Description:
The Senior Applications Engineer at Amphenol CDI serves as a technical authority and primary resource for RF and interconnect solutions, supporting customer design-in, adoption, and long-term success. This role partners closely with Sales, Engineering, Product Development, and Marketing to ensure customer technical requirements are clearly understood, translated into viable product solutions, and leveraged to influence product and market strategy. The Senior Applications Engineer will act as a go-to expert for the broader team, providing guidance and mentorship as needed, while also directly engaging with customers and strategic accounts to drive technical wins and shape future product direction.
Essential Job Functions
- Act as the technical authority and primary customer interface across the CDI product portfolio, with deep expertise in RF/microwave solutions
- Own and lead customer engagement from concept through production, independently driving design-in, technical alignment, and program closure
- Provide system-level guidance and architectural support, enabling customers to optimize performance, integration, and overall solution design
- Lead resolution of complex technical and commercial challenges, delivering clear, timely, and business-aligned solutions with minimal oversight
- Partner closely with sales to convert opportunities into design wins, directly influencing bookings, margin, and market share
- Evaluate and validate custom design opportunities, including feasibility, costing, and margin alignment to ensure commercially viable solutions
- Support customer qualification and compliance requirements across key markets, including aerospace, defense, and communications
- Deliver pre- and post-sale technical support, maintaining ownership of customer success and ongoing product adoption
- Provide market, application, and competitive insights to guide product development, positioning, and long-term strategy
- Develop and maintain high-quality technical collateral, including application notes, reference designs, and customer-facing documentation
- Serve as a mentor and technical leader, elevating team capability and setting the standard for customer engagement and execution
- Other duties as required in support of the department and the company*
BUSINESS IMPACT & PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS
- Influence ≥7% of total company bookings through direct technical leadership and customer engagement
- Deliver ≥12 design wins annually across the CDI product portfolio, establishing a pipeline of future production revenue
Qualifications
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
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or related technical discipline required.
- 7–10 years of experience in Applications Engineering, Field Engineering, or Product Development within interconnects, RF/microwave, aerospace, defense, or related high-reliability markets.
- Demonstrated track record of translating customer requirements into product solutions and securing design wins.
- Strong background in customer-facing roles, including design-in support, technical presentations, and solution selling.
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and Operations to drive business outcomes.
- Proven ability to conduct competitive analysis, assess market trends, and provide input to product roadmaps.
- Hands-on familiarity with CAD tools, signal integrity analysis, or test equipment (network analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc.) desirable.