Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.
Reporting to Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for designing, developing, modifying and evaluating options and making complex design recommendations to fulfill requirements. Assesses results for applicability, validity and conformance with design specifications. Performs moderate design and skilled technical tasks.
About the Job
- Work with R&D team to develop and support concurrent New Product projects through design-to-cost principles, design for manufacturability and the transition of new and improved products from development through full-scale production.Task 2
- Assure new project processes and product are capable of meeting performance and reliability requirements
- Continue improvement for existing production line, and cost improvement
- Define tooling and equipment requirements, capital equipment justification, and qualifying both tooling and equipment for production
- Develop new product and new process documentation (Flow chart, FMEA, work instructions, routings, specifications, assembly information).
- Conduct error-proofing analyses and determine root cause of process variation and product failures.
- Determine cause of field problems & customer complaints. Implement effective corrective action in a timely manner
- Assess and improve quality of internal production and the quality of suppliers.
- Work closely with internal and external technical support. Perform internal and external (supplier) process, product, and systems audits.
- Other task which supervisor request
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering science - mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, engineering mechanics or related disciplines
- Minimum 5 years’ experience, at least 3 years in process development, automotive industry experience is preferred
- Familiar with new equipment development
- Automotive sensor technology is preferred: Familiar with Assembly process, welding process such as resistance welding, laser welding process; Potting and dispensing process, soldering process, and EOL testing process.
- Have statistic data analysis for process analysis and improvement, GB/BB is Plus
- Familiar with TS16949, APQP, lean manufacturing
- Open Mind, Passion for Excellence and Good Communication capability will be strongly expected
- Good at English language ability in reading, writing,
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, etc.)
- Minimum 5 years' experience
- At least 3 years in process development
- Automotive industry experience preferred
- Familiarity with new equipment development
- Experience with various welding and assembly processes
- Statistical data analysis for process improvement
- Familiarity with TS16949 and APQP
- Good communication skills in English
Littelfuse Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Littelfuse and has not been reviewed or approved by Littelfuse.
-
Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan includes a company match with an additional annual contribution, with plan details also referenced in corporate filings. This structure indicates dependable retirement support across U.S. roles.
-
Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — A Lifestyle Spending Account and tuition reimbursement, plus wellness resources and an Employee Assistance Program, expand the package beyond core insurance. Development programs such as Lean Six Sigma certifications reinforce a holistic rewards mix.
-
Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage are standard and described as solid and workable. Coverage breadth is supported globally with EAP access.
Littelfuse Insights
What We Do
Littelfuse is an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world. Across more than 15 countries, and with 17,000 global associates, we partner with customers to design and deliver innovative, reliable solutions. Serving over 100,000 end customers, our products are found in a variety of industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets—everywhere, every day. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Littelfuse was founded in 1927. View our broad and deep product portfolio: https://www.littelfuse.com/ Littelfuse has had a long-standing commitment to ensuring a diversified workforce through equal employment opportunities. Maintaining a diversified workforce is critical to the success of our organization. Each associate receives equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, creed, sex (with or without sexual conduct), marital status, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, order of protection status, military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, genetic information, unfavorable discharge from military service, and any other protected class under federal, state or local law
