Development Engineer

Amphenol Corporation; Yocumtown (PA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol High Speed Products Group is seeking a Development Engineer to join the Mezzanine Products team in Etters, PA. You will conceptualize, design, verify, and qualify connector solutions that meet customer requirements across electrical, mechanical, and environmental specs.

In this role you will collaborate with global teams, lead design reviews, develop test plans, and support manufacturing handoff while ensuring manufacturability and robust performance for data center and telecom

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering required.
• 5+ years' full lifecycle product development experience required.
• Experience in connector design required.
• Proficient in Solidworks.
• General understanding of drawing standards such as ASME Y14.5.
• Excellent understanding of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
• Ability to communicate well with Global Customers and all levels of the organization including Management, Marketing, Sales, Process Engineering, Test Lab personnel, other Engineers (local and global).
• Ability to prioritize, work to meet objectives and manage multiple activities/projects simultaneously.
• ANSYS or other FEA simulation experience.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, design, and develop connector solutions as required by the BU strategic roadmap and new business opportunities
• Work with Front-end team and customers to define product/application requirements
• Lead product design reviews and create and communicate technical presentations
• Develop testing programs to ensure products work per design intent
• Present product concepts to customers early in development cycle, interpret feedback, and incorporate any revised requirements into the design
• Define Product, Application, and Packaging specifications
• Define a verification and product qualification test plans
• Work closely with NPI and manufacturing engineering to ensure products are transitioned to the manufacturing

Skills

Connector design

Global communication

Project management

Full lifecycle product development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Solidworks

ANSYS

Job description

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, is a world leader in interconnect solutions for Communications, Mobile, RF, Optics, and Commercial electronics markets. Amphenol Corporation is one of the world’s largest designers and manufacturers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and sensor-based products and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. ACS has an expansive global presence in research and development, manufacturing, and sales. We design and manufacture a wide range of innovative connectors as well as cable assemblies for diverse applications including server, storage, data center, mobile, RF, networking, industrial, business equipment, and automotive.

Position: Development Engineer

Location: Valley Green, PA (Harrisburg Area)

Amphenol High Speed Products Group is the market leader for high speed, high bandwidth electrical connectors for the Telecom/Datacom market (Mobile Networks, Storage, Servers, Routers, Switches, etc.). Our products help to enable the electronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all the major Tier 1 OEMs globally. We have design, sales, and manufacturing locations globally and are currently seeking a Product Development Engineer to join our Mezzanine Products team located in Etters, PA.

As a Development Engineer for connector Mezzanine Products you will be responsible for concept generation, design, verification and qualification, as well as supporting new business opportunities. Ensure that the product design is manufactural and will meet the defined customer requirements - including electrical, mechanical and environmental requirements. The position will work as part of a global cross-functional team and include customer interaction.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conceptualize, design, and develop connector solutions as required by the BU strategic roadmap and new business opportunities
• Work with Front-end team and customers to define product/application requirements
• Lead product design reviews and create and communicate technical presentations
• Develop testing programs to ensure products work per design intent
• Present product concepts to customers early in development cycle, interpret feedback, and incorporate any revised requirements into the design
• Define Product, Application, and Packaging specifications
• Define a verification and product qualification test plans
• Work closely with NPI and manufacturing engineering to ensure products are transitioned to the manufacturing

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 5+ years' experience with full lifecycle product development
• Experience in connector design
• Proficient in 3D modeling using Solidworks
• General understanding of drawing standards such as ASME Y14.5
• Excellent understanding of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Ability to communicate well with Global Customers and all levels of the organization including Management, Marketing, Sales, Process Engineering, Test Lab personnel, other Engineers (local and global).
• Ability to prioritize, work to meet objectives and to manage multiple activities/projects simultaneously.
• ANSYS or other FEA simulation experience

Amphenol Corporation is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our focus is to provide the highest level of support and responsiveness to both our employees and our customers, the world's largest technology companies. Amphenol Corporation offers the opportunity for career growth within a global organization. We believe that Amphenol Corporation is unique in that every employee, regardless of his or her position, has the ability to positively impact the business.

Amphenol is an “Equal Opportunity Employer” - Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin. For additional company information please visit our website at https://www.amphenol-cs.com/