Audio-Visual Sales Engineer

FORTÉ; Slough; In loco; GBP 40.000 - 62.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

FORTÉ is a UK-based company delivering integrated audio, video and control solutions that power smarter workplaces. The Sales Engineer role partners with the Sales Team to provide pre-sales technical consultancy, demonstrations and tailored configurations for customers and partners.

You will design and configure AV systems, research hardware/software options and engage with stakeholders from project managers to executives to ensure solutions meet client needs.

Competenze

• Experience in service and installation of audio, video and presentation systems.
• Knowledge of control systems programming and CAD drawings.
• Ability to read engineering schematics and communicate design intent.
• Strong communication, leadership and customer relation skills.

Mansioni

• Provide technical expertise for AV architecture, installation and planning.
• Research and analyze hardware and software options.
• May have direct customer interaction through the life cycle of a sale, communicating with all levels of staff and customers.
• Design audiovisual systems of various hardware and software components that work together as one integrated system and that meet customer’s specific needs.
• Assists with the development of formal sales plans and proposals.

Conoscenze

Communication

Leadership

Customer relations

CAD software

Engineering schematics

Self-directed

Formazione

CTS/CTS-D certifications

Strumenti

Crestron

Extron

Biamp

QSC

Shure

Descrizione del lavoro

At FORTÉ, every role plays a part in reimagining how the modern workplace works. Whether you're on the front lines with customers or behind the scenes making things run, your work helps people connect, collaborate, and get things done. From classrooms to control centers, we design and deliver the systems that power smarter, more connected workplaces – and it all starts with the people who make them possible.

The Sales Engineer partners with our Sales Team in various ways in a pre-sale’s technical role, providing technical consultancy and specialized support to augment the sales effort, giving demonstrations and technical presentations for customers, partners and prospects showcasing A/V product solutions, explaining features/benefits to customers and designing and configuring products to meet specific customer needs.

What You Will be doing:

• Provide technical expertise to support the architecture, installation and planning of audio, video and control solutions
• Research and analyze the capabilities of available hardware and software options
• May have direct customer interaction through the life cycle of a sale, communicating with all levels of staff and customers, ranging from project managers to corporate executives
• Design audiovisual systems of various hardware and software components that work together as one integrated system and that meet customer’s specific needs
• Assists with the development of formal sales plans and proposals

Requirements to Assure Success:

• Prior experience in the service and installation of audio, video and presentation systems
• Knowledgeable of control systems programming as well as CAD Software and drawings
• Communication, leadership, customer relation skills, and the ability to work independently and to be self-directed have direct results on success in this position
• Ability to read engineering schematics and communicate design intent
• Expert level knowledge of videoconferencing products and unified communications technologies
• CTS and CTS-D certifications are a plus but not required with the right experience. Any other industry related certs or training are also a plus. (Ex: Crestron, Extron, Biamp, QSC, Shure etc.)