Sales Engineer

Vivid Resourcing; Bilthoven; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Vivid Resourcing is seeking a Sales Engineer to drive growth in the semiconductor and industrial automation space across Europe, with a strong emphasis on strategic account development and customer-facing sales.

This 50/50 role combines high-level engagement with end customers, OEMs and system integrators, and requires travel across Europe and occasional trips to Asia to support key accounts and industry initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in the semiconductor industry (machine builders, fab ops, or similar).
• 5+ years of technical sales experience in industrial automation.
• Proven track record managing full sales cycle from first contact to close.
• Strong English and Dutch (spoken and written).
• Hunter mindset with consultative selling approach.
• Confident negotiating with C-level stakeholders.
• Willing to travel across Europe and occasionally to Asia.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic business development across key semiconductor accounts.
• Drive direct, customer-facing sales to position technology in customer specifications.
• Engage with end customers, OEMs and system integrators; manage across Europe.
• Travel within Europe and occasionally to Asia to support key accounts.

Skills

Semiconductor exp

Technical sales

Sales cycle mgmt

English-Dutch bilingual

C-level negotiation

Hunter mindset

Travel readiness

Job description

The semiconductor sector doesn't reward generalists. It rewards people who understand the technology, the customer structures, and how to get a solution written into a specification before a competitor even gets in the room.

A global leader in sensor technology and industrial automation is hiring a Sales Engineer to lead exactly that kind of growth in their semiconductor business. This is a 50/50 role: strategic business development across key semiconductor accounts, combined with direct, customer facing sales. You will work with end customers, OEMs and system integrators, with a clear mandate to position the company's technology inside customer specifications, not just respond to them.

The role covers regular travel across Europe, with occasional trips to Asia to support key accounts and industry engagement.

What the role demands:

• 5 to 10 years of semiconductor industry experience, whether through a machine builder, fab operations, or a comparable environment
• 5+ years of technical sales experience in industrial automation
• A proven record managing full sales cycles, from first contact through to close
• Strong English and Dutch spoken and written. This customer base is international and operates English first
• A hunter mentality combined with consultative selling ability, equally effective in strategic conversations and transactional sales
• Confidence engaging and negotiating with C-level stakeholders
• Willingness to travel within Europe and occasionally to Asia

Job title is secondary to exposure here. Candidates from applications, field service or account management roles on the fab or OEM side, ready to step into a sales led position, are just as relevant as those with a Sales Engineer title already.

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