Global Project Engineer

Amphenol Corporation; Yocumtown (PA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, seeks a Global Project Engineer to lead global NPI programs from design transfer to mass production in Valley Green, PA. You will coordinate across Product Engineering, Global NPI, Industrial Engineering, Quality, Test, Automation, and Supply Chain to ensure on-time delivery.

The role emphasizes manufacturing readiness, cross-site alignment, and risk management in a fast-paced NPI environment, with substantial travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 3-5 years of NPI, project engineering, manufacturing engineering, product transfer, or complex technical project experience.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering and manufacturing activities from development through production ramp.
• Knowledge of drawings, BOMs, process validation, tooling, equipment qualification, test readiness, PFMEA/control plans, and manufacturing launch requirements.
• Strong project-management skills with integrated schedule development, milestone tracking, dependency management, risk management, issue escalation, and action closure.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across multiple functions, sites, and time zones.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical project execution for global CBS NPI programs from design transfer through EVT, DVT, PVT, qualification, production launch, and ramp.
• Develop integrated engineering execution plans covering design releases, BOM readiness, tooling, equipment, test, quality, process validation, capacity, build events, qualifications, and production readiness.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams around milestones and deliverables.
• Lead action-item discipline and manage risks, dependencies, and closure criteria.
• Support NPI phase-gate readiness reviews and ensure manufacturing readiness before phase transitions.
• Plan prototype and production build readiness including BOM, drawings, material, tooling, equipment, software, and staffing.
• Coordinate design revisions, BOM changes, drawing releases, process changes, tooling updates, and test changes.
• Maintain risk registers and drive technical recovery actions; communicate impact and closure criteria.
• Coordinate process validation, equipment acceptance, test correlation, line qualification, yield improvement, and ramp-readiness activities.
• Identify critical-path items and dependencies; monitor milestones and coordinate recovery plans.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

Project-tracking tools

PLM

ERP/MRP

Power BI

SharePoint

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: Global Project Engineer
Location: Valley Green, Pennsylvania (Global Travel)

Amphenol High Speed Products Group is the market leader for high-speed, high-bandwidth electrical connectors and cable assemblies for the Telecom/Datacom market, including AI infrastructure, data centers, storage, servers, routers, and switches. Our products enable the electronics revolution and support major Tier 1 OEMs globally. We have design, sales, engineering, and manufacturing locations worldwide and are currently seeking a Global Project Engineer to join our Cable Backplane Systems (CBS) Global NPI organization based in Valley Green, Pennsylvania.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive technical project execution for global CBS NPI programs from design transfer through EVT, DVT, PVT, qualification, production launch, and mass-production ramp, with emphasis on manufacturing readiness, schedule discipline, issue closure, and cross-site alignment.
  • Develop integrated engineering execution plans covering design releases, BOM readiness, tooling, equipment, test, quality, process validation, capacity, build events, qualifications, and production readiness.
  • Coordinate Product Engineering, Global NPI, Industrial Engineering, Quality, Test, Automation, Supply Chain, Planning, Operations, and site engineering teams around common milestones and deliverables.
  • Lead action-item discipline and maintain technical risks, dependencies, owners, due dates, recovery actions, and escalation criteria.
  • Serve as a global technical coordination point for NPI execution, ensuring that design changes, manufacturing constraints, and site readiness are visible and resolved quickly.
• NPI Phase-Gate Execution - Support formal readiness reviews for EVT, DVT, PVT, qualification, pilot, and MP release. Confirm required technical and manufacturing deliverables are complete before each phase transition.
• Build Readiness & Execution - Plan prototype and production build readiness, confirming BOM, drawings, material, tooling, equipment, software, test systems, work instructions, staffing, capacity, and engineering support are available.
• Engineering Change & Configuration Control - Coordinate design revisions, BOM changes, drawing releases, process changes, tooling updates, and test changes. Ensure the correct configuration is communicated and implemented at each manufacturing site.
• Risk, Issue & Recovery Management - Maintain program risk and issue registers; lead containment and technical recovery actions; escape critical blockers with clear customer/program impact, decision requirements, and closure criteria.
• Manufacturing & Test Readiness - Coordinate process validation, equipment acceptance, test correlation, line qualification, yield improvement, and ramp-readiness activities with the appropriate functional owners.
• Schedule & Dependency Control - Identify critical-path items and cross-functional dependencies, monitor milestone adherence, and coordinate recovery plans when design, material, equipment supplier, or qualification timing changes.
• Global Site Deployment - Support technical transfers and launches at global manufacturing sites, ensuring lessons learned and validated solutions are incorporated into subsequent deployments.
• Performance Reporting - Prepare concise dashboards and executive updates covering milestone status, readiness, risks, open technical issues, build results, yield/capacity concerns, and recovery actions.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 3-5 years of NPI, project engineering, manufacturing engineering, product transfer, or complex technical project experience.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating cross-functional engineering and manufacturing activities from development through production ramp.
• Working knowledge of drawings, BOMs, process validation, tooling, equipment qualification, test readiness, PFMEA/control plans, and manufacturing launch requirements.
• Strong project-management skills including integrated schedule development, milestone tracking, dependency management, risk management, issue escalation, and action closure.
• Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and project-tracking/scheduling tools; experience with PLM, ERP/MRP, Power BI, or SharePoint is preferred.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to drive accountability across multiple functions, sites, and time zones.
• Demonstrated urgency, organization, and sound technical judgment in a fast-paced NPI environment.

Travel - Approximately 25-40% domestic and international travel.

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/