About this role
As a Plating Manufacturing Engineering Engineer, you will support Molex Malaysia’s Consumer and Commercial Solutions manufacturing plans by strengthening plating manufacturing capabilities for both short- and long-term business needs. This role will work closely with the plating manufacturing team on new improvement initiatives and transfer projects, while understanding customer requirements to develop, optimise, and share best practices across manufacturing plants.
Our Team
You will be part of the Consumer and Commercial Solutions Manufacturing Engineering team based in Malaysia. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Manufacturing Managers, Production Engineers, Chemical Engineers, Process Engineers, Production Planners, and internal and external vendors to support plating manufacturing, process improvement, and project execution.
What You Will Do
Lead plating new product development, modified product development, and transfer product development by developing and implementing production and processing methods and controls to meet cost, quality, and production goals for new, transferred, and existing products. Work closely with Japan and Korea Design Engineering, Tool Engineering, and Quality teams to drive design and process improvements that enhance product quality and throughput. Partner with Sourcing and Purchasing teams on external plating vendor selection and capability assessments. Plan, track, and provide timely updates on plating project status and activities while liaising with internal project teams. Apply the Decision-Making Framework to determine whether plating should be completed in-house or externally sourced for new or transferred product requests by validating plant capacity and capability. Perform design reviews for new plating machines when in-house plating capability is required. Ensure all improvement activities comply with approved methods, procedures, and quality standards. Develop project resource and timeline plans and lead projects to successful completion. Work closely with suppliers to sustain plating production processes and resolve technical issues. Engage suppliers during the development stage and partner with R&D and SQE teams to drive continuous improvements. Lead electroplating tooling design improvements to support precious metal cost savings. Collaborate with suppliers, vendors, and fabricators on design-for-manufacturing activities related to tooling design. Evaluate the effectiveness of tooling trial runs for RTP implementation. Lead plating improvement projects to enhance quality, productivity, and efficiency through Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC, or JDI methodologies.Drive profitability improvement initiatives such as speed enhancement, gold usage reduction, chemical cost savings, and other cost optimisatio