Machine Shop Sales Intern: Build Leads & Demos

KinetiCAD Solutions; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

KinetiCAD Solutions helps machine shops in the US by reading CAD data, selecting tooling and operations, writing CNC programs, pricing jobs and booking machine time. The team is based at the Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator.

The role focuses on direct customer outreach to machine shop owners and estimators, learning existing quoting processes and feeding insights back to product. You will often be the first contact from KinetiCAD for a customer.

Qualifications

• You are a student or recent grad aiming to sell to professionals.
• You can call shop owners you have not met before.
• You write clearly and keep messages concise.
• You are organised and persistent, with reliable follow-up.

Responsibilities

• Build target lists and reach out to machine shops by phone, email, LinkedIn and in person.
• Run discovery calls to understand current quoting, planning and time usage.
• Set up demos and trial runs and stay engaged until a decision is made.
• Keep the pipeline and notes tidy so nothing gets dropped.
• Visit shops and trade shows to report customer feedback.

Skills

Sales aptitude

Phone outreach

Clear writing

Organisation

Persistent follow-up

Education

Recent graduate

Job description

KinetiCAD Solutions helps machine shops in the US by reading CAD data, selecting tooling and operations, writing CNC programs, pricing jobs and booking machine time. The team is based at the Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator.

The role focuses on direct customer outreach to machine shop owners and estimators, learning existing quoting processes and feeding insights back to product. You will often be the first contact from KinetiCAD for a customer.