Field Applications Engineer

Applications Engineer

The Applications Engineer (AE) supports Amphenol-CDI Engineering, Marketing and Sales teams to provide technical support for new and existing customers in the assigned region. The AE develops and maintains relations with customer's design and manufacturing engineers by understanding problems and providing solutions via presentations, proposals, quotations, and samples. The AE analyzes opportunities and makes recommendations to drive sales growth and sustainment by supporting customer purchasing and planning organizations.

Essential job functions include engaging customer base in engineering design phase for new product development, performing technical review of customer specifications, making recommendations for the optimal Amphenol-CDI product solution to meet customer requirements, assessing cost impact of customer requirements, changes to develop cost estimates, creating customer-facing configuration and specification drawings in support of proposals, traveling to customer sites as needed to support existing business and win new opportunities, interpreting customer drawings, specifications, and standards to develop product designs, monitoring industry/market trends and requirements to provide input into new product innovations and anticipated customer demands, working with Marketing to identify product and pricing to compete in territory, communicating design concerns, drawing errors, interpretation issues, and manufacturability enhancements to Outside Sales and customer technical contacts as necessary, providing support to Amphenol-CDI Manufacturing Engineering to develop processes as needed to support customer requirements, in support of Marketing, creating customer-facing materials for use in advertisements, literature and websites, providing quick response and resolution to customer technical issues and problems involving industry standards, specifications, design assistance, production capabilities, and material requirements, and performing other duties as required to meet the goals and objectives of the company.

Other duties as required in support of the department and the company.

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

To succeed in this job, an individual must satisfactorily perform each essential job function. The requirements below represent the required knowledge, skill, and ability. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education and experience include a B.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent, the ideal candidate will have experience in RF interconnects and/or Filter Connector Products, 3-5 years of experience in a similar position, and background in aerospace, defense, or cable assembly industries favored.

Language requirements include excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, and conversational in any other language is a plus.

Job skills include ability to be self-managed, fast and independent learner, strong customer focus and interaction – strong interpersonal relationship/customer skills, exceptional communication skills (written and verbal) with emphasis on active listening and technical documentation, ability to solve practical problems, innovative and troubleshooting skills, ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from other employees, managers, or customers, ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form, broad engineering abilities and understanding of materials and manufacturing processes, able to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations, ability to write technical protocols and reports, proficient with MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and Solid-works or similar CAD package, wire, cable, RF and Microwave experience highly beneficial.

Physical demands include sitting for lengthy periods while operating a computer, frequently using hands to type, handle objects, and communicate verbally, standing, walking, reaching, and occasionally…