Our Team
Our Validation Team in Hildesheim plays a key role as a trusted partner to the global automotive industry. We invite you to join a dynamic and collaborative work environment that values openness, mutual respect, and technical excellence. At Molex, you'll have the opportunity to take the initiative, drive innovation, and contribute your ideas directly to our cutting-edge development processes.
Your Job
As a Test & Validation Engineer, you will be an essential member of our Engineering Validation Team at Molex VAS (Vehicle Antenna Systems) in Hildesheim. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and managing test concepts for the verification and validation of mechanical and electrical parts and components. The aim is to ensure that the parts meet original equipment manufacturer (OEM) requirements, quality standards and service life requirements from the prototype stage through to series production.
What You Will Do
- Developing requirements and deriving test cases from requirements, drawings and specifications.
- Designing and building test benches, test fixtures, and adapters for components, and specifying test equipment.
- Developing and managing complete test concepts, including:
- Test plans in accordance with OEM specifications.
- Detailed test procedures (e.g. PVP&R) based on product-specific requirements.
- Selection of test equipment, measurement setup and acceptance criteria.
Documentation and traceability (test- requirement).
- Planning, managing and conducting validation and verification tests (e.g. functionality, environmental performance, endurance testing, service life, reliability and EMC).
- Conducting Design Validation (DV) and Product Validation (PV) activities and delivering milestone results on time.
- Coordinating with internal teams and external suppliers to support validation and testing requirements.
- Evaluating measurement results (e.g. statistical analysis).
- Supporting root cause analyses, technical evaluations and deriving corrective actions.
- Creating test reports, test instructions and test protocols, and reviewing and evaluating external laboratory reports.
- Maintaining and managing validation databases (test tracking, results documentation, SharePoint, etc.) and presenting results to customers.
Who You Are
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering or Physics.
- A solid understanding of mechanical principles (static, impact, fatigue and thermal effects).
- Experience in mechanical and/or electrical development.
- Initial experience in a validation environment. For example: Testing laboratories certified according to ISO 17025.
- Experience in the automotive sector is desirable.
- Analytical thinking and a structured approach to work, as well as strong teamwork and communication skills.
- Willingness to travel to suppliers and customers.
- Fluent English (spoken and written) and good German (spoken and written)
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
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.
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