Engineering Manager, Automated Test

Your Role

Our Copper Solutions Business Unit is rapidly growing and seeking a new engineering leader to lead and grow our automated test team, supporting our enterprise solutions segment.

The Engineering Manager, Automated Test is accountable for the overall performance, capability, capacity, design, development and long-term strategy of automated production test across backplane, near-ASIC and other high speed cable assembly products.

This role provides leadership across people, technology, and execution, ensuring production and validation test solutions are robust, scalable, and aligned with business growth across multiple product segments.

The Engineering Manager, Automated Test will report to the Director of Engineering and lead a team of supervisors, technical leads, and engineers.

You will be responsible for global alignment of automated test strategies, standardization, and continuous improvement across sites.

The role partners closely with Product Development, Signal Integrity, Reliability, Manufacturing, Quality, and Software teams to ensure test readiness, risk mitigation, and customer satisfaction.

Our Team

The Enterprise Solutions group within Molex's Copper Solutions Business Unit (CSBU) operates at the forefront of the fastest-growing market segment- cloud data centers, AI/ML, and GPU clustering applications.

Our team is pioneering the migration of next generation technologies and Enterprise technologies supporting 224G applications, delivering innovative connectors and cable assembly solutions that power these high-demand markets.

What You Will Do
Organizational Leadership & People Management


* Provide leadership for the automated test engineering organization, including managers, supervisors, technical leads, engineers, and technicians.


* Set expectations, define annual Roles, Responsibilities & Expectations (RR&Es), manage performance, and drive succession planning and career development.


* Oversee workforce planning, recruiting strategy, onboarding, and talent development.


* Build a high-performance culture emphasizing accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.

Strategy, Capability & Technology Roadmaps


* Define and execute long-term automated test strategy supporting multiple product segments.


* Own global roadmaps for test automation frameworks, fixture strategy, instrumentation, and data pipelines.


* Drive adoption of global standards, best practices, and design reuse.


* Lead capital planning and investment prioritization for automated test infrastructure.

Program Execution & NPI Readiness


* Ensure production test plan readiness for all NPI and sustaining programs.


* Represent automated test engineering in program reviews, risk assessments, and leadership updates.


* Identify and mitigate technical, schedule, and capacity risks related to test readiness.

Cross-Functional & Customer Alignment


* Partner closely with Signal Integrity, Re...