Field Applications Engineer - NW Territory

The Role

Amphenol Aerospace Operations is seeking a Field Applications Engineer to join the Business Development Team, covering the Northwest Sales Territory.

Incumbent will work out of a home office in Seattle, WA or within 60 minutes of Seattle.

The Field Applications Engineer will engage with customers in technical discussions to generate new business opportunities.

The key responsibilities of the Field Applications Engineer include, but are not limited to:

• Engage with product marketing, sales and customers to quickly generate product design solutions
• Build responsive technical relationships with our customers
• Data analytics - market and technology research
• General understanding of internal and vendor manufacturing capabilities
• Provide input for product manufacturing and testing requirements
• Interface with customers and vendors to assure conformance to customer requirements
• Interpret customer and internal drawings and 3D files
• Ability to communicate conceptual designs to customers and internal manufacturing
• Review customer documents for compliance with AAO requirements
• Understand financial cost / pricing of AAO products
• Must have ability to communicate design advantages of Amphenol products to customers and communicate the customers' needs to internal design and manufacturing groups
• Must be capable of redefining designs to customer requirements

$90,000 - $130,000

The key skills and qualities of a Field Applications Engineer at Amphenol Aerospace Operations:

• Should have the ability to work with CAD and ProE applications for design
• Requires an ability to work with internal and external cross‑functional engineering and manufacturing teams
• B.S degree in engineering, mechanical engineering, or electrical engineering preferred
• Industry and connector knowledge/experience preferred
• Experience with designing harnesses to IPC/WHMA‑A‑620, IPC/WHMA‑A‑620‑S
• Wire harness component selection and qualification experience
• General wire harness analysis, testing, and qualification experience
• Must be willing to travel domestically and internationally, average of 25‑50% travel
• Ability to work in a desk / office setting

With manufacturing sites in Sidney, NY, Mesa, AZ, Nogales, MX, and a Design Center in Pasadena, CA, Amphenol Aerospace Operations has been a leader in designing and manufacturing electrical components for the aviation and commercial airplane industry for over 100 years.

Focusing on serving the needs of advanced and challenging market segments, we pride ourselves on our consistent ability to innovate and provide the markets with new creative solutions.

Working at Amphenol means you are recognized and valued for your contributions because we believe that our human capital is the most valuable asset we have. We support and encourage career development for all employees and have ample opportunities for advancement.

We pride ourselves for being customer‑centric, accountable, reliable, and enthusiastic in all that we do. These values are ingrained in each of us and contribute to a culture of teamwork and meaningful work.

Amphenol offers a competitive wage and benefits. The candidate must be able to legally work in the United States; we are unable to provide sponsorship. This position requires access to controlled technology that is subject to US export controls. Qualified candidates must be a US person (including US Citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) or eligible to obtain required authorization(s) from the U.S. Government.

Amphenol is a proud Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability status. We aim to create an inclusive working environment where all employees are respected and treated equally.

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