Principal Product Design Engineer

Your Job

Molex brings together innovation and technology to deliver electronic solutions to customers worldwide.

With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a full suite of solutions and services for many markets, including data communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, commercial vehicle and medical.

Molex is seeking an experienced Principal Product Design Engineer to join our Copper Solutions enterprise team responsible for the design of our industry's leading high-speed connector and cable systems for exponentially growing data storage systems, telecommunication and hyperscale customers.

This is a dynamic group of highly skilled professionals that will provide an opportunity for constant learning and innovation.

This role will be leading projects from ideas to high volume production.

These creative, high-tech leading-edge components are critical for the data superhighways existence we use every day changing the world.
As aPrincipal Product Development Engineer with the CSBU IO Advanced Development team your primary focus will be the design of next-generation high-speed connectors, cables, and interconnect systems for the exponentially expanding AI datacenter, cloud computing, and telecom industries.

You will be joining a small, agile group of interdisciplinary engineers engaging in innovation-heavy development.

Your role will involve research, design, analysis, and prototyping of emerging interconnect technologies, as well as collaborative and advisory activities with diverse groups across Molex.

Successful applicants will exhibit the following characteristics:



* A sincere drive for continuous learning and application of new knowledge


* The ability to plan and execute projects with minimal direction


* A demonstrated capacity for complex problem-solving


* Competence in communicating technical information to diverse (including non-technical) audiences


* An eager attitude towards tackling new and unfamiliar challenges

The primary location for this position is the Lisle Design Center in Chicago area.

What You Will Do



* Help lead the organization in identification, evaluation, and implementation of new technologies and methodologies to enable next generation products, improve costs, quality and New Product Development (NPD) processes.


* Design and develop leading edge new products and components for the high-speed cable and connector industry.

These may include high-speed connectors, connector cable assemblies, and other interconnect products.


* Interface with professional cross-functional team members in our signal integrity, manufacturing integration, program management, sales organization, test laboratory, high tech R&D model shop, and senior leadership teams.


* Collaborate to develop cost competitive and creative designs with signal integrity, and manufacturing team that are efficient at manufacture while meeting our high-performance market requirements.
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