System Applications Engineer

Molex; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible spending and health savings accounts

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Job summary

Molex's Copper Solutions Business Unit is hiring a System Applications Engineer in Harrisburg, PA. The ideal candidate will bridge customer concepts with manufacturable high-performance interconnect solutions, working closely with major customers in the networking industry. Responsibilities include designing innovative solutions, collaborating with R&D, and providing mechanical design concepts using CAD. A Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering and relevant experience are required, with a salary range of $110,000 - $160,000 per year and robust benefits offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Relevant engineering experience in system level, applications, or product architecture.
• Experience directly interfacing with customers.
• Basic understanding of electrical, signal integrity, and thermal design constraints.
• Ability to visualize and design concepts from abstract customer inputs.
• Experience in 2D/3D CAD design tools.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical bridge between R&D and customers by designing and prototyping solutions.
• Communicate with internal groups to ensure successful design transfers.
• Work with customers to interpret architectural concepts and translate them into solutions.
• Develop system architectures that integrate Molex components.
• Account for electrical and thermal constraints in mechanical concepts.
• Participate in customer meetings and internal reviews.
• Provide mechanical design concepts using CAD.

Skills

Interfacing with customers

Mechanical design concepts

2D/3D CAD design

Understanding of electrical design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NX

Job description

Your Job

Molex's Copper Solutions Business Unit is expanding its Enterprise Solutions team and seeking a System Applications engineer who can bridge customer concepts with manufacturable, high performance interconnect solutions. In this position, you will engage directly with major hyperscale and networking customers to translate early stage system concepts into practical mechanical and interconnect architectures. You'll work from the system level viewpoint, creating solutions that integrate cable based, rack level, and chassis level architectures aligned with emerging industry trends.

Our Team

Molex brings together innovation and technology to deliver electronic solutions to customers worldwide. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a full suite of solutions and services for many markets, including data communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, commercial vehicle and medical.

What You Will Do

• Act as the technical bridge between R&D and customers by designing and prototyping application‑specific, innovative solutions; leading hands‑on implementation and pilot deployments; delivering training and enablement; and capturing real‑world application feedback to inform new product development from concept through production.
• Communicate and align with the other functional groups internal to Molex including Global Sales and Marketing, Product Development Engineering, Project Management, and manufacturing to ensure successful design transfers and lessons learned capture.
• Work with customers to interpret early architectural concepts, white board sketches, and block diagrams, and translate them into feasible Molex system level solutions.
• Develop system architectures that integrate Molex components across rack level, chassis level, and emerging cable based systems.
• Account for electrical, thermal, and signal integrity constraints when proposing mechanical concepts.
• Participate in customer meetings, internal reviews, and site visits requiring both in person and virtual collaboration.
• Provide mechanical design concepts using CAD.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Relevant engineering experience in system level, applications, product architecture, or hardware development in the networking industry.
• Experience directly interfacing with customers.
• Basic understanding of electrical, signal integrity, and thermal design constraints.
• Ability to visualize and design concepts from abstract customer inputs.
• Experience in 2D/3D CAD design tools.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in NX.
• Experience in the networking industry within hyperscalers, CMS, ODM, OEMs, or similar environments in electronics manufacturing.
• Experience with rack level and chassis level design and system integration.
• Background with cable midplanes, backplanes, cable trays, and cable routing for high speed interconnect systems.

Compensation

We anticipate paying $110,000 - $160,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength — focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, AD&D, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance. Eligibility criteria are set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify. Please click here for additional information.