Customer-Facing Sales Application Engineer (Hybrid)

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies; Plymouth (MI); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K Match

Car Allowance

Performance Related Bonus

Vacation

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies in Plymouth, MI is seeking a Sales Application Engineer to build strong customer relationships and deliver technical solutions that create long-term value. You will partner with the sales team to identify growth opportunities, present product capabilities, and help win new business.

You will collaborate with engineering, quality, operations, and commercial teams to take concepts through production launches, travel domestically, and stay current with new

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent technical experience.
• Strong technical aptitude with the ability to quickly learn new products, applications, and technologies.
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with a genuine interest in working directly with customers.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership of projects and driving results with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability and curiosity to investigate challenges and develop practical solutions.
• Interest or experience in customer-facing engineering, technical sales, applications engineering, manufacturing, or product development environments.
• Willingness to travel domestically to support customers and business development activities.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with customers to understand their challenges and develop technical solutions that create long-term value.
• Partner with sales teams to identify growth opportunities, support business development efforts, and help win new business.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor by presenting product capabilities, application recommendations, and solution proposals to customers.
• Collaborate with engineering, quality, operations, and commercial teams to deliver customer-focused solutions from concept through production launch.
• Investigate technical challenges, analyze root causes, and drive effective solutions that strengthen customer satisfaction.
• Support customer visits, technical reviews, product demonstrations, and application discussions both virtually and onsite.
• Continuously learn new products, technologies, and industry trends while identifying opportunities for innovation and business growth.

Skills

Customer-facing

Technical sales

Product knowledge

Relationship building

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies in Plymouth, MI is seeking a Sales Application Engineer to build strong customer relationships and deliver technical solutions that create long-term value. You will partner with the sales team to identify growth opportunities, present product capabilities, and help win new business.

You will collaborate with engineering, quality, operations, and commercial teams to take concepts through production launches, travel domestically, and stay current with new