Field Applications Engineer (FAE)

About the Company

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, 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 and cable assemblies for diverse applications including server, storage, data center, mobile, RF, networking, industrial, business equipment, and automotive. Our products help enable the electronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all major Tier 1 OEMs globally.

About the Role

We are seeking a Field Applications Engineer to support our Tier 1 Data Center clients. The position will be based in the Seattle, WA area.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an engineering resource on the sales team to lead technical aspects of the sales cycle: discovery, design, prototyping, and production.
• Provide technical marketing support for the development and design-in of commercial products, including internal/external power, memory, storage, and internal I/O.
• Prepare and participate in technical presentations, including 3D-CAD modeling and manipulation.
• Develop customer-facing material that is application-specific.
• Provide customer support for all technical inquiries; offer product solutions to address customer concerns.
• Help devise strategies to differentiate our products and solutions from competitors.
• Meet and exceed strategic objectives.
• Some travel will be required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering discipline or other technical equivalent (Electrical or Mechanical Engineering preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in customer-facing design or applications engineering of electrical hardware components/interconnect solutions industry.
• Experience providing product marketing and technical support to produce design wins.
• Strong preference for experience with Power interconnect and Power architecture applications.

Skills

• Proficient in communicating across organizational hierarchies.
• High level of customer service; ability to build rapport with customers.
• Self-motivated and assertive nature.
• Proficient use of modeling tools such as Creo or SolidWorks.
• Strong organizational and presentation skills.
• Microsoft Office 365.

About Amphenol

Amphenol Corporation is proud of its 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 offers opportunities for career growth within a global organization. We believe every employee, regardless of position, has the ability to positively impact the business.