Koch Industries

Advanced Process Engineer

Koch Industries$88K — $105K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality
  • 4+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Proven experience in implementing new manufacturing methods
  • Experience with automated systems for process efficiency
  • Familiarity with quality and regulatory compliance requirements

Responsibilities

  • Develop and document manufacturing processes and training materials
  • Lead product/process transfers to high-volume plants, potentially involving international travel
  • Launch new product lines in low-volume manufacturing setups
  • Optimize and support existing manufacturing processes
  • Investigate and resolve manufacturing quality issues
  • Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
  • Identify and propose automation and cost-saving opportunities
  • Contribute to compliance with Six Sigma and ISO standards

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Retirement plans with employer contributions
  • Paid vacation and time off
  • Educational assistance for skill development
  • Potential for paid parental leave and adoption assistance
Full Job Description
Your Job

Molex, LLC is seeking an Advanced Process Engineer to join our team in Hudson, WI. You may not see our name on the shelves, but our electronic solutions are inside the products you use every day. We work together with the world's innovators to design and manufacture electronic solutions that solve complex technical challenges.

In this role you'll be focused on developing, documenting and improving manufacturing processes for both new and current products that will be built in our new Hudson WI plant, plus our current plants. You will be expected to be the main process contact for specific projects/opportunities while collaborating with our NPI team and operators to build prototypes that meet customer requirements and ensure we can build to scale.

What You Will Do

  • Development and document manufacturing process flow, work instructions, workmanship standard, and conduct operator training.
  • Lead effective product/process transfers to our high-volume Molex plants which could include international travel.
  • Launch new product lines into low volume manufacturing site.
  • Support existing manufacturing processes through problem solving, optimizing, and continuous improvements.
  • Investigate, identify root cause, apply corrective action, and document quality issues that occur in manufacturing.
  • Effectively communicate and collaborate with our NPI team including Design Engineering, Product Management, Procurement, Quality, Supplier, etc.
  • Identify automated process opportunities as well as other cost saving opportunities. Be able to develop a thorough proposal for implementation/qualification and communicate with our key stakeholders.
  • Understand, support, and contribute to current Six Sigma, International Standards Organization (ISO) and Environmental, and/or Health and Safety (EH&S) Management Systems by following stated policies and procedures.
  • Be a key contributor for customer and industry audits.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality.
  • 4+ years working in a manufacturing environment.
  • Experience with implementation of new manufacturing methods including training others to execute a process.
  • Experience working with automated systems to identify opportunities and/or program new functions to improve process efficiency.


What Will Put You Ahead

  • 2+ years experience within the fiber optic industry: installation, testing, troubleshooting, or manufacturing.
  • Experience in developing robust manufacturing processes from prototype through full production transfers, ensuring scalability and quality.
  • Strong expertise in automation technologies, including the use of robots and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to optimize manufacturing operations.
  • Demonstrated ability to identify and mitigate risks by implementing effective process controls to meet stringent quality and regulatory requirements.
  • Experience in data collection, analysis, and report writing to drive continuous process improvements and support decision-making.
  • Knowledge of customer and industry audit requirements, with prior experience conducting Design of Experiments (DOE) to validate process changes.


This position is not eligible for VISA Sponsorship.

In order to comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations, this position requires applicants to either provide proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status or be eligible to receive an export authorization (a license) under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations.

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 .

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.

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About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
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