Field Sales Engineer

Location: Chicago, Illinois Department: Sales Posted: 11/25/2025 Location Name: Chicago

Wage Max: 130,000.00 Annual Wage Min: 110,000.00 Annual Position Type: Full Time

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, is a world leader in interconnect solutions for Communications, Mobile, RF, Optics, and Commercial electronics markets. Amphenol Corporation is one of the world’s largest designers and manufacturers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and sensor-based products and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. ACS has an expansive global presence in research and development, manufacturing, and sales. We design and manufacture a wide range of innovative connectors as well as cable assemblies for diverse applications including server, storage, data center, mobile, RF, networking, industrial, business equipment, and automotive.

Field Sales Engineer – Industrial Market | Commercial Products Group

Company Overview

Amphenol High Speed and Commercial Products Groups are global leaders in high-speed, high-bandwidth electrical connectors for the Industrial Market. Our innovative interconnect solutions enable the electronics revolution and remain critical for Tier 1 OEMs worldwide. We are seeking a Field Sales Engineer to join our Focused Markets team and drive growth in the industrial sector.

Summary

Our customers' success depends on solving cutting-edge challenges in high-bandwidth signal transmission. As a Field Sales Engineer, you will be the key link between our customers and internal team product development, marketing, and applications promoting Amphenol solutions across industrial OEMs and distributors. This role offers deep exposure to sales strategy, technical applications, and product development, while driving design wins and expanding market share.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead sales efforts in the Industrial Market across North America, managing OEM accounts and global channel partners.
• Promote and sell Amphenol products to established customers while developing new prospects.
• Own large multimillion-dollar OEM accounts and coordinate activity across global sales channels.
• Identify interconnect opportunities and collaborate with customer engineering teams to design in new products.
• Develop and execute sales plans and growth strategies for assigned territory.
• Achieve and exceed sales quotas through design wins and full channel management.
• Provide technical support throughout the sales cycle, including marketing input for product development.
• Deliver exceptional customer service—samples, delivery timelines, drawings/specs, quality, and credit issues.
• Maintain a strong understanding of industrial market trends and competitive landscape.
• Regular customer visits and travel required.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business/Marketing with technical aptitude.
• 3 years of field sales or applications experience in Industrial markets.
• Knowledge of interconnect solutions and industrial market dynamics.
• International business experience is a plus.
  
  

Skills

• Proven ability to negotiate technical design wins and secure vendor approvals.
• Strong technical acumen to assess customer needs and deliver solutions.
• Self-driven to identify and pursue new customers and markets.
• Excellent communication skills across engineering and management levels.
• Organizational and leadership skills to manage global accounts and drive growth.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
  
  

Amphenol Corporation is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our focus is to provide the highest level of support and responsiveness to both our employees and our customers, the world's largest technology companies. Amphenol Corporation offers the opportunity for career growth within a global organization. We believe that Amphenol Corporation is unique in that every employee, regardless of his or her position, has the ability to positively impact the business.

Amphenol is an “Equal Opportunity Employer” - Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin. For additional company information please visit our website at https://www.amphenol-cs.com/