Senior Applications Engineer - Optical Solutions

$100,000 - $170,000/Yr

Molex - Fremont, CA

Full-time - Senior

Fremont, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Applications Engineer - Optical Solutions at Molex is responsible for driving the technical aspects of optical network modules, circuit packs, and subsystems. This role involves close collaboration with customers and internal teams to ensure successful product conception, qualification, and resolution of critical customer issues. The engineer will also mentor junior application engineers and maintain expert knowledge of optical transceiver technologies.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with customers and Molex sales team from product conception to successful customer qualification.
• Manage design-in activity in concert with internal teams.
• Provide technical support of strategic accounts, and drive critical customer issues to resolution.
• Collaborate with engineering team to define product test requirements.
• Interpret industry standards, customer requirements, and competitive intelligence to guide product features and performance requirements.
• Maintain an expert level of product knowledge and application for transceiver bit rates of 400G, 800G and beyond.
• Mentor application engineers on technical challenges in optical module systems.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or related field.
• At least 10 years of experience as an Application Engineer or Optical Network Engineer working with customers from product conception to customer qualification and design-in.
• Knowledge of networking PHY layer architecture.
• Knowledge of optical transceiver technology and architecture.
• Hands-on lab experience.

Nice-to-haves

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics or Computer Science.
• Direct experience in optical transceivers.
• Leadership role or leadership experience.

Benefits

• Variable pay issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.