Koch Industries

Development Process Engineer

Koch Industries$100K — $135K *
Lisle, IL 60532In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years in mechanical engineering for precision electromechanical components
  • Knowledge of manufacturing processes like molding, stamping, and assembly
  • Experience with various assembly systems including robotics and manual processes
  • Ability to debug and qualify high-speed assembly equipment
  • Capability to develop specifications for automated processes and equipment
  • Familiarity with Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Design of Experiment (DOE)

Responsibilities

  • Lead a cross-functional team to ensure product design and manufacturability
  • Identify design limitations and recommend improvements for manufacturability
  • Drive proof-of-concept activities to validate technologies or design concepts
  • Develop manufacturing strategies and manage tooling development
  • Transfer processes and equipment to NPI and manufacturing plants
  • Support production plant engineers in product ramp-up and capacity additions
  • Enhance cost efficiency and quality through global manufacturing initiatives

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Retirement plan
  • Paid vacation and time off
  • Educational assistance programs
  • Infertility assistance and paid parental leave
Full Job Description
Your Job

The Development Process Engineer develops and implements cost-effective manufacturing strategies for new products to meet customers' production and delivery requirements and works cross-functionally with global teams to ensure robust product design and manufacturability in low and high-volume production.

What You Will Do
  • Lead a cross-functional team of product, signal integrity, and tooling engineers, along with plant manufacturing engineers, to ensure robust product design and manufacturability for both low and high-volume production.
  • Identify design limitations and recommend improvements to meet Design for Manufacturability and inspection standards, enabling successful new product launches.
  • Drive early-stage proof-of-concept activities to validate new technologies or design concepts, reducing risk and enhancing profitability.
  • Develop manufacturing strategies and manage tooling development to deliver quality products on time and within cost targets, collaborating with product, marketing, finance, and senior leadership using Global Cost Analysis (GCA).
  • Partner with tooling engineers to transfer processes and equipment to NPI and manufacturing plants, and support debug efforts with plant manufacturing engineers to ensure product performance meets customer expectations.
  • Support production plant MEs in ramp up of new products as well as required capacity additions.
  • Assist production plants in ramping up new products and expanding capacity as needed.
  • Support global manufacturing GLSS initiatives to improve cost efficiency and quality by optimizing manufacturing processes.
  • Adhere to and contribute to Molex's Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma, ISO standards, and Environmental, Health, and Safety (EH&S) management systems by following established policies and procedures.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or equivalent experience or training.
  • 5 + years of experience in mechanical engineering related to the manufacture and assembly of precision electromechanical components.
  • Knowledge of manufacturing processes such as molding, stamping, plating, and assembly.
  • Experience with synchronous, asynchronous, flexible (robotics) and manual assembly systems.
  • Experience debugging and qualifying high-speed assembly equipment as well as manual processes and tooling.
  • Ability to develop specifications on automated process and equipment.
  • Ability to read and interpret product, tool detail, and assembly drawings.
  • Working knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Design of Experiment (DOE).
  • Experience in tooling cost estimating, quote preparation and project management.


What Will Put You Ahead
  • Master's Degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering
  • Experience in connector manufacturing processes ranging from low to high volume production.
  • GLSS green belt certification with successful project accomplishments.
  • Knowledge of accounting and business management principles.


For this role, we anticipate paying $100,000 - $135,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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.

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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