Technical Sales Engineer £55-80k + Bonus + Car + Benefits
South East ABJ6806
Location: South East: 5 days Onsite (possibly flexible) – limited travel
An expanding SME is urgently seeking an experienced Technical Sales Engineer for pivotal role reporting to the MD for a specialist technology business based in the South East.
This is a customer-facing role will combine technical expertise with commercial understanding. As technical sales and applications engineer you will be responsible for developing fibre-optic and connectivity solutions, assessing customer requirements, establishing technical feasibility and preparing accurate costings and technical-commercial proposals.
As technical sales engineer you will be working closely with customers and internal engineering and production teams, you will play a vitally important role in taking opportunities from initial enquiry and feasibility through to quotation, prototype development and production handover.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the technical point of contact for customer enquiries, RFQs and new product requests.
- Understand customer applications, operating environments, performance requirements, quantities, timescales and commercial expectations.
- Assess technical feasibility and identify whether requirements can be met through standard products, customised solutions or new product development.
- Develop fibre-optic and connectivity solutions, including cable assemblies, harnesses, connectors, passive optical components and associated mechanical elements.
- Review technical specifications and engineering drawings, establish bills of materials and assess manufacturability, testing requirements, lead times and technical risks.
- Prepare detailed cost estimates covering materials, labour, tooling, testing, development and supplier input.
- Develop commercially competitive pricing, taking account of volumes, technical complexity, risk, development costs and target margins.
- Prepare and present technical-commercial proposals, clearly outlining solution scope, assumptions, exclusions, pricing and delivery expectations.
- Support prototype builds, first-article development and the successful handover of projects into production.
Skills Qualifications and Background
- Background in Engineering ideally with technical knowledge, customer-facing ability and commercial awareness.
- Practical experience in fibre optics or cables - areas like defence and subsea applications
- Experience handling technical customer enquiries, applications engineering requests and RFQs.
- The ability to translate customer requirements into practical technical solutions and communicate effectively with engineers, buyers and commercial stakeholders.
- Experience preparing quotations, cost estimates, technical proposals, product specifications and bills of materials.
- The ability to interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications and testing requirements.
- Strong commercial judgement, including an understanding of pricing, margins, technical risk, manufacturability and value engineering and enjoy combining engineering knowledge with problem-solving and decision-making.
What They Offer :Competitive salary 55-80k DOE- Performance-related bonus Pension scheme
Please contact Alison Basson, quoting ABJ6806, on 0203 909 3782 / +44 (0)7814 547440 or send your CV to alison.basson@hudsonshribman.co.uk