Mechanical Application Development Engineer

Position: Mechanical Application Development Engineer

Location: Raleigh, NC

Amphenol High Speed Products Group is the market leader for high speed, highbandwidth electrical connectors for the Telecom/Datacom market (Mobile Networks,Storage, Servers, Routers, Switches, etc.). Our products help to enable theelectronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all the major Tier 1 OEMsglobally. Our global headquarters are located in Nashua, NH and we have design,sales and manufacturing locations globally.

The Cable Backplane Development Engineer will participate in the design anddevelopment of unique and/or proprietary high-speed custom cable assemblieswhich will integrate into the customer's system. These products are developed inresponse to specific customer application needs.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Full technical responsibility for planning, organizing, and conductingtechnical projects within the design, fabrication, modification, and evaluationof electrical connectors and cable systems.Work closely with key customers and management to develop custom products,and ensure products and services satisfy customer requirements.Translate customer and market requirements to product concepts bygeneration and illustration of ideas, making use of a wide range of sources suchas brainstorm sessions, existing APH products/portfolio, competition and patentsin cooperation with multi-site teams.Design for Manufacturability - Ensure the best product design for costand manufacturing processes without affecting the product functionality andperformance at the customer.Ensure connectors chosen for a customer application meet all functionalrequirementsProvide support / feedback to Sales Engineering and Field ApplicationEngineering.Provide regular updates on project status internally to project teamthrough regular project meetings / action trackers / management reviews / email.Provide regular updates on project status externally (to customer)through regular project meetings / action trackers / email.Conceive and plan projects involving the definition and selection of newconcepts and approaches to the design and development of connectors, cables andcable systems, including managing the fabrication of components and prototypeassembly.Create documents required to define and build products: drawings, materialspecifications, bills of materials and manufacturing processes.Work with cross-functional, multi-site teams to develop solutions that meetcustomer requirements, cost targets and program schedule requirements.Draw on the global engineering capabilities of other Divisions forcollaborative interconnect product development initiatives to serve a totalinterconnect solution to the customer.Provide product cost data / cost calculations on various product conceptsdeveloped within the project to support Product Management and Manufacturing.Provide technical support to Sales and marketing personnel includingtechnical training, presentations and customer visits.Coordinate, analyze and assess testing and qualifications in order to insureproduct conformity with specifications. Assess the quality and functionalityof prototypes and samples for customer use and adherence to performancestandards.Complete design verifications in early stages of projects. Execute,coordinate and interpret the design verifications such as calculations,simulations, Finite Element analyses (FEA), prototyping or testing.Develop and execute test plans as needed for product qualification tointernal design criteria and customer design requirementsConduct competitive analysis together with other engineers and marketing inorder to maximize competitiveness. i.e. Cost, Performance, Manufacturability,etc.Maintain and manage (product engineering/guardianship) of new and existingcomponents, sub-assemblies and final assemblies throughout the life cycle ofproducts.Provide support to manufacturing facilities on cost down, quality, customerissues.Stay abreast of technological developments in the connector andinterconnection industries.Apply patent request when applicable in order to protect intellectualproperty.Travel as required

QUALIFICATIONS:

2-5 years of experience in product development/design minimumBS in Mechanical Engineering (Electrical/Electronic Engineering Degreealternative)Experience designing and developing high speed Connectors, cable assembliesand cable assembly systemsGood Communication and interpersonal skillsAnalytical reasoning and problem solving