Molex
Website:
molex.com
Company:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/molex
Seniority: Not Applicable
Industries: Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
Job details:
Your Job
Sr. Manager, High Power — Lead the PSBU CCS High Power engineering team to deliver new products, customer solutions, and sustaining support for the high-power connector portfolio. You will set technical direction, build team capability, drive innovation, and ensure programs align to BU strategic imperatives and deliver long-term value
Our Team
You will lead the High Power team in PSBU, CCS (Bangalore), partnering closely with Product Management, customers, plants, vendors, project management, technology teams, and external forums/labs. The team is focused on high-power connectivity solutions, with strong linkage to data center market needs and fast execution
What You Will Do
- Drive new product strategy and execution by working with PMs, customers, and technology communities to create differentiated high-power solutions that win business.
- Own sustaining engineering performance by ensuring fast, effective support for released products (queries, quick samples, issue resolution) to protect and grow revenue.
- Build and develop a high-performing team through hiring, coaching, mentoring, and PBM-based leadership, while scaling capability to meet roadmap needs.
- Create a strong innovation culture by encouraging experimentation, continuous improvement, and the practical use of engineering tools (DFM/DFMEA/FEA/prototyping, etc.).
- Anticipate customer and market needs (especially data center trends) and translate them into clear priorities, fast decisions, and timely program delivery.
- Accelerate development through collaboration by aligning engineering with plant operations, cross-functional partners, and project management to meet committed schedules.
- Enable validation and readiness by partnering with vendors, safety agencies, and labs to develop components and secure required testing/approvals.
- Represent engineering externally through customer visits and technical engagements to ensure solutions fit real applications and feedback loops are tight.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Graduate or Postgraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- 15+ years in new product design and development, including 10+ years in high-power connector engineering.
- 5+ years leading and developing a larger engineering team (people leadership, capability building, execution management).
- Strong expertise in product development processes, engineering execution, and delivering to plan (scope/schedule/quality).
- Demonstrated ability to translate customer requirements into practical engineering solutions and business outcomes.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience leading global/international teams and working across cultures/time zones.
- Strong background in manufacturing processes, prototype tool development (mold/die/assembly), and design-for disciplines (DFM, DFMEA/PFMEA, DFR).
- Strong experience with product testing/validation, working with external labs and safety agencies.
- Proven capability in vendor development/assessment and supplier technical collaboration.
- Familiarity with NX CAD, Teamcenter, and Polarion; comfort adopting modern approaches/tools (including AI-enabled engineering workflows).
- Strong executive communication skills—clear storytelling, customer-facing credibility, and effective stakeholder management.
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
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