New

Fiber Process Engineer

Molex
life insurance, parental leave
United States, New Jersey, Bridgewater
Nov 26, 2025
Your Job We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Fiber Process Engineer to optimize and develop our fiber optic termination processes. This role involves process development of complex multifiber connector terminations. The successful candidate will leverage their hands-on experience to support manufacturing process development and transfer, manage process documentation, and assist with the validation of new tools and automation. Our Team Molex's Optical Connectivity Group is at the forefront of designing and delivering cutting-edge optical solutions that power data centers, telecom infrastructure, and next-gen computing. As part of Koch Industries, Molex fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration, and transformative technology development across global markets. What You Will Do Process Optimization: Analyze existing fiber optic termination processes and implement improvements to enhance efficiency, quality yield, and decrease manufacturing costs. New Process Development: Develop process for ribbon fiber cleaving, polishing and termination. Evaluate and qualify epoxies for termination process to handle connector qualification tests. Design and develop new termination processes, including those for automated manufacturing, and create detailed work instructions and procedures. Troubleshooting and Analysis: Utilize data-driven problem-solving methods to identify and resolve process issues, performing failure analysis on fiber optic connectors. Equipment Management: Manage the development and building of new machines and tools (e.g., fiber array polishers, termination stations and optical testing), providing technical support to global manufacturing plants. Testing and Validation: Create and execute test plans for new processes, tools, and automated machines, ensuring compliance with industry standards such as IEC and GR testing procedures. Documentation and Reporting: Prepare and submit manufacturing reports, maintain accurate process documentation, and ensure all procedures are clearly documented and followed. Collaboration: Work closely with automation engineers, project managers, and manufacturing teams to ensure seamless project execution and provide technical assistance to marketing and sales groups as needed. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Bachelor's (B.S.) or Master's (M.S.) degree in Engineering e.g., Materials Science, Electrical, Optical, Mechanical, Physics, or a related technical field. Expertise in multifiber ribbon handling and processing such as ribbon stripping, cleaving and polishing. Experience in making short length fiber ribbon from individual fibers is highly desirable. Familiarity with single-fiber and multi-fiber MPO and lensed connector termination processes. Proficiency with fiber optic termination equipment such as Ribbon fiber cleavers, fusion splicers, polishers, interferometers, OTDRs (Optical Time Domain Reflectometers), and power meters. Strong knowledge of industry standards and testing procedures for fiber optic components. Willing and able to travel up to 20%, both domestic and international What Will Put You Ahead Experience with Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools and software like Minitab is a plus. Desirable Software Skills: Solidworks, Seimens NX, Labview, Matlab, Python. For this role, we anticipate paying $140,000 - $160,000 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. 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. 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, aqui, or tu).