Power System Engineer

Amphenol Communications Solutions; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, leads in interconnect solutions for data center, telecom, and industrial markets. ACS has an expansive global presence in R&D, manufacturing and sales.

We are seeking a Power System Engineer to join the team in Texas, reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager. You will design power connectors and cables, develop solutions with customers, and work with cross-functional teams to ensure manufacturability and performance.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of connector/cable design experience.
• Experience in connector industry; data center/server knowledge preferred.
• Experience with data center power connectors/cables a plus.
• OCP open rack knowledge is a plus.
• Windchill software proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Design and development of Power connectors and cables.
• Provide power solutions to data center, telecom, industrial and automotive customers.
• Create drawings, specifications, BOMs and process docs; collaborate across sites.
• Deliver technical training, presentations and customer visits to support sales.
• Coordinate testing and qualifications; evaluate prototypes against specs.
• Support manufacturing on cost reduction, quality and customer issues.
• Monitor industry advances in connectors and interconnects.
• File patent requests when applicable to protect IP.

Skills

Power systems design

Customer interaction

Technical training

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Windchill

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 is one of the world's largest providers of high-technology interconnect, sensor and antenna solutions. Our products Enable the Electronics Revolution across virtually every end market including Automotive, Broadband Communications, Commercial Aerospace, Defense, Industrial, Information Technology and Data Communications, Mobile Devices and Mobile Networks. Amphenol's organization philosophy is based on a decentralized structure which operates with high level of autonomy to empower individuals with an unparalleled culture of entrepreneurship.

Power Solutions Group, a business unit of Amphenol, is the market leader for power electrical connectors and cables for the Telecom/Datacom Market serving (Storage, Servers, Networks, etc.). We are currently seeking Power System Engineer to join our team located in Texas. This role will report directly to the Senior Engineering Manager in Power Solutions Group.

Responsibilities

• The Power System Engineer job is to design and development of Power connector and Cable.
• Your job is to provide power solutions to data center, telecom, industrial, and automotive customers. Work closely with key customers and management to develop custom products.
• Create drawing, specification documents required to define and build products: drawings, material specifications, bills of materials and manufacturing processes. Work with cross-functional, multi-site teams to develop solutions.
• Provide technical support to Sales and marketing personnel including technical training, presentations and customer visits.
• Coordinate, analyze and assess testing and qualifications to insure product conformity with specifications. Assess the quality and functionality of prototypes and samples for customer use and adherence to performance standards.
• Provide support to manufacturing facilities on cost down, quality, customer issues.
• Stay abreast of technological developments in the connector and interconnection industries.
• Apply patent request when applicable to protect intellectual property.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, or related field
• 8 years above connector/cable design working experience.
• Experience in connector industry, some knowledge of server/storage/networking/data center rack level architectures preferred.
• Working Experience with Data Center Power connector/cable is plus.
• Good knowledge in OCP open rack structure is a plus.
• Skill: Windchill

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/