Sales Engineer

Addison Group; Lake Zurich (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Addison Group is seeking a Sales Engineer for a hybrid role in the Northern Chicago Suburbs. This permanent inside sales position will drive market expansion for engineering products, starting with warm/cold outreach and pipeline development.

The role emphasizes sales over technical work, with potential to evolve into a VP Sales role, including nationwide network development in HVAC-R and Electrical/BMS sectors. Travel to US customers is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Electrical preferred).
• At least 1 year of sales experience with outbound business development.
• Able to build strong relationships with customers.

Responsibilities

• Market engineering products to expand into new segments.
• Communicate with current accounts and push products to customers.
• In the long term, potentially build a nation-wide sales network for HVAC-R and Electrical/BMS.

Skills

Engineering degree

Sales experience

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Title: Sales Engineer

Location: Northern Chicago Suburbs

Compensation: $65,000 - 100,000 + commission

No sponsorship available

Role Overview

• General Overview: We are looking for a permanent inside sales representative who can help our client market new engineering products and services to expand into new market segments as they roll out industry leading products. In the near term, this candidate will be taking over communicating to some of our current in-house accounts and help push our products to current and new customers as they are developed. Long term, this position may transition into a VP Sales role where they will be responsible for building a nation-wide sales network for our products in our focus industries of HVAC-R and Electrical/BMS.
• The beginning of the role will be a lot of warm/cold outreach and pipeline building. First deal expected to take about 8 months.
• This role is a much heavier sales than technical role.

Critical Skills/Technologies

• Engineering Degree (Electrical preferred)
• At least one year of experience in sales role that involved outbound business development efforts (internship experience is okay)
• Likable and capable of building relationships with customers

Desired Skills/Technologies

• Experience selling hardware products (not software / SaaS)

Experience/Degree/Certifications Required:

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering. Electrical Engineering preferred

Office Status

• On site M-F, hybrid flexibility can be offered further into employment. Travel to customers in the US required.