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This role will provide the software and system-integration capability needed to build scalable automation platforms for the Validation Lab.\n\nWhat You Will Do\nDevelop Automated Test Solutions: Design, develop, implement, and maintain automated test systems, tools, and scripts, primarily using Python.\nAutomate Validation Workflows: Automate test execution, equipment control, data acquisition, data processing, analysis, visualization, and report generation.\nIntegrate Instruments and Equipment: Connect laboratory instruments and test equipment through Ethernet/LAN, TCP/IP, USB, Serial, GPIB, SCPI, Modbus, vendor APIs, or other applicable interfaces.\nEnable Remote Monitoring: Develop automated data logging, alarm notification, remote monitoring, and test-status tracking for long-duration validation, environmental, and reliability testing.\nBuild Reusable Automation Platforms: Convert manual procedures into automated or semi-automated workflows and develop reusable software modules that support multiple test programs and equipment platforms.\nTroubleshoot and Maintain Systems: Diagnose software, instrument communication, data-acquisition, and hardware/software integration issues while maintaining source code, configuration records, and technical documentation.\nDrive Lab Digitalization: Identify opportunities to reduce repetitive manual work, minimize human error, and improve test throughput, equipment utilization, data consistency, and overall engineering productivity.\nWho You Are (Basic Qualifications)\nBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Automation, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering field.\nMinimum 2 years of experience in software development, test automation, data acquisition, instrumentation, or hardware/software integration.\nHands-on programming experience with Python and the ability to develop structured, maintainable, and reusable code.\nFamiliarity with one or more equipment communication interfaces or protocols, such as TCP/IP, Serial, USB, Ethernet/LAN, GPIB, SCPI, or Modbus.\nAbility to understand engineering test requirements and translate them into practical automation solutions.\nStrong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills for software, equipment communication, and system-integration issues.\nStrong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with Validation Engineers and cross-functional engineering teams.\nAccountable and detail-oriented, with the discipline to maintain software quality, data integrity, documentation, and version control.\nWhat Will Put You Ahead\nExperience with PyVISA, REST APIs, NI DAQ, LabVIEW, or similar automation and instrument-control technologies.\nExperience automating laboratory equipment such as environmental chambers, data-acquisition systems, power supplies, DMMs, temperature sensors, pressure sensors, or flow sensors.\nExperience with Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Plotly, databases, dashboards, automated reporting, or test-data management systems.\nExperience with Git or another version-control system and practical software-development practices, including code review, testing, and documentation.\nExperience in product validation, reliability, environmental, thermal, mechanical, liquid-cooling, or high-speed interconnect testing.\nAt 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.\n\nWho We Are\nAs 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. 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