In determining rate of pay, Amphenol considers a variety of nondiscriminatory factors, including but not limited to geographic location, relevant industry experience, qualifications, skills, and education. It would be rare for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for a given role. Base salary is one facet of Amphenol’s total rewards package which includes participation in our comprehensive benefits program with medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day 1, vacation, sick leave, personal days, paid holidays, life insurance, short/long term disability, and matching 401K. Our Field Applications Engineers are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive bonus program and provided with a company vehicle.
Preferred Education:
4 Year Degree
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 and 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 as well as cable assemblies for diverse applications including server, storage, data center, mobile, RF, networking, industrial, business equipment, and automotive.
Position: Field Applications Engineer
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Amphenol High Speed and Commercial Products Groups are the market leaders for high speed, high bandwidth electrical connectors for the Telecom/Datacom and Diverse markets (Mobile Networks, Storage, Servers, Routers, Switches, etc.). Our products help to enable the electronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all the major Tier 1 OEMs globally. Our global headquarters are located in Nashua, NH and we have design, sales, and manufacturing locations globally. We are currently seeking a Field Applications Engineer to join our West Coast Sales team in Santa Clara, CA.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Our customer’s ultimate success depends on our ability to solve cutting edge problems in relation to interconnect solutions. We value our relationships with these companies, and we depend on our Sales and Field Applications Engineering Teams to foster this ongoing partnership.
As a Field Applications Engineer you will interface with our customers, and internal product development, product marketing, and sales teams.
Engineering resource on the sales team to lead technical aspects of the sales cycle
Provide technical marketing support for the development and implementation of Amphenol products
Prepare materials and participate in product presentations
Provide customer service to solve complex interconnect problems and technical inquiries
Help devise strategies to differentiate our products and solutions from our competitors
Meet and exceed strategic objectives
Some travel will be required.
Amphenol is a results driven company that allows its employees a large degree of freedom to achieve pre-defined goals. It is a flexible working environment yet we expect hard work, commitment and results in return. The role of FAE gives an excellent insight into the Sales, Marketing and Product Development functions of the organization.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelors in Engineering field
Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Computer Science preferred
The role will draw on either your electronic engineering background (signal transmission, EMI/EMC, signal integrity) and / or your mechanical engineering background (materials, tolerance analysis, CAD tools).
Minimum of 5 years displayed experience providing product marketing and sales technical support to produce design wins
Experience with modeling tools and Microsoft Office Products
SKILLS:
Ability to effectively communicate across the engineering and managerial functions of a business
Strong organization and presentation skills
High level customer service and ability to build relationships with customers
Amphenol is a world leader providing interconnect solutions for the Information, Communications and Commercial electronics markets.
We design and manufacture a wide range of innovative connectors as well as cable assemblies for diverse applications including server, storage, data center, networking, industrial, business equipment and automotive.
With our global presence in R&D, manufacturing and sales, we are well positioned to support our customers wherever they operate.