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
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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
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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
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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
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Partner closely with Signal Integrity, Reliability, Manufacturing, Quality, Software, and Design Engineering teams.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for complex test and correlation issues.
- Support customer engagements related to test methodology and production readiness as needed.
Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence
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Establish KPIs to measure test effectiveness, yield impact, and execution efficiency.
- Drive improvements in automation coverage, test cycle time, and cost of test.
- Promote disciplined documentation, configuration control, and change management.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
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Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of progressive engineering experience
- Strong understanding of automated test systems, fixtures, and production test methodologies.
- Proven ability to lead global teams and align across functions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Willing and able to travel 25-35%, both domestic and international
What Will Put You Ahead
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Experience leading a technical team with direct reports
- Experience with high-speed measurement technologies (VNA, TDR, oscilloscopes, BERTs).
- Background in test automation software and data analytics.
- Experience with NPI processes, quality systems, and manufacturing environments.
- Demonstrated ability to build long-term technical and organizational roadmaps.
For this role, we anticipate paying $135,000 - $165,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.
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Hiring Philosophy
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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.
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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 , aquí , or tu ).
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