System Applications Engineer

Molex; Lisle (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

Educational assistance

Job summary

Molex seeks a System Applications engineer to bridge customer concepts with manufacturable, high-performance interconnect solutions. You will engage directly with hyperscale and networking customers to translate early system ideas into practical mechanical and interconnect architectures.

You will design system-level solutions, collaborating with Global Sales, Product Development, and manufacturing to ensure successful design transfers and effective implementations across rack, chassis, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Experience in system-level, applications, product architecture, or hardware development in networking.
• Experience interfacing with customers and translating concepts to architecture.
• Familiarity with electrical, thermal, and signal integrity constraints.
• Proficiency with 2D/3D CAD tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and prototype application-specific, innovative solutions bridging R&D and customers.
• Lead hands-on implementation, pilot deployments, and customer enablement.
• Collaborate with Global Sales, Product Development, and manufacturing for design transfers.
• Translate early concepts into feasible system-level architectures for rack and chassis.
• Develop system architectures integrating Molex components across levels.
• Provide CAD-based mechanical design concepts and drawings.

Skills

Customer interfacing

System-level thinking

CAD proficiency

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline

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.
• Communication and alignment 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 degree or related technical discipline.
• Relevant engineering experience in system level, applications, product architecture, or hardware development in 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 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.

For this role, 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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Hiring Philosophy

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Our 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, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is 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

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