Job Description

Location(s)

Addison, Texas

Company

Molex

Career Field

Quality

Job Number

194912

Your Job

As a Quality Engineer, you will lead quality engineering initiatives that ensure product compliance, reliability, and continuous improvement across manufacturing operations. You will partner closely with engineering, operations, customers, and suppliers to develop robust quality systems, drive root cause corrective actions, and implement process improvements that enhance product performance and customer satisfaction. This role requires a strong technical foundation, independent problem solving, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams to achieve quality objectives.

Our Team

You will be part of a collaborative quality and engineering team focused on delivering mission-critical products for the aerospace and defense industry. Our team supports manufacturing operations through data-driven decision making, structured problem solving, and continuous improvement initiatives that uphold Molex Aerospace & Defense Solutions' commitment to operational excellence and customer value creation.

What You Will Do

• Design, implement, and maintain systems to monitor, analyze, and improve product and process quality performance
• Lead investigations into product, process, and customer quality issues using structured root cause analysis methodologies
• Develop and maintain quality plans, inspection methods, control plans, and quality metrics
• Analyze statistical process data and quality trends to identify risks and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Support and lead Material Review Board (MRB) activities, including defect evaluation and disposition recommendations
• Partner with manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain teams to improve process capability and product reliability
• Evaluate measurement systems and ensure appropriate calibration, validation, and effectiveness of inspection and test equipment
• Support internal, customer, and third-party audits while ensuring compliance with quality management system requirements
• Drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to address nonconformances and systemic quality concerns
• Support new product introductions, process changes, and validation activities to ensure quality requirements are effectively implemented

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Three (3) or more years of Quality Engineering experience within a manufacturing environment
• Experience utilizing quality tools and methodologies such as root cause analysis, FMEA, control plans, SPC, and CAPA
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation
• Strong analytical, statistical, and problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to communicate technical findings and recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders and leadership
• Experience working within regulated manufacturing environments and quality management systems
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and quality-related data analysis tools

What Will Put You Ahead

• Aerospace, defense, electronics, or high-reliability manufacturing experience
• Experience working within AS9100, ISO 9001, or similar quality management systems
• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or other ASQ certification
• Experience leading customer quality investigations and corrective action responses
• Knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), PPAP, MSA, and statistical process control methodologies
• Experience supporting supplier quality initiatives and supplier corrective action processes
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies
• Experience analyzing complex manufacturing processes through advanced statistical techniques and data analytics
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional quality improvement projects that deliver measurable business results

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.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading global provider of electronic solutions, driving innovation and enabling progress across industries including aerospace and defense, transportation, medical, industrial, data communications, and consumer electronics. Our people, technologies, and manufacturing expertise help customers solve complex challenges through advanced connectivity, signal transmission, and electronic solutions that power the world's most critical applications.

Aerospace & Defense Solutions (ADS)

Molex's Aerospace & Defense Solutions (ADS) Division delivers mission-critical connectivity, signal technologies, and electronic solutions designed for the most demanding environments. Drawing on decades of engineering excellence and innovation, we support aerospace, defense, space, and other high-reliability markets where performance is essential and failure is not an option.

From enabling next-generation communications and data transfer to providing rugged interconnect and electronic solutions for mission-critical systems, our technologies help customers advance capabilities across air, land, sea, and space. At ADS, we combine deep technical expertise, operational excellence, and a culture of principled entrepreneurship to create value for our customers, communities, and one another.

Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense through innovation, reliability, and purpose-driven solutions.

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).