New Product Development Director (Hybrid)

The New Product Development Director will be responsible for leading the development of next generation high speed products for datacenter, including direct leadership and development of a global team of New Product Development Managers, and driving cross-functional teams to deliver products and solutions meeting customer requirements and align with Molex's strategic roadmap.

Our Team

Are you looking to make a connection to your career? Come to Molex where we create connections for life. We use innovation, engineering excellence, commitment to quality and reliability, and superior customer experience to improve communication, elevate experiences, and engage and inspire people everywhere. Molex brings together innovation and technology to deliver electronic solutions to customers worldwide. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a full suite of solutions and services for many markets, including data communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, commercial vehicle and medical.

What You Will Do

New product development and innovation:

• Forecast platform and high-speed product trends over the next 3 to 8 years to guide strategic planning.
• Define product specifications and performance requirements based on market trends, customer needs and industry standards.
• Lead the new/innovative product development from concept, feasibility, design, prototyping, validation of production feasibility.
• Drive innovation in key areas such as signal integrity, power, EMC, cooling and reliability.
• Early commercial estimation including cost and CAPEX.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical and materials engineers to ensure CTF/CTQ from optimal signal integrity, mechanical robustness and manufacturing.
• Drive DFM and DFC principles early in the development phase.

• Lead, coach, and develop a global team of New Product Development Managers across multiple regions.
• Manage multiple NPD programs simultaneously, ensuring on-time delivery, cost control and adherence to technical requirements.
• Create and maintain project plans, schedules, and budgets.
• Facilitate cross-functional communication among engineering, operations, procurement, quality, and marketing teams.
• Report project status, risks, and mitigation plans to senior management.

• Develop key technical customer relationships in data center and enterprise switch/server architecture.
• Technical presenter/contributor to industry standards, committees, and customers.
• Catch early VOC to synthesize limited information to generate design intent and guidance.
• Align with eco-system with silicon leaders, standards, and architecture drivers.
• Work with field application engineers and sales to translate customer requirements and emerging market trends into product concepts.
• Engage directly with key customers and OEM/ODM to co-develop custom solutions.
• Monitor competitive landscape including technologies, patents and pricing to maintain a leading position in the market.

• Guide technical teams on customer requirements regarding high-speed signal integrity, power integrity and mechanical reliability.
• Support qualification compliance with PCIe, IEEE, or other relevant standards.
• Review engineering documentation, drawings, validation reports, etc.
• Oversee the development of advanced materials, processes and manufacturing techniques to achieve product performance and reliability.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or Materials Science.
• 5+ years of product development experience in high-speed connectors, cable assemblies, or interconnect components.
• Proven record of managing complex new product development projects from concept to launch.
• Demonstrated experience leading and managing geographically dispersed or global engineering and NPD teams.
• Understanding of high-speed signal transmission, impedance control, and connector design principle meeting industrial standards.
• Familiarity with high-speed connector and cable assembly manufacturing processes, quality systems, and tools.
• Proficiency in PLM systems and project management tools.

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or Material Science.
• Experience with electromagnetic or circuit simulation tools.
• Bilingual capabilities (particularly Mandarin or Taiwanese).