Industrial safety and connectivity components for power, transportation, and data infrastructure
Littelfuse manufactures electrical safety and connectivity components across industrial, transportation, and data-center markets. With 16,000+ employees and 100,000+ end customers globally, the company operates a hardware-first tech stack (CAD, SolidWorks, Altium, FMEA) grounded in reliability engineering. Active hiring in engineering (109 roles) and manufacturing (69 roles) reflects aggressive capacity building, while a focused project list—new fuse development, production layout optimization, manufacturing system implementation—signals operational consolidation rather than platform expansion.
Notable leadership hires: Datacenter Market Director
Littelfuse is a publicly traded (NASDAQ: LFUS) industrial manufacturing company founded in 1927 and headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois. The company designs and manufactures protective and connectivity components for electrical systems, serving segments including EV charging infrastructure, commercial vehicle electrification, industrial safety, data centers, communications, renewable energy, and consumer appliances. Distribution spans 20+ countries with R&D and manufacturing footprints across the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Revenue is driven by OEM partnerships and direct end-customer relationships across transportation electrification and industrial automation verticals.
Littelfuse operates hiring across 15 countries: United States, Canada, Mexico, Philippines, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark, United Kingdom, Lithuania, China, Taiwan, Japan, and Malaysia.
Engineering and design tools: SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Inventor, Altium Designer, AutoCAD, and LabVIEW. Quality/manufacturing: FMEA, APQP, PPAP, SPC, MSA. ERP: SAP and Oracle. Automation protocols: BACnet, KNX, Modbus. Recently adopting TMS (transportation management systems).
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