[Remote] Application Engineer – High-Speed Interconnects

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 3M is a global company that encourages collaboration among innovative individuals. The Application Engineer – High-Speed Interconnects will leverage their technical expertise and customer engagement skills to support interconnect solutions, focusing on optical fiber and copper technologies across various high-performance applications.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Ensuring technical claims in customer-facing literature and communications are accurate, well-supported, and aligned with product performance

Skills

• 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
• Five (5) or more years of experience in fiber optics for communications systems
• Strong knowledge of optical fiber interconnects, transceiver connectivity, cable assemblies, and data center optical infrastructure
• Experience with copper interconnects for high-speed communication systems
• Familiarity with data center systems architecture, networking, AI infrastructure, and high-performance computing environments
• Experience interpreting industry standards, qualification requirements, and test methods related to fiber optic and electrical interconnect components
• Experience with laboratory test equipment and performance characterization of optical or electrical interconnect systems
• Ability to analyze customer requirements and translate them into application guidance and product recommendations
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in customer and field environments
• Experience developing and delivering technical presentations to customers, internal stakeholders, and external partners
• Strong communication skills, including oral, written, and presentation skills
• Ability to work effectively across global, cross-functional teams

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision
• Health Savings Accounts
• Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Disability Benefits
• Life Insurance
• Voluntary Benefits
• Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits
• Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

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