AV Sales Engineer

Location: Houston, TX (Local Travel Required)

Join Data Vox and Help Design the Future of Workplace Technology

Data Vox is seeking an experienced Audio Visual Sales Engineer to partner with our Account Managers in designing and presenting innovative Audio Visual and Unified Communications solutions for corporate clients throughout Texas.

This is a highly visible, customer-facing role where you'll combine technical expertise with consultative sales support to help clients transform their collaboration, communication, and presentation environments.

If you enjoy working with cutting-edge Audio Visual technology, collaborating with customers, and designing solutions that solve real business challenges, we’d love to hear from you.

First, let us tell you more about Data Vox. Data Vox has been serving the Texas Triangle area for over 30 years with our advanced technology solutions. We specialize in Audio Visual Solutions, Data Center & Network Technologies, Network Security, IT Support Services, Network Cabling, Phone Systems & Physical Security. We are committed to being the best technology partner and ensuring the highest level of expertise and quality service by employing people like you.

Our success is built on delivering exceptional service, deep technical expertise, and long-term customer relationships.

As an Audio Visual Sales Engineer, you will provide technical leadership throughout the pre-sales process by helping customers identify, design, and budget audio visual solutions that support their business goals.

• Partner with Account Managers during client discovery meetings, presentations, and site assessments
• Develop AV system designs, budgets, bills of materials (BOMs), scopes of work, and technical proposals
• Present technical recommendations and solution concepts to customers, consultants, and stakeholders
• Design conferencing, collaboration, presentation, control, and integrated AV systems
• Support proposal development and responses to RFPs and bid opportunities
• Identify project risks, scope gaps, and value-engineering opportunities
• Provide technical guidance related to audio, video, control, and collaboration technologies
• Collaborate with customers and internal teams to establish project objectives, schedules, and expectations
• Lead project handoffs to Operations and Project Management teams
• Work closely with manufacturers, vendors, engineers, and installation teams
• Stay current on emerging AV, Unified Communications, and workplace technology trends
• Deliver an exceptional customer experience throughout the sales process

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
• 2+ years of Audio Visual system design or AV engineering experience
• Experience supporting consultative technology sales environments
• Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills
• Experience creating budgets, BOMs, estimates, and technical proposals
  
  Experience responding to RFPs and competitive bid requests
• Understanding of the AV project lifecycle from discovery through deployment
• Ability to interpret architectural, construction, and engineering drawings
• Experience estimating labor and project costs
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Self-motivated team player with excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel and Outlook

• AVIXA CTS certification
• CTS-D and/or CTS-I certifications
• Experience with D-Tools
• Experience with Digital Signage solutions
• Manufacturer certifications from:
• Crestron
• Extron
• Q-SYS
• AMX
• Biamp
• Shure
• Audinate
• Experience with:
• Microsoft Teams Rooms
• Zoom Rooms
• Cisco Collaboration Solutions
• Enterprise AV…