Quality Engineer (AQP)

Location(s)

El Salto, Jalisco

Company

Molex

Career Field

Quality

Job Number

193995

Your Job

As an Advanced Quality Planning Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring successful new product launches by proactively identifying and mitigating risks throughout the product development lifecycle. Working closely with Product Development, Process Development, Manufacturing, and Supplier Quality teams, you will develop and maintain quality planning strategies that enable flawless execution while meeting customer expectations for quality, delivery, and cost. This role provides an excellent opportunity to influence product and process quality, drive continuous improvement, and build strong partnerships across the organization

Our Team

You will be part of Molex's Datacom and Specialty Solutions business, supporting innovative connectivity solutions used in telecommunications, data centers, hyperscalers, and other advanced technology applications. Our team collaborates across functions to deliver high-quality products and successful product launches while fostering a culture of teamwork, continuous learning, and operational excellence.

What You Will Do

• Lead cross-functional teams in the development and maintenance of PFMEAs and Control Plans to identify and mitigate manufacturing risks before production launch.
• Coordinate and execute process validation activities, including Run@Rate events, to evaluate manufacturing readiness and process capability.
• Facilitate metrology planning, qualification activities, and new product disposition processes to ensure successful product introduction.
• Perform statistical analysis and process capability studies to ensure manufacturing processes remain capable and under control.
• Define quality standards, inspection criteria, and control limits that support production excellence and customer requirements.
• Drive root cause investigations and corrective actions using structured problem-solving methodologies such as 8D and 5 Why Analysis.
• Partner with Supplier Quality teams to support supplier qualification, documentation reviews, and compliance activities.
• Contribute to systemic improvements that strengthen new product development processes and reduce recurring quality issues.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Quality Engineering or a related quality role.
• Experience supporting New Product Introduction (NPI) or product launch projects.
• Experience using quality planning methodologies such as PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, and process capability analysis.
• Experience leading problem-solving and corrective action activities within a manufacturing environment.
• Intermediate English proficiency with the ability to participate in technical discussions.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with quality management systems such as ISO 9001 or IATF 16949.
• GD&T analysis experience.
• Experience within electronics manufacturing environments.
• Experience using Minitab for statistical analysis.
• Experience using Power BI to analyze, visualize, and communicate quality or manufacturing data.
• Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within diverse teams, respond constructively to feedback, and build strong partnerships across functions.

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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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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.

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.