Mechanical Engineering Manager

Amphenol Communications Solutions; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Communications Solutions in Valley Green, PA, seeks an Applications Engineering Manager to lead the Spectra-Strip team, drive technical projects, and translate customer needs into executable engineering plans. This role requires a Mechanical Engineering degree, 5+ years in leadership within applications or field engineering, and the ability to travel about 15% domestically and internationally.

You will partner across engineering, sales, and manufacturing to ensure design, cost, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering (Electrical/Electronics alternative).
• 5+ years of leadership in applications or field engineering.
• Willingness to travel ~15% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Build out, lead, and mentor the Spectra-Strip Applications Engineering team, overseeing project execution, customer support, and product implementation.
• Serve as the primary technical interface between engineering, field application engineers, sales, and key customers translating complex requirements into actionable deliverables.
• Guide concept development using input from customer needs, benchmarking, existing portfolios, and patent landscapes; collaborate across Amphenol units.
• Ensure product designs meet customer functional requirements and align with manufacturability, cost, and timeline expectations.
• Evaluate and support product selection and integration during early customer engagement for technical viability.
• Provide strategic and technical direction during design reviews, project meetings, and customer discussions across the full lifecycle from concept to production.
• Coordinate regular communications with stakeholders including tracking milestones, deliverables, and issue resolution.
• Oversee verification and validation testing including FEA, simulations, and physical testing to ensure quality and performance.
• Lead technical troubleshooting with quality, engineering, and manufacturing to address issues and speed resolutions.

Skills

Global customer relationships

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel ability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Electrical/Electronics degree alternative

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.

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: Mechanical Engineering Manager Spectra-Strip

Location: Valley Green, PA

Amphenol High Speed Products Group is the market leader for high speed, high bandwidth electrical connectors for the Telecom/Datacom market (Mobile Networks, Storage, Servers, Routers, Switches, etc.). Our products help to enable the electronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all the major Tier 1 OEM's globally. Our global headquarters are located in Nashua, NH and we have design, sales and manufacturing locations globally.

Amphenol Spectra-Strip is a leader in hyper scale data center bulk wire solutions. We develop and manufacture gigabit copper cable solutions for high performance and cloud compute applications. We are currently seeking an Applications Engineering Manager to join our team in Valley Green, PA.

Responsibilities

• Build out, lead, and mentor the Spectra-Strip Applications Engineering team, overseeing technical project execution, customer support, and product implementation.
• Serve as the primary technical interface between engineering, field application engineers, sales, and key customers translating complex customer requirements into actionable engineering deliverables.
• Guide concept development using input from customer needs, competitor benchmarking, existing product portfolios, and patent landscapes. Collaborate cross-functionally across Amphenol business units and engineering sites.
• Ensure product designs meet all customer functional requirements and are aligned with manufacturability, cost-efficiency, and timeline expectations.
• Evaluate and support product selection and integration during the early stages of customer engagement to ensure technical viability and long‑term compatibility.
• Provide strategic and technical direction during design reviews, project meetings, and customer discussions supporting the full product lifecycle from concept through production.
• Coordinate regular communications with internal and external stakeholders including the tracking of project milestones, technical deliverables, and issue resolution.
• Oversee verification and validation testing including FEA, simulations, and physical testing to ensure quality and performance requirements are met.
• Lead technical troubleshooting efforts in partnership with quality, engineering, and manufacturing to address customer issues and ensure rapid resolution.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering (Electrical/Electronics Engineering Degree alternative)
• 5 years of leadership experience within an Applications or Field Engineering environment, ideally in the interconnect, electronics, or electromechanical sectors.
• Proven ability to manage global customer relationships and drive technical projects through cross-functional collaboration.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem‑solving skills with the ability to distill complex technical topics for a range of stakeholders.
• Ability to travel ~15% domestic and international

Amphenol Corporation is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our main 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 Corporation is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our main 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/

Amphenol Corporation is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our main 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/