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$70K - 70K a year
Prepare and present detailed technical and commercial proposals for medium voltage drives, ensuring alignment with client specifications and company strategies.
Requires a BS/BA in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, 1-3 years of related experience, and strong proposal development skills.
Job Title: Sales Engineer Pay Rate: $33.65/Hr Duration: 6 Months (possibility of further extension or permanent conversion based on performance) Location: Remote, but should ideally be in the commutable area in the Pittsburgh area for training and to provide equipment. Shift: Work Time Start: Between 7 am- 9 am / Work End Time: Between 3 pm- 5 pm This position is for the Sales Application division. We are looking for a Sales Application Engineer who will be responsible for the end-to-end completion of high-quality proposals, quotations, bids and tender responses, which are both technically and commercially aligned with the client’s specifications for medium voltage drives. • Timely preparation of detailed engineering proposals for the medium voltage drives product line. • Accurately interpret the client’s technical specification and produce a compliant technical proposal, offering more suitable alternatives where appropriate. • Accurately interpret the client’s commercial requirements and ensure any commercial or contractual risks to the company are identified and mitigated. • Ensure proposals, pricing, and estimating are in line with the company’s agreed strategies on sales and marketing, charge-out rates and availability of engineering resources. • Act as a single point of contact for customers, outside sales and our representative channel and undertake a negotiating role when preparing costed proposals. • Arrange and take a lead role in ‘bid review’, ‘bid clarification’ and ‘sales handover’ meetings. • Write high-quality technical and commercial documents and reports and present them to both internal and external audiences. • Liaise with internal collaborators to assist in collating accurate data for the preparation of proposals. Requirements: • BS/BA in Electrical Engineering, or advanced degree, where required, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Certification may be required in some areas. • 1-3 years of experience in the related field and successful demonstration of Responsibilities as presented above. An advanced degree MAY be substituted for experience, where applicable. • Experience in business for medium voltage inverter products. • Strong skills in communication, organisational change and influencing without authority. • Experience and strong abilities in the use of tools for proposal development. • Demonstrates extensive knowledge in the field of specialisation or multiple subject areas through the successful completion of sophisticated assignments. • It optimally serves as a point of authority and/or a source of technical/scientific knowledge for the area of expertise. • Demonstrates extensive knowledge of the organisation's business practices and issues faced, and contributes to problem resolution of those issues.
This job posting was last updated on 12/15/2025