Field Application Engineer: AI/Datacom

Your Job

Molex is seeking a dynamic and proactive Field Application Engineer (FAE) to lead, promote, and resolve all technical and engineering related barriers in designing Molex connectors, cables, and solutions for Infotech customers. You will not only drive technical engagements with customers in targeted areas of growth but also uncover new opportunities while developing strong relationships with customer engineering. A key function of this role is to promote and secure new design wins for high-speed copper products and technology tied to our Datacom & Specialty Solutions Business Unit.

Our Team

Molex creates connections for life by enabling technologies that transform the future and improve lives. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a complete range of connectivity products, services and solutions for the data communications, medical, industrial, automotive and consumer electronics industries. Our Datacom and Specialty Solutions (DSS) team designs an extensive product line serving customers in telecommunications, datacom, hyperscalers, cloud, data center and storage applications.

What You Will Do

·Support customer engineering contacts and the Molex sales team to secure new design wins and a convertible Salesforce pipeline that leads to profitable year-over-year growth

·Establish strategic, and differentiated, technical relationships with key engineering and SI contacts with the customer

·Work closely with customer development/process/reliability engineers in resolving any technical issues for design-in of High Speed I/O, Backplane / BTB / Storage Connectors / Cables as well as other copper solutions

·Provide innovative solutions to customer application opportunities utilizing the broad portfolio of Molex offerings and assist the Account Management team in the proposal of those solutions to customer contacts

·Knowledge sharing and collaboration with other Molex FAE’s in the Infotech/Datacom space

·Communication and alignment with the other functional groups internal to Molex including Product Management, Global Sales, Advanced Development, Signal Integrity, etc.

·Make recommendations for improvement of interconnect systems and solutions, resolving customer potential or current issues

·Assist Product Marketing in providing insightful information on competition solution reviews, customer systems and processes

·Develop supporting documents/application notes for customers

·Collaborate and develop demos and customer-facing presentations on technical concepts

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

·Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or related field

·Minimum 3 years’ relevant engineering experience within the electronics industry

·Experience directly interacting with customers

·Experience managing and leading projects, dynamically prioritizing assignments, and working independently

·Experience in one or more of the following areas: Optics, High-speed Copper Backplane, PCIe, Signal Integrity, Mechanical/Thermal Modeling

What Will Put You Ahead

·Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or related field

·5+ years' experience in designing, qualifying, and/or supporting high speed electrical interconnects and solutions

·Creative problem-solving ability and independence to solve difficult design constructs.

·Detailed in problem solving and analysis

·Solid understanding of various connectors/cables/solutions manufacturing processes

·Understanding of statistical approach in problem solving, SPC and other quality tools

·Well versed in 2D/3D CAD design tools (NX preferred)

·Deep understanding of chassis level design

For this role, we anticipate paying $150,000- $190,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.