🏢 Company: Volex - A StepBeyond Client

🌍 Location: San Jose, CA

📝 Job Type: Direct Hire

🔍 About Volex

Volex is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of high-speed pluggable copper cable assemblies, renowned for delivering superior data transfer solutions. Our products are pivotal in enhancing the performance of leading-edge data centers, ensuring faster processing, greater bandwidth, and increased density.

As a StepBeyond client, Volex prides itself on its proven expertise and manufacturing prowess, providing custom wiring and cable harnesses, power cords, duckheads, and other related power products to a wide range of sectors.

💼 Position Overview

As a Senior Field Application Engineer for EV Connectors, you will play a crucial role in identifying and engaging prospective clients in the EV space. Your technical expertise will be instrumental in developing product-level drawings and documents to meet customer expectations.

Collaborate closely with the core engineering team, contribute to design and development activities, and provide technical support throughout the project lifecycle. Your efforts will steer opportunities towards business wins and sustaining technical support.

🔑 Key Responsibilities

• Identify prospective clients in the EV space and promote Volex's value proposition

• Capture performance and technical requirements from customers

• Coordinate with internal engineering teams for product development

• Provide technical engagement and support to the sales team

• Lead the design and development of Volex EV products

• Contribute to Volex's roadmap development and market diversification

• Conduct applications engineering training for sales teams

• Serve as the direct FAE to support business opportunity development

• Evaluate and advise on core engineering talent and skill level

🎓 Qualifications:

• Master's degree in mechanical engineering or a closely related field

• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience

• Deep product & application knowledge in EV products

• Expertise in automotive standards (e.g., USCAR and SAE)

• Proficiency in CAD software (PTC CREO/Solidworks)

• FEA simulation experience (ANSYS)

• Understanding of EV vehicle architecture

• Competitive landscape awareness

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

• Ability to work with inter-regional teams

• Project management abilities

• Experience with manufacturing processes and cost-saving ideas

🌟 Why Join Us?

• Be part of a global leader in high-speed pluggable copper cable assemblies

• Join a company with a strong focus on performance-critical applications

• Access world-class facilities for quality finished goods and components

• Contribute to solutions and value-added expertise

• Explore opportunities for growth and innovation

• Competitive salary range: $140,000 - $160,000

• Convenient 9 am - 5 pm hours

• Opportunity for 15-20% local travel in the San Francisco Bay area

📬 How to Submit Your Application

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please submit your application using the form below. Fill out your details, attach your resume, and if you wish, include a cover letter.

Your application will be reviewed in line with Volex's recruitment needs, and we will contact you if your profile matches our requirements.

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