Application Engineer – High-Speed Interconnects

🕒 June 29

🏄 California, Washington – Remote

🏄 California – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $145.7k - $178k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💻 Application Engineer

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3M

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1902

🏭 Manufacturing

🏥 Healthcare

🚘 Automotive

Manufacturing • Healthcare • Automotive

3M is a global innovation company that operates in a multitude of sectors, offering a diverse range of products such as abrasives, adhesives, advanced materials, automotive parts, dental products, electrical components, medical supplies, personal protective equipment, and much more. Known for its commitment to science and innovation, 3M is constantly working on developing solutions that address global challenges, including sustainability efforts aimed at achieving carbon neutrality and reducing water usage. With a focus on solving both big and small problems, 3M leverages its vast portfolio of over 100,000 patents to deliver practical solutions across various industries, from healthcare and electronics to transportation and safety.

📋 Description

• Serving as a technical interface between 3M and customers for high-speed interconnect solutions, including both copper and optical fiber, with a primary emphasis on optical fiber technologies • Supporting customer design-in activities for fiber optic connectivity, optical transport, and high-speed communication systems • Providing technical consultation to customers, sales teams, and channel partners on product selection, application fit, system integration, and performance optimization • Driving adoption of 3M interconnect solutions by understanding customer architectures, technical requirements, and next-generation roadmap needs • Collaborating with product development, R&D, manufacturing, quality, and marketing teams to communicate customer needs and influence future product direction • Leading technical discussions, product demonstrations, evaluations, and troubleshooting efforts for customer applications involving optical and copper interconnects • Supporting qualification activities by developing test plans, analyzing results, and ensuring customer requirements are met with validated data • Assisting customers in resolving field and application issues through hands-on technical problem-solving and cross-functional coordination • Contributing to technical documentation, application notes, customer presentations, and training materials to support product deployment and market adoption • Monitoring industry trends, competitive technologies, and emerging standards in optical fiber interconnects, copper connectivity, and high-speed data communication

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution • Three (3) years of experience in a customer-facing technical, applications engineering, systems engineering, or product support role in a private, public, government, or military environment • Two (2) years of experience with high-speed interconnect technologies, including optical fiber and/or copper connectivity solutions • Current, valid Driver’s License. • Master’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field from an accredited institution (preferred) • Five (5) or more years of experience in fiber optics for communications systems (preferred) • Strong knowledge of optical fiber interconnects, transceiver connectivity, cable assemblies, and data center optical infrastructure (preferred) • Experience interpreting industry standards, qualification requirements, and test methods related to fiber optic and electrical interconnect components (preferred) • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in customer and field environments (preferred) • Experience developing and delivering technical presentations to customers, internal stakeholders, and external partners (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical • Dental & Vision • Health Savings Accounts • Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts • Disability Benefits • Life Insurance • Voluntary Benefits • Paid Absences • Retirement Benefits