AI Data Center Power Interconnects Field Engineer

Amphenol Industrial; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Industrial is seeking a Field Application Engineer (FAE) – Power Interconnects in the San Francisco Bay Area to support AI data centers, HPC servers, and hyperscale infrastructure. You will bridge customers, sales, and product teams to design and qualify high-current power interconnect solutions.

Responsibilities include translating requirements into interconnect designs, leading power delivery standards, and driving innovation in 48V architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Mechatronic Engineering.
• 3–7 years of experience in connector design, power electronics, or related hardware integration.
• Experience in AI data centers, rack power distribution, cooling systems, or server platform engineering.
• Customer-facing or field engineering experience required.
• Prior involvement with industry standards or consortiums (OCP, PCIe) a plus.
• Familiarity with AI compute racks, GPU servers, and power delivery architectures (e.g., 48V) desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support AI and data center customers in design and integration of power connector solutions into rack, server, and board systems.
• Translate customer requirements into interconnect designs with internal engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Provide leadership in power delivery standards and participate in relevant working groups.
• Drive innovation in connector technologies for high-current, low-resistance, and high-reliability applications.
• Partner with sales and business development to provide technical insight during design-in and qualification phases.
• Conduct field validation, performance testing, and troubleshooting at customer sites or Amphenol labs.
• Act as the voice of the customer to inform future product roadmap and technology direction.
• Maintain up-to-date awareness of AI hardware trends, including rack density, power efficiency, and modular architecture developments.

Skills

Power electronics

High-current interconnects

Thermal management

Electrical CAD

Mechanical CAD

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Mechatronic Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Creo

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Job description

Amphenol Industrial is seeking a Field Application Engineer (FAE) – Power Interconnects in the San Francisco Bay Area to support AI data centers, HPC servers, and hyperscale infrastructure. You will bridge customers, sales, and product teams to design and qualify high-current power interconnect solutions.

Responsibilities include translating requirements into interconnect designs, leading power delivery standards, and driving innovation in 48V architectures.