Your Job: As a Design AQP Engineer at Molex, you will lead Advanced Product Quality Planning (AQP/APQP) activities for new product designs and design changes from concept through production launch. You will ensure robust manufacturability, compliance with customer and regulatory requirements, and predictable quality performance by managing design risks, verification activities, quality deliverables, and corrective actions.

Our Team: You will be part of the DSS Quality Team (AQP), You will partner with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, Procurement, Program Management, and global technical teams. Together, the team develops reliable, manufacturable products by applying structured quality planning, design verification, supplier collaboration, and continuous-improvement methods.

What You Will Do

- Lead AQP/APQP activities for assigned design programs from concept through production launch and initial production.
- Develop, maintain, and close design-quality deliverables, including DFMEA, Design Verification Plans and Reports (DVP&R;), control plans, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) packages, and engineering-change documentation.
- Facilitate cross-functional design reviews, DFMEA workshops, DVP&R; reviews, and design-gate assessments to ensure deliverables are complete and risks are addressed.
- Translate customer, regulatory, safety, and product requirements into clear design-verification and validation plans.
- Support dimensional analysis, tolerance assessments, GD&T; reviews, prototype builds, and testing to validate designs against functional and manufacturing requirements.
- Lead root-cause analysis of design and test failures using structured methods such as 8D and 5-Why, document findings, and drive corrective and preventive actions to closure.
- Support supplier selection,



Supplier Risk assessments, sourcing decisions, and supplier PPAP activities for design components.
- Track and communicate program-quality metrics, including PPAP status, open DFMEA actions, verification progress, and risk-mitigation plans, to program leadership.
- Guide and mentor engineers in quality tools, technical documentation, problem solving, and design-quality practices while demonstrating ownership and cross-functional leadership.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Manufacturing, or a related engineering discipline.
- 6–8 years of Quality engineering experience, including at least 3–4 years executing APQP/AQP or equivalent product-quality planning in design-focused programs.
- Demonstrated experience with DFMEA, PFMEA, control plans, DVP&R;, PPAP, and design-verification processes.
- Strong knowledge of GD&T;, tolerance analysis, design for manufacturability (DFM), and root-cause analysis methods.
- Experience applying quality tools such as 8D, 5-Why, FMEA, statistical process control (SPC), and measurement system analysis (MSA).
- Familiarity with CAD tools such as Solid Works, Creo, or CATIA and familiarity with PLM or QMS systems.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence without direct authority, and drive consensus and results.




- Experience collaborating with global stakeholders to resolve technical issues and implement sustainable corrective actions.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, maintain accurate documentation, and drive projects independently with a strong bias for action.
- Demonstrated leadership, initiative, and ability to coach or mentor engineers on technical skills and documentation.

What Will Put You Ahead

- Advanced degree (MS) in a relevant engineering discipline.
- ASQ CQE or CQA, Six Sigma Green/Black Belt, or formal APQP/PFMEA certification or training.
- Experience in automotive, electronic equipment, heavy equipment, aerospace, or another highly regulated manufacturing industry.
- Experience in PCB manufacturing and knowledge of signal-integrity parameters.
- Supplier-quality, supplier-development, and sourcing-collaboration experience.
- Experience using Excel, Minitab, Power BI, or similar tools for data analysis and quality reporting.
- Experience leading value-improvement or continuous-improvement initiatives across global engineering and manufacturing teams

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

Technology helps us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work workplace that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

📌 Advance Quality Planning Engineer (India)
🏢 Molex
📍 India