Process Engineer

Your Job

Smith's Interconnect, a Molex company, is seeking a Process Engineer in Salisbury, MD to play a critical role in optimizing our manufacturing processes, ensuring they operate within established parameters while maintaining high standards of quality, reliability, and performance.

This role will also help advance manufacturing technology by identifying, evaluating, and implementing automation, digital tools, advanced equipment, and process solutions that improve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost, and overall manufacturing capability.

The ideal candidate combines strong process engineering fundamentals with hands-on manufacturing experience and the ability to translate new technologies and data-driven insights into practical manufacturing solutions.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $80k-$100k per year.

Our Team

You'll work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to support new product introduction, drive continuous improvement, and implement robust process solutions aligned with our business strategy.

You will help identify and advance manufacturing technologies and methods that strengthen technical capabilities, improve efficiency, reduce process variation, and support the evolution of our manufacturing operations.

What You Will Do


* Implement, evaluate, and control manufacturing processes to consistently deliver product quality, reliability, and performance.


* Support new product introduction (NPI), prototyping, qualification, validation, and technology transfer from engineering and development into manufacturing.


* Conduct root cause analysis using structured, data-driven problem-solving techniques to resolve process, equipment, and product issues and reduce process variation.


* Develop and maintain process methodologies, work instructions, technical training materials, and preventative maintenance plans for critical equipment and processes.


* Partner with manufacturing, quality, design engineering, suppliers, IT, and equipment manufacturers to evaluate and implement new materials, equipment, automation, and manufacturing technologies.


* Identify, evaluate, and implement manufacturing technologies, automation, digital tools, and equipment that improve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost, and process capability.


* Lead or support technology trials, proof-of-concept activities, pilot programs, and process experiments, using manufacturing data and statistical analysis to evaluate feasibility, validate results, and build technical and business justification for implementation.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.


* Minimum of 2 years of process engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.


* Hands-on experience with manufacturing processes and production equipment, including equipment operation and troubleshooting.


* Experience using manufacturing/process data an...