New Product Development Manager

Your Job

The New Product Development Manager will be responsible for leading the development of next generation high speed products for datacenter, driving cross-functional teams to deliver products and solutions meeting customer requirements and align with Molex's strategic roadmap.

Our Team

Are you looking to make a connection to your career? Come to Molex where we create connections for life. We use innovation, engineering excellence, commitment to quality and reliability, and superior customer experience to improve communication, elevate experiences, and engage and inspire people everywhere. 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.

What You Will Do

• New product development and innovation:
• Forecast platform and high-speed product trends over the next 3 to 8 years to guide strategic planning.
• Define product specifications and performance requirements based on market trends, customer needs and industry standards.
• Lead the new/innovative product development from concept, feasibility, design, prototyping, validation of production feasibility.
• Drive innovation in key areas such as signal integrity, power, EMC, cooling and reliability.
• Early commercial estimation including cost and CAPEX.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical and materials engineers to ensure CTF/CTQ from optimal signal integrity, mechanical robustness and manufacturing.
• Drive DFM and DFC principles early in the development phase.
• Project management:
• Manage multiple NPD programs simultaneously, ensuring on-time delivery, cost control and adherence to technical requirements.
• Create and maintain project plans, schedules, and budgets.
• Facilitate cross-functional communication among engineering, operations, procurement, quality, and marketing teams.
• Report project status, risks, and mitigation plans to senior management.
• Customer and market engagement:
• Develop key technical customer relationships in data center and enterprise switch/server architecture.
• Technical presenter/contributor to industry standards, committees, and customers.
• Catch early VOC to synthesize limited information to generate design intent and guidance.
• Align with eco-system with silicon leaders, standards, and architecture drivers.
• Work with field application engineers and sales to translate customer requirements and emerging market trends into product concepts.
• Engage directly with key customers and OEM/ODM to co-develop custom solutions.
• Monitor competitive landscape including technologies, patents and pricing to maintain a leading position in the market.
• Technical leadership:
• Guide technical teams on customer requirements regarding high-speed signal integrity, power integrity and mechanical reliability.
• Support qualification compliance with PCIe, IEEE, or other relevant standards.
• Review engineering documentation, drawings, validation reports, etc.
• Oversee the development of advanced materials, processes and manufacturing techniques to achieve product performance and reliability.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or Materials Science.
• 5+ years of product development experience in high-speed connectors, cable assemblies, or interconnect components.
• Proven record of managing complex new product development projects from concept to launch.
• Understanding of high-speed signal transmission, impedance control, and connector design principle meeting industrial standards.
• Familiarity with high-speed connector and cable assembly manufacturing processes, quality systems, and tools.
• Proficiency in PLM systems and project management tools.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or Material Science.
• Experience with electromagnetic or circuit simulation tools.
• Bilingual capabilities (particularly Mandarin or Taiwanese).

For this role, we anticipate paying $150,000 - $250,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

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

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

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 Benefits

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, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

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

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. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).

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