Field Applications Engineer Intern; Temp

Summary

Amphenol-CDI is currently seeking engineers that love to communicate and are interested in business. Strong interpersonal skills, engineering acumen, and comfortability in a fast-paced sales role are highly desired attributes. As an Applications Engineering Intern at Amphenol-CDI, you’ll play a key role in connecting our customers’ technical needs with our product capabilities. Working side by side with our sales and engineering teams, you’ll help ensure we deliver the right solutions to fit challenging and evolving requirements.

You’ll gain hands‑on experience collaborating with product development and marketing teams, while also exploring the latest market trends, technical standards, and competitive offerings.

• Support customers in the design phase of new products, helping them identify and apply the right solutions
• Review and interpret customer specifications, providing input on feasibility and potential cost impacts
• Recommend the best Amphenol-CDI products to meet customer needs, or collaborate with engineering to develop custom solutions
• Prepare customer‑facing drawings, configurations, and specifications to support proposals
• Gather and share insight on customer applications, working with both sales and engineering to align on solutions
• Communicate clearly with customers and internal teams about design challenges, manufacturability, and production capabilities
• Help develop marketing materials, including presentations, literature, and website content
• Support technical adoption of our products through “design‑in” efforts and ongoing customer support
• Contribute to shared resources, like application notes, presentations, and guidelines
• Provide input on market and application trends, user feedback, and competitive activity
• Participate in marketing initiatives such as webinars, trade shows, or industry publications
• Collaborate with the broader Applications Engineering team to document best practices and lessons learned
• May travel occasionally with the Sales team to support technical discussions and presentations (up to 15%)
• Other duties as required in support of the department and the company

The responsibilities of this role do not include supervising other employees.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field, completed or expected prior to start date
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and specifications
• Eagerness to learn about interconnect technology and real‑world product applications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Conversational in any other language is a plus.

• The ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
• Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
• Team player and able to build and maintain relationships both internal and external.
• Flexible to change and open to constructive feedback.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to stand and walk.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Possible electrical hazards, possible fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, odors, moveable mechanical parts, low to moderate noise level.

Cerritos, CA (fully on‑site)

This position's rate $25 an hour.

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