Sales Engineer - Engineering, Test Systems

Spherea Test & Services Ltd; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading testing solutions provider in Bournemouth is looking for a Sales Engineer to bridge engineering and customer needs. The successful candidate will manage client relationships while delivering technical responses and solutions. An engineering degree and solid sales expertise are essential. This full-time role offers a competitive salary, annual bonus, and flexible working options, as well as opportunities for international collaboration.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual performance bonus

Generous pension scheme

27 days holiday + bank holidays

Flexible/remote working options

Private healthcare plan

Life Assurance & Injury Protection

Opportunities to travel internationally

Qualifications

• Confident communicator with excellent written and verbal English skills.
• Background in test engineering or structured engineering environments preferred.
• Willing to travel across the UK and Europe.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer relationships and ensure quality technical responses.
• Visit customers in the UK and Europe to build rapport.
• Produce reliable time and cost estimates through collaboration.

Skills

Sales expertise

Technical documentation skills

Strong communication

Business acumen

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Sales Engineer

Location: Bournemouth

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Spherea UK, part of the multinational Spherea Group, is a cross-industry provider of complex test systems and test consultancy. We work with leading aerospace and defence primes, airlines, operators, and MRO organisations, delivering complete test solutions across the entire product lifecycle.

With a heritage of over 50 years, we have developed solutions for commercial aircraft, helicopters, armoured military vehicles, battle tanks, space platforms, nuclear control systems and even rail systems.

Our mission is simple: to test the world - enabling our clients to validate, de-risk, and commercialise their technologies more rapidly and cost-effectively.

Our UK business, based in Bournemouth, supports customers across the UK and Northern Europe, with further offices in France, Germany, North America, India and China.

The Role

This position combines sales and technical expertise. The successful candidate will play a key role in winning new business, managing customer relationships, and ensuring the highest quality technical responses to customer requirements.

Responsibilities

• Understand the full suite of products and capabilities available from the entire group for resale into the UK marketplace.
• Regularly visit customers in the UK and Europe, building relationships and establishing a strong personal network within key accounts.
• Bridge the gap between engineering and the customer by capturing and articulating technical capabilities in a commercially compelling way.
• Develop solutions by comparing ideas with colleagues, suppliers, and partners to identify the optimum approach.
• Write compelling and accurate technical responses (Word / PowerPoint) supported by cost models (Excel) and project plans (MS Project).
• Produce reliable time and cost estimates by collaborating with engineering, project management, purchasing, and production teams.

Candidate Profile

• Engineering degree (or equivalent experience) in Electrical, Software, or Systems Engineering.
• Background in test engineering or structured engineering environments (aerospace, defence, rail, nuclear preferred).
• Confident communicator with excellent written and verbal English skills.
• Positive, outgoing, and able to build rapport with diverse technical and commercial stakeholders.
• Proven ability to produce bids, proposals, and technical documentation.
• Strong business acumen with a "salesy" mindset - able to spot opportunities and frame solutions.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the UK and Europe.
• Based in, or willing to relocate to, the Bournemouth area.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual performance bonus
• Generous pension scheme (4% employee / 8% employer)
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible/remote working options (post-qualifying period)
• Private healthcare plan - family cover
• Family Cash Plan - dental, optical & physio etc.
• Life Assurance & Injury Protection
• Opportunities to travel and collaborate internationally (France, Germany & USA)

Additional Information

• Due to the nature of our work, candidates must be have the right to live and work in the UK and able to obtain security clearance.

Candidates with experience of: Sales Engineer, Technical Sales, Bids and Proposals Engineer, Test Engineer, Systems Engineer, Business Development Manager may also be considered for this role.