Your Job
The Hardware Design Engineer is responsible for the development and implementation of hardware solutions to meet company requirements. This role involves the design and prototyping of hardware components, ensuring their integration with software, and performing rigorous testing to validate performance and safety standards.
Our Team
The Hardware Design Engineering Team at Koch Industries is a talented and innovative group dedicated to developing state-of-the-art hardware solutions. We work collaboratively across disciplines to design, prototype, and test high-quality hardware components that support our company's growth and technological advancements. Join us to be part of a dynamic team that values creativity, excellence, and teamwork.
What You Will Do
Experience with design for EMC compliance and related EMI issue resolution
Experience with schematic capture and layout techniques using Altium Designer or similar e-cad tools
Strong background of design support tools, including simulation, WCCA (worst case circuit analysis), DFMEA, design reviews,
Thorough documentation and revision control practices
Create custom electrical/electronic designs for automotive applications
Create/complete block diagrams, schematics, PCB layout, component selection, worst case circuit analysis, testing, and design verification
Develop design validation plans (DVP), obtain customer approval, and initiate all laboratory, bench, and simulated product-tests in compliance with the DVP
Support customer's in-vehicle tests on electrical hardware systems
Use risk reduction tools to perform simulations
Use knowledge of material costs and costing processes to determine the impact on designs
Design for maximum cost-effectiveness while meeting all customer performance requirements
Interface with the intra-departmental development teams such as electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, quality, and marketing
Support mechanical engineering, manufacturing, and quality in the development and implementation of work instructions for new and ongoing products
Support all APQP activities, including D/ PFMEA
Understand, support, and contribute to current Molex Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma, International Standards Organization (ISO) and Environmental, and/or Health and Safety (EH&S) Management Systems by following stated policies and procedures.
Execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts to validate the performance, functionality, and durability of hardware products.
Conduct thorough testing and validation of hardware products to ensure compliance with specifications, requirements, and quality standards.
Perform root cause analysis and troubleshooting of hardware defects and implement preventive measures for malfunctions to minimize future occurrences.
Stay up to date with the latest advancements in hardware testing methodologies and apply them to improve the overall quality of our products.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
BE/B Tech in Electrical/Electronic & Communication Engineering
3 to 5 years of demonstrable experience as a hardware engineer.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Expertise in using ECAD tools such as Mentor/Altium/Allegro.
- Has very good communication skills (written & verbal).
- Experience with documentation standards.
- Excellent organizational, data collection and presentation skills.
- Results & execution driven consistently delivers on commitments & stretch goals.
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented and passionate about continuous improvements.
- Familiarity with manufacturing and design environments.
- Cross-functional team experience is highly preferred
- Solid understanding of embedded systems, microcontrollers, and automation frameworks.
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.
Who We Are
Molex is a subsidiary of Koch Industries, an MNC and industry leader in electronic solutions. We support a wide range of industries like data communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, medical etc. Our presence is in 223 locations across 40 countries. We have a portfolio of 100,000 electronic products and a dedicated R&D facility driving technological innovation in Bangalore. We make a connected world possible to enable technology that transforms the future. Connected Mobility Solutions (CMS), a business unit of Molex, develops innovative products and manufacturing processes around automotive in-vehicle networking, infotainment, and lighting segments. You may not see our name on the shelves, but our electronic solutions are inside the products you use every day. We work together with the world's innovators to design and manufacture electronic solutions that solve complex technical challenges. From innovative products like high-speed USB and LVDS signaling to mini coax 25Gb+ Ethernet solutions, media modules, Wireless chargers, we design, develop and manufacture products that enable flawless data transfer, electric charging within the next generation of autonomous and connected vehicles. At Molex, we not only employ some of the most talented people from all over the world, we work to help cultivate tomorrow's breakthroughs. From our corporate headquarters in Lisle, IL to manufacturing floors around the world, the Molex team is dedicated to helping further the limits of technology.
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