Lead Power Systems Architect, Data Center Interconnects

Amphenol ICC

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS) seeks a Senior Power Systems Architect to own power architecture requirements and translate them into connector and cable solutions. You will lead discussions with customer engineering teams and align roadmap decisions with internal teams, shaping new product development.

The role requires strong technical leadership, experience with high-voltage interconnects, and travel to customer sites as needed.

Qualifications

Bachelor or Master of Science in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related field.
5-8 years of experience in power connector, systems engineering, or related discipline.
Master's degree with 3-6 years of experience in power connector, systems engineering, or related discipline.
Demonstrated experience translating system-level power architecture requirements into connector/cable specifications.
Working knowledge of high-voltage/high-current interconnect design principles for data center or similar power infrastructure.
Proven history of independently managing a customer technical relationship.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills for direct, unsupervised customer engagement.
Willingness to travel to customer and manufacturing sites as needed.

Responsibilities

Independently own the technical requirements-gathering relationship with customer engineering teams for power architecture requirements.
Translate system-level power architecture into connector and cable technology requirements to define product development.
Lead power architecture discussions with customer engineering teams, presenting connector/cable solution options, trade-offs, and roadmap alignment.
Partner with product engineering, manufacturing, and R&D to shape roadmap decisions in response to customer power architecture requirements.
Develop and own technical requirement documents and specification inputs that drive new product development and design-in activities.
Lead qualification, validation, and design-in activities for new power interconnect solutions at customer sites.
Track and begin contributing to relevant industry standards and consortia (e.g., OCP) that shape power delivery and interconnect roadmaps.
Deliver customer and market insight back into internal roadmap and new product development.
Mentor Associate (Junior) Engineers and review their technical outputs.
Identify architecture shifts to influence internal roadmap planning.