Junior 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.

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

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Junior Applications Engineer located in Henrico, Virginia.

Reporting to the Sales Operations Manager, the Junio Applications 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 while ensuring alignment with customer expectations.

What a typical day looks like:

• Partner with customers, sales teams and internal stakeholders to understand technical requirements and recommend solutions that align with product, design, fabrication, and manufacturing capabilities.
• Provide best-in-class technical support by resolving complex customer questions related to analog and mixed-signal products, manufacturing capabilities, design, fabrication, and assembly.
• Review customer requirements, identify technical, capacity, and scheduling risks, and recommend solutions that meet both customer expectations and manufacturing capabilities.
• Collaborate with product development, business development, suppliers, manufacturing teams, and customers to support successful product integration and issue resolution.
• Troubleshoot, characterize, and validate complex product and system-level issues through hands-on laboratory testing and root cause analysis.
• Define project scope, document customer requirements, and support project planning activities to ensure successful execution and customer satisfaction.
• Identify and communicate potential design concerns, technical roadblocks, and manufacturing challenges while driving timely resolution.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, reports, and customer communications to support ongoing programs and engineering activities.

The experience we're looking to add to our team:

• 1-3 years of experience directly supporting analog circuit design, troubleshooting, validation, and technical problem resolution.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Engineering Technology, or a related technical discipline; equivalent experience will also be considered.
• Strong technical competency in analog and mixed-signal design with the ability to solve complex product- and system-level issues.
• Hands-on experience in a laboratory environment testing, characterizing, debugging, and recreating customer issues involving electronic products and assemblies.
• Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions, defend recommendations with data, adapt to changing priorities, and work effectively across cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience translating customer requirements into product recommendations, specifications, or product development improvements.
• Experience supporting project planning, scope definition, and engineering documentation.
• Knowledge of 3D CAD modeling tools such as Autodesk Inventor.
• Experience with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), SharePoint workflows, or Microsoft Power Automate.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

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What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• 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

Application Deadline:

Applications for this job position will be accepted for at least five days following the job posting start date below and continuing until the end date below or until the position is filled. This posting may close sooner due to application volume.

The base pay range for this position is provided below. The final base rate offered will be determined using job-related, non-discriminatory criteria, including but not limited to experience, qualifications, geographic location, education, external market data, and internal equity.

$59,400.00 USD - $81,700.00 USD Annual

Job Category

Design, Process & Technology Engineering

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process. Please email accessibility@flex.com and we'll discuss your specific situation and next steps (NOTE: this email does not accept or consider resumes or applications. This is only for disability assistance. To be considered for a position at Flex, you must complete the application process first).