New Product Development Manager

Job title: New Product Development Manager

About the Role Molex is seeking an experienced New Product Development Manager to lead complex customer-driven developments for high-speed internal interconnect solutions used in AI, server, storage, networking, and data center platforms. This role requires a strong technical leader who can go deep in both mechanical and electrical discussions while driving disciplined execution from concept and architecture alignment through design, validation, qualification, and production readiness.

What You'll Do

• Lead complex NPD programs for high-speed cable assemblies, connectors, power interconnects, and related data center platform solutions from concept through production readiness.
• Engage deeply with customer engineering, system architecture, ODM/OEM design teams, and ecosystem partners to understand platform roadmaps, technical requirements, mechanical constraints, electrical performance needs, qualification requirements, and cost targets.
• Translate customer and system-level requirements into clear product requirements covering mechanical architecture, cable routing, shielding and grounding, thermal paths, connector interfaces, materials, reliability, manufacturability, and high-speed electrical performance.
• Partner with PDE, signal integrity, test, validation, manufacturing, sourcing, quality, operations, sales, and product management to align scope, timing, risks, decisions, and deliverables.
• Lead technical trade-off discussions across mechanical design, electrical performance, thermal performance, cost, manufacturability, quality, supply continuity, schedule, and customer risk.
• Drive RFQ, quotation, sampling, design review, validation, qualification, and release activities with clear ownership and timely escalation.
• Lead customer technical reviews using data and engineering judgment to explain design intent, trade-offs, validation results, failure analysis, corrective actions, and readiness.
• Resolve complex technical issues related to mechanical fit, cable routing, retention, thermal performance, electrical validation, signal integrity, reliability, manufacturing, supplier quality, and customer qualification.
• Capture voice-of-customer insights and feed them into product roadmaps, technology priorities, design rules, cost-reduction plans, and customer development strategies.
• Represent Molex professionally in customer meetings, technical workshops, and regional ecosystem engagements.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in new product development, product management, technical program management, technical marketing, application engineering, or customer-facing technical roles in electronics, interconnects, cables, connectors, data center infrastructure, server, storage, networking, or related markets.
• Experience leading cross-functional development programs from concept through design, validation, qualification, and launch.
• Ability to engage credibly in mechanical and electrical technical discussions with customer engineering teams and internal subject-matter experts.
• Strong ability to translate customer requirements, platform roadmaps, technical risks, and qualification needs into actionable product requirements and program plans.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across engineering, signal integrity, test, manufacturing, sourcing, quality, operations, sales, and product management.
• Fluent Mandarin and English communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with Taiwan-based customers and global internal teams.

Nice to Have

• Direct experience with internal cable assemblies, high-speed connectors, power interconnects, storage, server, AI infrastructure, or data center platform applications.
• Strong mechanical depth in cable routing, connector interfaces, materials, retention, thermal paths, manufacturability, DFM, DFMEA, and reliability trade-offs.
• Strong electrical depth or working knowledge in high-speed channel behavior, signal integrity, power integrity, SI/PI validation, PCIe or related interfaces, test methods, failure analysis, and customer acceptance criteria.
• Existing customer relationships or ecosystem knowledge within Taiwan-based ODMs, OEMs, server/storage/networking companies, hyperscale supply chains, or AI infrastructure platforms.
• Proven success leading complex NPD programs, resolving technical escalations, winning new programs, expanding share, or developing new accounts in a technical B2B environment.