Job Description

Location(s)

Shanghai, Shanghai

Company

Molex

Career Field

Engineering

Job Number

191699

Your Job

The Automation Engineer – Electrical supports the design, development, introduction and continuous improvement of electrical control systems for automation equipment and fixtures. This role helps deliver manufacturable, high-quality equipment solutions that support production stability, quality, safety and customer satisfaction.

Our Team

You will join the Production team and work closely with MIE, Quality, Maintenance, Production and external suppliers. The team focuses on automation equipment development, control platform standardization, equipment validation and continuous improvement to support reliable manufacturing operations.

What You Will Do

• Design, develop, introduce and continuously improve electrical control systems for automation equipment and fixtures.
• Work with MIE to define and confirm equipment technical solutions and control standards, ensuring they meet production, quality, maintenance and safety requirements.
• Participate in standardizing equipment control platforms and key spare parts, and help drive alignment on equipment platforms and spare-parts brand standards.
• Develop trial-run and acceptance plans for equipment, and organize equipment debugging, validation and acceptance activities.
• Manage the full lifecycle of new equipment from development, trial production and acceptance through handover to mass production.
• Support the stable operation of mass-production equipment and fixtures while continuously improving equipment reliability, production efficiency and product quality.
• Analyze and resolve equipment-control-related issues, and drive equipment optimization and automation improvement projects.
• Collaborate with Production, MIE, Quality, Maintenance and supplier teams to support smooth project execution and continuous improvement.
• Guide automation technicians in equipment debugging, maintenance and improvement activities.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Associate degree or above in Automation, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics or a related discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in electrical development, debugging or improvement of automation equipment.
• Familiarity with automation control systems, including PLC, HMI, Servo, Vision and Robot systems.
• Experience in equipment debugging, acceptance and mass-production optimization.
• Strong on-site troubleshooting, analytical problem-solving, communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience supporting equipment standardization, control-platform standardization or key spare-parts standardization.
• Experience driving automation improvement projects in a manufacturing environment.
• A proactive, results-oriented working style with the ability to create value through continuous improvement.

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.

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.