Director of Engineering: AI Data Center Interconnect

Amphenol ICC; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, seeks a Director of Engineering to lead the Backplane OverPass Engineering team in Etters, PA. You will drive an end-to-end engineering lifecycle for high-speed interconnects and collaborate with AI-focused customers globally.

The role requires 8+ years in high-speed interconnects, strong leadership, and deep experience with system-level architecture for AI clusters.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in high-speed interconnect, data center hardware, or AI system development.
• Bachelor's or Master’s in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering; advanced degree preferred.
• Proven leadership across product development, signal integrity, and testing.
• Experience with PCIe, Ethernet, InfiniBand and related standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team for product development, mechanical and electrical design, program execution, and validation.
• Own the engineering lifecycle from concept through NPI to volume production.
• Drive program management and cross-functional alignment across engineering, operations, quality, and sales.
• Oversee signal integrity strategy, test development, and performance validation for high-speed interconnect products (e.g., 112G PAM4 and beyond).
• Interface with leading AI system and hyperscale customers to define optimized interconnect solutions.
• Partner with business and product line leadership to define roadmaps aligned with evolving AI workloads.
• Champion a culture of technical excellence, execution rigor, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Team leadership

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Signal integrity

High-speed interconnect

AI workloads

Customer engagement

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, seeks a Director of Engineering to lead the Backplane OverPass Engineering team in Etters, PA. You will drive an end-to-end engineering lifecycle for high-speed interconnects and collaborate with AI-focused customers globally.

The role requires 8+ years in high-speed interconnects, strong leadership, and deep experience with system-level architecture for AI clusters.