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Hardware Engineering Manager - Optical Solutions

Molex
life insurance, parental leave
United States, California, Fremont
Dec 13, 2025
Your Job Our Optical Solutions team located in Fremont, CA is looking for a Hardware Engineering Manager to Lead and manage the electrical engineering team within Molex's Optical Solutions Business Unit. Our team of Hardware Engineers are focused on delivering high-speed electrical design for advanced optical interconnect products. This role combines technical leadership, people management, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver cutting-edge solutions for hyperscale data centers and next-generation optical networking systems. The Manager will have oversight of teams in two geographic locations and work closely with our global engineering and manufacturing teams. Our Team Molex possesses a rich heritage in the optical industry. We provide the highest performing and field-proven wavelength management solutions from components, modules to integrated line-cards. Continuous innovation in passive component function integration, miniaturization, and manufacturing automation, cutting edge WSS and amplification technology and comprehensive optical, mechanical, electrical and software design capabilities enable us to serve the needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks of telecom, datacom, hyperscale datacenter and supercomputing. We serve global clients in telecom and datacom industries in providing innovative optical modules and subsystems to support our customer's next generation networks What You Will Do Manage and mentor electrical engineers; set goals and drive performance. Oversee electrical design for optical modules, backplanes, line cards and optical interconnect systems. Ensure compliance with Molex quality standards and industry certifications. Drive signal integrity, power integrity, and EMI/EMC compliance. Collaborate with optical, mechanical, and manufacturing teams for NPI and production. Interface with customers and vendors for technical discussions and component selection. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering. 8+ years in electrical hardware design, including 3+ years in leadership. Expertise in high-speed PCB design, SI/PI analysis, and simulation tools (HFSS, SI/PI). Familiarity with IEEE 802.3 ethernet, PCIe, I2C, SPI, OIF standards. What Will Put You Ahead Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Experience with networking hardware, optical transceivers, or optical line cards. Project management experience. Knowledge of FPGA logic design and release. Knowledge of thermal management and packaging for high-speed systems. For this role, we anticipate paying $175,0000 - $225,000 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 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).