Senior Applications Engineer

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

Flex intends to spin off its Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment into a new, independent publicly traded company, Axiom, with the spin planned for Q1 2027. If the intended spin occurs, this role will support Axiom, a company focused on critical digital infrastructure and delivering end-to-end power and thermal management solutions for AI data centers and other mission-critical applications.
Summary:

The "Senior Applications Engineer" will be based in Henrico, Virgina, reporting to US Sales Operations Manager.

Senior Application Engineer will be accountable for providing technical guidance and information to customers on a pre-sales and post-sales basis to enable delivery of design, fabrication, and assembly goals, per customers' expectations.

What a typical day looks like:

• Uses technical knowledge of products and associated development tools to assist customers on complex issues.
• Assists with the development of complex product roadmaps.
• Develops and maintains ongoing relationships with product and business development teams.
• Provides technical expertise during product development by defining customer product needs and translating these needs into new product recommendations and specifications.
• Reviews customer requirements, identifies and communicates potential issues and provides recommendations that will meet both the capabilities Flex and the specifications of the customer.
• Identifies and communicates existing and potential design issues both internally and externally.
• Develops and presents technical seminars for customers and sales personnel to promote employers' manufacturing capabilities, services, available technologies, manufacturing process and quality.
• Defines initial project/product scope and prepares project plans to meet customers' expectations.
• Prepares detailed project plans by documenting customers' requirements and incorporating design and manufacturing capabilities to meet customers' expectations.
• Prepares and maintains required documentation.

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• Typically requires 8 years of related experience.
• Demonstrates detailed expertise in very complex functional/technical area or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas; understands the strategic impact of the function across sites.
• Impacts the medium-term (semi-annual/annual) direction and financial or operational success of the function.
• Approves and/or creates functional processes or technologies.
• Executes and provides input to functional strategic plans and objectives for site.
• Defines/ determines and approves functional methods, standards, policies and procedures.

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement