Application Engineer - High-Speed Cable

About the role

This is a newly created role, the company's first high-speed cable Application Engineer in Korea. The engineer acts as the technical link between customers and the company's high-speed cable solutions: understanding each application, matching it to the right product or a customised design, and resolving technical requests from customers in Korea and worldwide. The position reports to the regional Application Engineering Manager in Taiwan and works closely with the Korea sales team. Roughly half the role develops customer opportunities in Korea with sales, while the other half supports technical and customisation requests from Asia, Europe and India, escalating complex cases to the regional team. During the first six to twelve months, the role takes on increasingly complex customisation work independently.

Key responsibilities

• Understand customer applications and translate requirements into suitable cable and connector solutions, including customised designs
• Handle global technical and customisation requests, resolve them within scope and escalate complex cases to the regional team in Taiwan
• Generate part numbers and customer drawings, and review drawings, product prints and specifications
• Develop customer opportunities in Korea together with the sales team
• Communicate technical options clearly to customers and internal teams across regions

Required profile

• Engineering foundation in electrical, mechanical or signal integrity (one is sufficient)
• Working English for customer and internal discussions
• Customer-facing judgement and ability to work independently in a small local office
• Eligibility to work in Korea
• Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering (preferred)

Required skills

• Reviewing drawings, prints and requirements accurately
• Strong communication skills, able to explain technical options simply and work across regions
• Preferred: knowledge of high-speed cables or connectors, exposure to servers, AI hardware or data centres, and experience with product customisation or concept-to-release projects