Application Development Engineer

About the role

FCI Basics, an Amphenol business approaching $500 million in annual revenue, is seeking a driven, hunter-style Business Development Manager to develop new opportunities and grow strategic customer relationships across North America. FCI Basics operates globally, with offices and operations across the United States, France, China, India, Mexico, Indonesia, Tunisia, and other international locations. Our solutions support high-growth markets including robotics, energy storage, automotive, IT and telecommunications, hyperscalers, AI and data centers, and other emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Interface with customers, internal product development, product marketing, and sales teams as an extension of the Basics BU engineering team.
• Support Amphenol’s growth in markets like Automotive, Robotics, Energy Storage & AI infrastructure by ensuring reliable, efficient and scalable hardware and interconnect designs.
• Work with customers to develop solutions that address their needs and satisfy technical requirements.
• Apply deep expertise in PCB design and development, including schematic capture, component selection, PCB layout, and design.
• Use at least one PCB/electrical design tool such as Altium, Cadence/OrCAD, PADS, KiCad, or equivalent.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of electrical and engineering fundamentals, including power distribution, voltage/current, circuit protection, grounding, and basic analog/digital electronics.
• Accurately assess customer needs, match them with current products or propose modifications, and/or propose new product concepts for further development.
• Challenge existing designs and apply first principles to innovate and accelerate new products in the roadmap.
• Create technical presentations to propose concepts and present solutions to customers.
• Lead internal design reviews and product development meetings with customers.
• Use internal systems such as Windchill, product configurators, and Creo.
• Create and maintain engineering documentation, including schematics, drawings, specifications, test plans, and technical reports.
• Perform hands-on prototyping, testing, debugging, and hardware troubleshooting.
• Engage product engineers, CAE engineers, process engineers, and relevant project team members to support and facilitate lab testing for design proposals.
• Devise strategies to differentiate products and solutions from competitors and propose technical product improvements.
• Develop trusted adviser relationships with engineering teams of key customers.
• Lead and/or participate in new product Voice of Customer activities.
• File patents.
• Design prototypes.
• Guarantee deliverables on time.
• Travel as required.

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate within a global organization to both technical and non-technical audiences at various organizational levels.
• Strong organization and presentation skills; be organized, methodical, and rigorous.
• Team player with critical thinking, synthesis, and analysis abilities.
• High-level customer service and relationship-building skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
• 3D modeling and Product Data Management experience.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and performance-based incentive structure.
• Company-provided vehicle and mobile phone.
• Opportunity to join a global business approaching $500 million in revenue.
• Exposure to leading customers, technologies, and high-growth markets.
• Collaboration with international engineering, sales, product, and manufacturing teams.
• Career-development opportunities within FCI Basics and the broader Amphenol organization.