About this role
Job title: Technical Sales Engineer
About the Role
Join Molex's Fremont sales team as a Technical Sales Engineer to drive and deepen relationships with strategic datacom customers. You will provide technical expertise and customer-facing support while helping shape Molex’s position in datacenter networking and AI applications. You will partner with the Account Management team to build mutually beneficial relationships with customers’ engineering and procurement teams and collaborate cross-functionally to support design-in activities and drive innovative interconnect solutions.
What You'll Do
- Lead design-in activities and coordinate with product management and engineering teams to deliver customer programs.
- Develop and maintain engineering relationships across assigned business units; continually expand technical product knowledge.
- Collaborate with customers' engineering, global supply management, and component engineering teams to resolve mechanical design and application challenges for high-speed interconnects.
- Provide technical feedback to customers and the Account Management team, including collateral (3D models, renderings, drawings, product specs).
- Track and document sales activity and pipeline in the CRM; manage opportunities to meet or exceed revenue targets.
- Support delivery of high-value products by customer engineering teams; translate customer needs into Molex solutions (interconnect systems and total solutions).
- Lead cross-functional discussions with design engineers and product managers; understand customer business units and product roadmaps.
- Develop expertise in market trends, competitive landscape, and customer systems to inform strategy.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business or related field.
- Demonstrated experience with component product knowledge and aptitude to drive conversations around interconnect packaging and total solutions.
- Ability to develop strong customer relationships and provide high level customer service; responsive and accountable.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills; experience with cross-functional teams (product management, engineering, account management).
- Willingness to participate in knowledge transfer and formal training to become a Molex product and market expert.
- Familiarity with 3D modeling, renderings, and product specifications is a plus.