AEC Application Engineer

Molex; Fremont (CA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as an Application Engineer at a leading company in the electronics industry. This role offers the chance to work closely with customers, providing technical support and influencing product development in the rapidly evolving datacenter networking and AI markets. With over 30 years of industry leadership, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring successful product integration and customer satisfaction. This position comes with the potential for remote work and travel, making it an exciting opportunity for growth and leadership within the company. Be part of an innovative environment where your contributions matter.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Educational assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as design/system/applications engineer.
• Strong knowledge of hardware and embedded software.
• Hands-on lab experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and resolve customer issues.
• Work with engineering teams on product test requirements.
• Mentor application & development engineers.

Skills

System failure analysis

Debugging

Electrical knowledge

Optical knowledge

Mechanical knowledge

Embedded software

Networking PHY layer architecture

Transceiver technology

Hands-on lab experience

Programming (C, Python)

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Degree in Computer Science

Degree in Physics

Master's or PhD in relevant field

Job description

Your Job

Molex is currently seeking a talented Application Engineer to join our team. In this role you will play a critical role in providing technical support and expertise as well as influencing our AEC products in the fastest growing market segment for datacenter networking and AI applications. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure the successful integration and utilization of products and solutions within the customer's environment. You will serve as the bridge between technical teams and customers, helping to troubleshoot issues, offer solutions, and build strong customer relationships. This is an exciting opportunity to join a young team on the ground floor and can open a path to additional leadership roles within Molex.

Our Team

Molex is looking for a Lead Application Engineer to support and develop Active cable designs for Hyperscalers. Our business is witnessing tremendous growth owing to the increasing need for cloud services and higher data transfer rates. You will be working under leadership that has been setting and driving industry standards in data centers for more than 30 years.

**This role is eligible for remote work for the right candidate and will require domestic travel to customer sites**

What You Will Do

• Work directly with customers and Molex product development teams from product conception to successful customer qualification. Manage communication channel for design-in activity in concert with internal teams.
• Provide technical support of strategic accounts and drive critical customer issues to resolution with a focus on defining customer requirements (evaluation, validation and final qualification).
• Work with engineering team to define product test requirements based on the customer's application across the fleet of switch and NIC card combinations.
• Interpret industry standards, customer requirements, and competitive intelligence to provide guidance into product features and performance requirements to meet customer module/AEC qualification.
• Maintain expert level of product knowledge and application for transceiver bit rates of 400G and beyond (QSFP, QSFP-DD, OSFP).
• Mentor application & development engineers on technical challenges in networking module systems.
• Generate marketing collateral such as data sheets, application notes and EEPROM and firmware documents.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience as design/system/applications engineer with a minimum of 2 years of direct customer facing experience is highly desired.
• Experienced in system failure analysis and de-bugging.
• Strong knowledge of hardware (electrical, optical, mechanical) and embedded software/firmware.
• Knowledge of networking PHY layer architecture (Ethernet).
• Knowledge of transceiver technology and architecture.
• Hands-on lab experience.
• Demonstrated ability to dynamically prioritize assignments and work independently.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Physics.
• Direct experience in optical or electrical transceivers, AOC or AEC cable assemblies.
• Familiarity with high-speed PCB layout, signal integrity, assembly, and manufacturing.
• Good knowledge in programming languages like C and Python.
• Ability to write scripts for automation.

At 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. For this role, we anticipate paying $150,000-225,000. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As 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. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

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.

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