation and testing activities at VAS Grand Blanc. This role oversees validation, prototype, EMC, certification, and homologation activities to ensure programs meet performance, timing, regulatory, quality, and safety requirements. The manager supports product development by leading R&D testing initiatives, driving early failure detection, coordinating internal and external resources, and ensuring validation processes are documented, consistent, and continuously improved.

Our Team

At Molex Connected Mobility, we're shaping how vehicles communicate, developing technologies that are integrated directly into next-generation vehicles, from 5G connectivity to advanced antenna systems.

What You Will Do

• Primary responsibility is to help your employees develop and maximize their contributions by applying Principle Based Management.
• Lead and supervise all environmental EV/DV/PV validation and testing activities at VAS Grand Blanc.
• Oversee EMC, certification, homologation and prototype processes to ensure alignment with program milestones, regulatory requirements, and market entry timelines.
• Collaborate with suppliers, external labs, and certification bodies to support timely, compliant testing and documentation flow.
• Promote and maintain quality and safety standards across all validation and testing activities.
• Lead R&D testing initiatives to support early failure detection during the development phase.
• Manage EMC testing activities, monitor progress, resolve issues, and minimize delays to ensure successful EMC validation.
• Track certification status across programs and communicate risks, issues, and progress to key internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead root-cause analysis of validation failures and recommend design improvements to support product robustness.
• Assess program needs and allocate resources to support validation timing, cost, and execution requirements.
• Develop and maintain process documentation for validation, prototype, EMC, and certification workflows.
• Implement best practices and integrate lessons learned into departmental procedures to improve testing effectiveness and consistency.
• Support internal and external audits by ensuring documentation accuracy and process adherence.
• Train, onboard, and mentor new hires to build technical capability, process understanding, and team cohesion.
• Define and conduct Design of Experiments methodologies to identify critical failure modes and accelerate failure-mode detection.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to validate new concepts and support design robustness.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical or a related engineering field.

3+ years of experience leading direct or indirect reports and/or managing cross-functional projects focused on product validation and testing.

Demonstrated ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, test requirements.

Hands-on experience setting up or executing lab-based tests.

Leading failure analysis, troubleshooting, or root-cause problem solving efforts.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Familiarity with automotive, electronics, or antenna-related systems.
• Experience with Design of Experiments (DOE).
• Ability to communicate technical concepts and test results to both technical and non-technical audiences, including internal teams and external partners (e.g., customers or suppliers)

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.

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 .

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 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

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 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.