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Optical Testing Engineer - Optical Solutions

Molex
life insurance, parental leave
United States, California, Fremont
Mar 03, 2026

Molex is a global leader in the optical industry, renowned for delivering high-performance, field-proven wavelength management solutions. Our expertise spans components, modules, and integrated line-cards, with a strong focus on innovation, miniaturization, and manufacturing automation. Our advanced optical, mechanical, electrical, and software design capabilities support the evolving needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks across telecom, datacom, hyperscale datacenters, artificial intelligence, and supercomputing.

The Optical Testing Engineer will own laser reliability engineering and analysis and its qualification for different applications. Leads qualification strategy, accelerated testing, failure analysis, and FIT/MTTF reporting; drives containment and corrective actions with suppliers and internal teams

What You Will Do

  • Define qualification plans (HTOL, burn-in, temperature cycling, damp heat as applicable, mechanical stress) aligned to telecom expectations and customer specifications
  • Select acceleration models and parameters (Arrhenius/Peck/Coffin-Manson); compute acceleration factors and confidence bounds.
  • Own burn-in and ongoing reliability monitoring: drift analysis, trend charts, and early-warning triggers.
  • Lead failure analysis (FA) for any field/qualification/production failures: containment, root cause, corrective action verification.
  • Drive design-for-reliability reviews: derating, thermal margin, COD/COMD risk mitigation, back-reflection robustness.
  • Publish reliability reports, present them to internal reviews and customer audits.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

4-5 bulleted, objective, non-comparable requirements are recommended

What Will Put You Ahead

Bulleted list of preferred qualifications; Optional section

{OPTION 1 - GENERAL SALARY RANGE}

For this role, we anticipate paying $XXXXX - $XXXXX per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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{OPTION 2 - COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT}

This role is part of the collective bargaining agreement and the starting pay for this role is set at $XX.XX per hour.

Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

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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).

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