Sales Engineer - Food & Beverage Capital Equipment

Metric is partnered with a leading provider of robotic and automated packaging solutions for both food and non-food industries. Their advanced systems integrate material handling, robotics, vision, and inspection technologies to deliver safe, efficient, and fully automated processing and packaging solutions.

About the Role:

This Sales Engineer role is ideal for experienced professionals passionate about delivering automation solutions to customers. This position focuses on extending sales to existing and new customers, providing technical guidance, supporting project management services, and qualifying systems and automation business opportunities. The position includes 50 - 75% travel, with a flexible schedule to accommodate customers, shows, and events.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute strategies to facilitate the sale of robotic systems and automation solutions by partnering with internal engineering teams and third-party suppliers.
• Provide technical expertise, project management guidance, and support tools to ensure automation systems meet customer needs while minimizing commercial risk.
• Conduct on-site visits, system assessments, and collaboration with multiple stakeholders to drive solution-based sales and support capital automation projects.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline with at least five years’ experience creating, planning, and executing automated systems projects.
• Substantial mechanical, electrical, or automation expertise, with hands-on ability to review and modify technical drawings.
• Experience managing multi-entity projects, willingness to travel extensively, and comfort working in food processing or industrial environments.