Product Development Engineer - Mechanical Design

Location: Santa Clara, CA • Department: Engineering • Posted: 9/29/2026 • Location Name: HSIO‑Santa Clara • Position Type: Full Time • Wage Range: $85,000 – $140,000 • Base Salary Range: $100,750 – $168,870 USD

About the role

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 designs and manufactures electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors, interconnect systems, antennas, sensors, sensor‑based products, and coaxial and high‑speed specialty cable. ACS has a global presence in R&D, manufacturing, and sales, designing and manufacturing innovative connectors and cable assemblies for server, storage, data center, mobile, RF, networking, industrial, business equipment, and automotive applications. The High Speed Products Group leads the market for high‑speed, high‑bandwidth electrical connectors for Telecom/Datacom (mobile networks, storage, servers, routers, switches, etc.). The Product Development Engineer – Mechanical Design will join the High‑Speed OverPass team in Santa Clara, CA.

Responsibilities

• Concept generation, design, verification and qualification of High Speed IO products for 112Gb signaling and beyond.
• Ensure product design is manufacturable and meets defined customer requirements (electrical, mechanical, environmental).
• Engage in close customer interaction and work as part of a global cross‑functional team.
• Collaborate with internal and external suppliers and manufacturing personnel to support development and validation of product prototypes through pilot production and interface with beta‑site customers.
• Conceptualize, design, and develop cable assemblies and/or IO connector systems from initial proposal to successful tooling and product qualifications.
• Perform Design FMEA, Tolerance Analysis, Design for Manufacturability, FEA Analysis, and Risk Analysis.
• Work with Marketing and the customer to define customer needs and functional performance requirements; assess technical risk.
• Partner with internal and external (vendor) manufacturing disciplines including Stamping, Plating, Molding, and Assembly to optimize design for production processes.
• Lead product design reviews.
• Verify accuracy of product drawings and ensure proper usage of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.
• Work with Materials Engineering to define metal and polymer material