Field Applications Engineer - Systems Integration (Travel‑Heavy)

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

Job summary

Molex, a Koch company, is seeking an early-career Field Application Engineer to support Bay Area hyperscalers, OEMs, and network vendors with our Active Copper Cable (ACC) and Active Electrical Cable (AEC) products.

You’ll work under senior engineers, supporting bring-up, interop, and qualification on-site, with travel and short‑notice site visits to Conway, AR for coordination with Interop/firmware teams.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering, CS, Engineering Tech, or related field.
• 1-3 years in systems integration, interop/validation lab, test, or FAE roles.
• Networking and embedded fundamentals; hands-on with equipment and cables.

Responsibilities

• On-site bring-up of ACC/AEC cables in customer labs/data centers.
• Perform link bring-up, training, and power-up/reset checks on customer platforms.
• Support demos, evaluations, and qualification testing at customer sites.
• Set up and maintain test setups, cables, and equipment for customer engagements.
• Reproduce field issues and relay findings to engineering teams.
• Collect logs/telemetry from Linux hosts/switches; OSI Layer 1/2 debugging details.

Skills

Networking fundamentals

Linux proficiency

Bash scripting

Customer communication

Travel readiness

Education

BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering, CS, Engineering Tech or related

Tools

ethtool

lspci

i2c-tools

Oscilloscopes

Job description

Molex, a Koch company, is seeking an early-career Field Application Engineer to support Bay Area hyperscalers, OEMs, and network vendors with our Active Copper Cable (ACC) and Active Electrical Cable (AEC) products.

You’ll work under senior engineers, supporting bring-up, interop, and qualification on-site, with travel and short‑notice site visits to Conway, AR for coordination with Interop/firmware teams.