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The first assignment is building and deploying software that supports manufacturing of liquid cooling cage assemblies. Eventually you will own other SSG tools besides the liquid cooling manufacturing solutions. This role is not for a single-product specialist.\nOur Team\nThe Software Solutions Group (SSG) is the central nervous system of the Copper Solutions Business Unit (CSBU) within the Datacom & Specialty Solutions (DSS) division at Molex. SSG builds Python tools from the ground up for the design, manufacturing, and testing of high-speed electrical interconnects and liquid cooling cage assemblies. Engineers on this team collaborate across the organization to deliver solutions that address challenges in every domain of the business. Our software designers own mature applications used in production facilities around the globe as well as stand-alone tools that solve specific engineering problems.\nWhat You Will Do\nDesign, implement, and maintain Python applications used by manufacturing, process, and test engineers.\nExecute a strategy for data collection and gating at all assembly, identification, and test stations.\nDevelop custom applications for IIoT device-driven process steps.\nDesign and deploy solutions for fixture and tool tracking.\nCreate custom dashboards for monitoring production yield and test results.\nWork with product-family and process configuration so new parts and process sequences can be added without rewriting the application.\nSupport the manufacturing operation: reproduce failures, ship fixes, and make the tools usable for people who are not software developers.\nParticipate in the full development cycle: requirements, design, implementation, code review, verification and validation, documentation, and knowledge sharing.\nWho You Are (Basic Qualifications)\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, Systems Engineering, or a closely related field.\n2+ years designing and owning Python-based applications and libraries (including desktop GUI applications).\nDemonstrated software architecture and design judgment: usability, maintainability, extensibility, and performance, not only feature delivery.\nExperience with Git and a defect-tracking system such as Jira.\nWorking knowledge of software verification and validation techniques (automated testing, integration tests, and checking work against requirements).\nWhat Will Put You Ahead\nAt least 2 years building and owning software that talks to physical test hardware - instruments, fixtures, robots, sensors, or similar devices - not only software-to-software integrations.\nPyQt (or a similar Python GUI framework) for desktop applications.\nComfort in a lab or on a manufacturing floor: supporting operators and reproducing hardware-in-the-loop failures.\nAbility to apply scientific Python to user-facing applications: NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, and a conda-based workflow.\nBuilding reusable libraries, APIs, or configuration-driven frameworks that other engineers and testers use.\nClear written and verbal communication with non-software customers (manufacturing, test, and product engineers).\nYou can point to mid- to long-term software you owned, not only tickets you completed.\nYou care about user experience, not only feature implementation.\nYou exhibit first-principles thinking and clarify ambiguous requirements.\nYou will challenge a weak design or process, including your own, when a better path is available.\nYou value knowledge acquisition and sharing, and use mistakes as an opportunity to learn and to teach.\nAt Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. 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