Senior Engineering Manager, Automated Test

The Senior Engineering Manager, Automated Test is accountable for the overall performance, capability, capacity, design, development, and long-term strategy of automated production test across backplane, near-ASIC, and other high speed cable assembly products. This role provides senior leadership across people, technology, and execution, ensuring production and validation test solutions are robust, scalable, and aligned with business growth across multiple product segments.

This position leads managers, supervisors, technical leads, and senior engineers, and is responsible for global alignment of automated test strategies, standardization, and continuous improvement across sites. The role partners closely with Product Development, Signal Integrity, Reliability, Manufacturing, Quality, and Software teams to ensure test readiness, risk mitigation, and customer satisfaction.

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.

• Provide senior leadership for the automated test engineering organization, including managers, supervisors, technical leads, engineers, and technicians.
• Set expectations, define annual Roles, Responsibilities & Expectations (RR&Es), manage performance, and drive succession planning and career development.
• Oversee workforce planning, recruiting strategy, onboarding, and talent development.
• Build a high-performance culture emphasizing accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.

• Define and execute long-term automated test strategy supporting multiple product segments.
• Own global roadmaps for test automation frameworks, fixture strategy, instrumentation, and data pipelines.
• Drive adoption of global standards, best practices, and design reuse.
• Lead capital planning and investment prioritization for automated test infrastructure.

• Ensure production test plan readiness for all NPI and sustaining programs.
• Represent automated test engineering in program reviews, risk assessments, and leadership updates.
• Identify and mitigate technical, schedule, and capacity risks related to test readiness.

• Partner closely with Signal Integrity, Reliability, Manufacturing, Quality, Software, and Design Engineering teams.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex test and correlation issues.
• Support customer engagements related to test methodology and production readiness as needed.

• Establish KPIs to measure test effectiveness, yield impact, and execution efficiency.
• Drive improvements in automation coverage, test cycle time, and cost of test.
• Promote disciplined documentation, configuration control, and change management.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field; Master's preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in automated test engineering.
• 5+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience.
• Strong understanding of automated test systems, fixtures, and production test methodologies.
• Proven ability to lead global teams and align across functions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience with high-speed measurement technologies (VNA, TDR, oscilloscopes, BERTs).
• Background in test automation software and data analytics.
• Experience with NPI processes, quality systems, and manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated ability to build long-term technical and organizational roadmaps.