Field Applications Engineer (FAE)

Amphenol ICC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, seeks a Field Applications Engineer to support Tier 1 Data Center clients. The position will be based in the Seattle, WA area.

You will work with the sales and engineering teams to design interconnect solutions, provide technical marketing support, and prepare customer-facing materials. A BS in engineering and 5+ years of design experience are required, with a preference for power interconnect experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical equivalent.
• 5+ years in customer-facing design or applications engineering of electrical hardware components.
• Experience delivering product marketing and technical support to win designs.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical aspects of the sales cycle from discovery through production.
• Provide technical marketing support for development and design-in of commercial products.
• Prepare and participate in technical presentations.
• 3D-CAD modeling and manipulation.
• Develop customer-facing material that is application-specific.
• Support customers for all technical inquiries and provide solutions.
• Help differentiate products and meet strategic objectives.
• Travel as required.

Skills

Communication

Customer-facing

CAD Modeling

Presentation skills

Power interconnect knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

Creo

SolidWorks

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.

Our products help to enable the electronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all the major Tier 1 OEMs globally. Amphenol designs, manufactures and markets electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors, coaxial and flat-ribbon cable, and interconnect systems. The primary end markets for the Company's products are communications and information processing. Including data/telecom, hyper-scale datacenter, enterprise server/storage, consumer devices, telecom networks, networking hardware, industrial & automotive applications & markets.

We are currently seeking a Field Applications Engineer to support our Tier 1 Data Center clients. The position will be based in the Seattle, WA area.

Responsibilities:

We value our relationships with these companies, and we depend on our Sales and Field Applications Engineering Teams to foster these ongoing business partnerships.

The FAE engineering team interfaces with customers, internal product development, product marketing, and the extended sales team to provide world-class interconnect solutions to our customers.

• Engineering resource on the sales team to lead technical aspects of the sales cycle; discovery, design, prototyping, and production
• Providing technical marketing support for the development and design- inof Commercial Products, including internal/external power, memory, storage, and internal IO
• Prepare and participate in technical presentations
• Including 3d-CAD modeling and manipulation
• Develop customer-facing material that is application specific
• Provide customer support for all technical inquiries; provide product solutions to address customer concerns
• Help devise strategies to differentiate our products and solutions from our competitors
• Meet and exceed strategic objectives
• Some travel will be required

Education/ Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering discipline or other technical equivalent
• Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in customer-facing Design or Applications Engineering of electrical hardware components/interconnect solutions industry
• Experience providing product marketing and technical support to produce design wins
• Strong preference for experience with Power interconnect and Power architecture applications

Skills:

• Proficient in communicating across organizational hierarchies
• High level of customer service, ability to build rapport with customers
• Self-motivated, assertive nature
• Proficient use of modeling tools such as Creor SolidWorks
• Strong organizational and presentation skills
• Microsoft Office365

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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/