Field Application Engineer: Enterprise Server Solutions

Molex; Connecticut; On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible spending (FSA)

Life insurance

ADD

Disability

Retirement

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Molex seeks a proactive Field Application Engineer to lead design-in activities for enterprise server, networking, and storage applications. You will partner with customer engineering teams, influence design decisions, and help secure long-term programs.

This role requires interconnect expertise, cross-functional collaboration, and travel up to 30% across US-based customer sites. Remote/hybrid work within the United States is supported.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Science, Physics or related field).
• Experience within the electronics or interconnect industry.
• Experience interfacing directly with customer engineering teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and navigate complex technical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to customer engineering teams to promote and secure design wins for Molex products within enterprise server, networking, and storage applications.
• Build and maintain deep, trust-based relationships with engineering stakeholders and Signal Integrity (SI) experts to influence design decisions.
• Drive long-term design-in activity and manage complex development cycles from concept through qualification and production.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Molex engineering, product management, and manufacturing teams to resolve technical challenges and deliver solutions.
• Recommend innovative solutions leveraging Molex’s broad interconnect portfolio to address customer system-level challenges.
• Provide customer insights and feedback to internal teams to improve products and align with evolving technology trends.
• Support quality, qualification, and product lifecycle activities including new product introduction, testing, and ongoing supply assurance.
• Develop technical credibility to act as a trusted advisor on high-speed interconnects, advanced system architectures, and specialized operating environments.

Skills

Experience in electronics/interconnect

Customer engineering interface

Multi-priority management

Independent problem solving

Technical collaboration

Education

Bachelors in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, CS, Physics)

Job description

Molex seeks a proactive Field Application Engineer to lead design-in activities for enterprise server, networking, and storage applications. You will partner with customer engineering teams, influence design decisions, and help secure long-term programs.

This role requires interconnect expertise, cross-functional collaboration, and travel up to 30% across US-based customer sites. Remote/hybrid work within the United States is supported.