Application Engineer - Opto-Electronics

Molex; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Molex, a leader in optical solutions, seeks an Application Engineer for transceiver tech, hardware validation, and customer engagements. You will work across firmware validation, testing, and problem resolution to support high-bandwidth optical networks.

Ideal candidates have an EE background with hands-on lab experience, ready to address design-in activities and testing at customer sites, and to collaborate with internal teams on product features and requirements.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering required.
• Hands-on hardware lab experience required.
• Experience with power meters, oscilloscopes, network analyzers.
• Strong interest in customer-facing roles and field issue resolution.
• Hands-on hardware circuitry experience.

Responsibilities

• Support and grow optical solutions portfolio focusing on transceiver technologies.
• Provide technical support to strategic accounts and drive issue resolution.
• Collaborate with sales and product teams from concept to qualification.
• Define product test requirements with engineering.
• Bring-up transceiver modules at customer sites and develop solutions.

Skills

Lab experience

High-speed signal analysis

Power measurement

Oscilloscope

Network analyzers

OO programming

Customer-facing

Hardware circuitry

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics or CS

Tools

Power meters

Oscilloscope

Network analyzers

Job description

Molex possesses a rich heritage in the optical industry. We provide the highest performing and field-proven optical solutions from components, modules to integrated line-cards. We provide cutting edge wavelength management and amplifier technologies. Our comprehensive optical, mechanical, electrical and software integration capabilities enable us to serve the needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks.

Our Opto-Electronics team is seeking an Application Engineer to support and grow our portfolio of optical solutions, with a focus on transceiver technologies. This role offers a hands‑on opportunity to work across hardware and system‑level challenges, including testing, troubleshooting, and firmware validation. The ideal candidate will have an Electrical Engineering degree with hands‑on hardware lab experience and this role will provide an opportunity to develop a deep expertise in optical components and hardware validation to effectively support customer requirements and lead technical engagements.

What You Will Do

• Work closely with existing field application team to apply electrical and hardware knowledge in customer support, including: high-speed signal performance analysis, power consumption evaluation, a Firmware root cause investigation.
• Work closely with customers and Molex sales team from product conception to successful customer qualification. Manage design‑in activity in concert with internal teams.
• Provide technical support of strategic accounts and drive critical customer issues to resolution.
• Work with engineering team to define product test requirements.
• Interpret industry standards, customer requirements, and competitive intelligence in order to provide guidance into product features and performance requirements to meet customer module qualification.
• Bring‑up transceiver modules at customer sites and develop solutions that support end‑user applications.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering
• Experience in co-op, internship, coursework that required working in a lab
• Experience with power meters, oscilloscope, network analyzers, etc
• Strong interest in customer‑facing roles and field issue resolution
• Hands on experience with hardware and electrical circuitry
• Internship or course work related to: clock domains, voltage regulation, power consumption, thermal analysis, hardware validation
• Understanding of object‑oriented programming principle
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship

What Will Put You Ahead

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics or Computer Science

For this role, we anticipate paying $100,000 - $150,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

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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.

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.