Sales Application Engineer

Sales Application Engineer serves as a technical-facing sales resource, representing the organization’s engineering and manufacturing capabilities to internal teams and external partners. This role focuses on driving growth by partnering with new and existing customers to develop tailored solutions in stator, rotor, motor, and generator manufacturing. Combining technical expertise with commercial acumen, the engineer develops accurate proposals, supports business development efforts, and ensures that customer requirements translate into actionable technical and commercial deliverables.

Sales Application Engineer

• Represent the organization’s engineering and manufacturing capabilities to internal stakeholders and external partners in support of customer acquisition and technical service delivery.
• Drive growth initiatives within the stator, rotor, motor, and generator product areas by partnering with new and existing customers to create tailored technical solutions.
• Expand the customer base and strengthen existing accounts through technical engagement, solution development, and commercial support aligned with long-term business objectives.
• Develop pricing models, cost estimates, and commercial proposals that support sustainable growth and profitability, including preparation of cost rollups and margin-aligned quotations.
• Translate customer requirements into clearly defined technical and commercial deliverables, ensuring that quotes and proposals accurately reflect scope, assumptions, tooling, engineering effort, and delivery expectations.
• Prepare sales quotations for standard components that do not require engineering review, as well as statements of work and proposals for engineered or custom products.
• Act as a primary technical liaison with customers, applying in-depth knowledge of internal capabilities to recommend solutions that best address customer needs while identifying any technical or capability gaps.
• Provide technical support to business development activities by engaging with prospects early in the concept and ideation stages and clearly communicating the organization’s differentiators.
• Partner closely with engineering teams to stay current on newly developed processes, technologies, and competencies that can be introduced to customers and prospects.
• Coordinate limited supplier outreach to obtain external quotations as needed to support customer proposals.
• Champion the adoption of internal best practices and ensure that critical customer requirements are clearly communicated to relevant internal stakeholders.
• Manage and communicate changes to technical requirements or project scope with both internal teams and customers in a timely and effective manner.
• Participate in structured sales and operating management processes to support consistent execution and continuous improvement.
• Apply design-for-manufacture and design-for-assembly (DFMA) principles when evaluating customer designs and opportunities.
• Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to identify opportunities for cost reduction, efficiency improvements, and lead‑time optimization.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and up-to-date records within the CRM system to support sales visibility, pipeline management, and forecasting.
• Ensure all work and customer interactions comply with applicable quality systems and organizational requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• At least two years of hands‑on experience in manufacturing or design engineering environments.
• Mechanical engineering background with the ability to apply mechanical principles in practical settings.
• Demonstrated ability to assess complex situations, think critically, and make sound decisions independently and in real‑time.
• Proven capability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining a strong sense of urgency in fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environments.
• High attention to detail with strong listening skills and the ability to communicate information clearly and professionally in both written and verbal forms.
• Working knowledge and regular use of Microsoft…