Automation Sales Engineer: Grow Your Territory & Earnings

FCX Performance; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Time off

Employee assistance

Job summary

Applied Industrial Technologies is seeking an Application Sales Engineer to join our Rockford, IL team. This role focuses on growing a sales territory through consultative engagement with engineers, maintenance, purchasing, and other stakeholders, while delivering machine vision and automation solutions.

You will develop new business, manage existing accounts, organize training sessions, and prepare quotations.

Qualifications

• Proven outside industrial sales experience with success in developing new business.
• Experience building repeat business and managing a sales territory.
• Knowledge of pneumatics, machine vision, or robotics is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct sales and service activities, develop strong customer relationships, identify product applications, and introduce new products and services.
• Achieve sales and profit goals by developing and retaining existing customers and by opening new business.
• Prepare quotations and proposals, follow up, negotiate terms, and close transactions.
• Organize training sessions for customers.
• Survey market and competitive conditions.
• Complete reports regarding itineraries, expenses, sales calls, leads, and other related matters.

Skills

New business development

Account management

Industrial sales

Pneumatics

Machine vision

Robotics

Process engineering

Diagnostics instruments

AI & Machine Vision

PLC and HMI

Electrical aptitude

Education

Bachelor’s in engineering preferred

Tools

Excel

Job description

Applied Industrial Technologies is seeking an Application Sales Engineer to join our Rockford, IL team. This role focuses on growing a sales territory through consultative engagement with engineers, maintenance, purchasing, and other stakeholders, while delivering machine vision and automation solutions.

You will develop new business, manage existing accounts, organize training sessions, and prepare quotations.