Sales Engineer

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We’re looking for a motivated Sales Engineer who enjoys challenges, building strong customer relationships, and growing with a fast-paced automotive team!

The Sales Engineer support commercial growth and program execution for automotive customers in the North America region. This role operates at the intersection of engineering, sales, and program management, providing technical and analytical support to customer-facing activities while ensuring internal coordination, program discipline, and alignment with financial and operational objectives.

The position works closely with the Sales and Program Managers, cross-functional internal teams, manufacturing plants, and customers within the Customer Business Unit (CBU), to support RFQs, program execution, engineering changes, and ongoing account activities throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

Program and Customer Support

• Support the execution of automotive programs in alignment with program milestones, customer expectations, and business objectives.

• Contribute to risk assessment, mitigation planning, escalation processes, and overall program coordination as part of the Program Core Team.

• Coordinate with customers and internal cross-functional teams to resolve technical, commercial, quality, and timing-related issues.

• Participate in engineering change management activities, including feasibility reviews and impact analysis related to cost, timing, tooling, pricing, and implementation.

• Monitor customer satisfaction and ensure compliance with customer-specific requirements, contractual obligations, and internal processes.

Sales and Business Development Support

• Serve as the technical and commercial interface with customers, supporting meetings, negotiations, program reviews, and day-to-day communication with Purchasing, Engineering, and Program teams.

• Develop and maintain strong customer relationships to support long-term business growth and collaboration.

• Support preparation of RFQs, commercial offers, pricing strategies, costing analysis, and commercial documentation.

• Assist with contract management activities including repricing, recoveries, ECRs, negotiation preparation, and serial life commercial management.

• Support monitoring of program profitability through cost analysis, variable cost margin tracking, productivity initiatives, P&L inputs, and cash flow-related activities.

• Contribute to business development activities through evaluation of new opportunities, targeted acquisitions, and commercial feasibility assessments.

• Support management of local economic impacts such as inflation, exchange rates, and other market conditions affecting program profitability.

Commercial Administration and Cross-Functional Coordination

• Support sales administration activities including purchase orders, invoicing coordination, payment terms, overdue and claim management.

• Work closely with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, finance, and purchasing teams to ensure alignment, timely execution, and achievement of program objectives.

• Use business plans, commercial assumptions, and financial data to support profitability targets and overall program performance.

• Propose and support continuous improvement initiatives focused on operational efficiency, cost reduction, commercial processes, and program execution effectiveness.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related discipline).
• 3–5 years of experience in the automotive industry, preferably in a sales engineering, program engineering, or customer-facing technical role.
• Fluent in English (written and verbal).
• Strong understanding of automotive product development and program lifecycle concepts.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and interface professionally with customers.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25%.
• Experience supporting RFQs, commercial offers, or customer negotiations.
• Familiarity with cost structures, financial tracking, or engineering change processes.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills

What we offer:

• A pleasant working atmosphere, with good career opportunities.
• Build knowledge with varied and exciting assignments.
• We show our commitment to our people via the following values:

✓ Interest for each other: We act with empathy and care about each other and our counterparts.

✓ Togetherness: We work together collaboratively and selflessly.

✓ Trust: We say what we mean, keep our promises, and treat others with respect.

✓ Respect: We respect and value people of all backgrounds.

✓ Enthusiasm: We are curious, ambitious, passionate, humble, and life-long learners.