Sales Engineer

Lee Spring Company; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Lee Spring Company is seeking a Sales Engineer to act as a customer-facing technical partner, translating force, motion, and fatigue requirements into practical spring or formed wire solutions for customer applications.

You will bridge sales, engineering, and operations to ensure solutions are manufacturable, cost-effective, and perform as required. The role focuses on new business development and expanding existing accounts.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills—written, verbal, and presentation.
• Knowledge of engineering principles and their practical application to product design.
• Comfort with quoting, cost analysis, and technical proposal development.

Responsibilities

• Research and identify new account opportunities within assigned territories.
• Build long-term relationships with customer engineering and purchasing teams.
• Confer with customers to assess application needs - force, motion, fatigue resistance, and durability.
• Prepare technical estimates and formal quotations balancing performance, manufacturability, cost, and lead time.
• Develop, present, and respond to proposals, including RFP responses for industry-specific solutions.
• Support spring and formed wire design work in partnership with internal engineering.
• Guide projects through prototyping, testing, PPAP, and customer qualification.
• Support new program launches with analytics-driven problem solving and continuous improvement.
• Navigate challenges: win trust with engineers, move fast on quotes, manage full lifecycle from concept to production.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Engineering principles knowledge

Quantitative analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field

Job description

Lee Spring Brooklyn - Brooklyn, NY 11220; Lee Spring Arizona - Gilbert, AZ 85233; Lee Spring Connecticut - Bristol, CT 06010; Lee Spring Maryland - Rosedale, MD 21237; Lee Spring Michigan - Fraser, MI 48026; Lee Spring North Carolina - Greesnboro, NC 27406

Overview

Salary Range

Position Type

Full Time

Category

Description

Description

About us:

Founded in Brooklyn in 1918 by Robert Lee Johannsen, Lee Spring has grown into a global manufacturer with locations across the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and Asia - stocking more than 25,000 catalog products alongside custom-engineered solutions.

If you're looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you've found it. As a Sales Engineer at Lee Spring, you won't just sell a catalog part number - you'll act as a customer's technical partner, translating force, motion, and fatigue requirements into a spring or wire form solution that works in their application.

The Sales Engineer is a customer-facing, technically fluent role responsible for growing new business and expanding existing accounts by delivering value-based spring and formed wire solutions. You'll serve as the connective tissue between sales, engineering, and operations - making sure every solution that reaches a customer is manufacturable, cost-effective, and built to perform.

What You’ll Do:

Customer-Facing & Business Development

• Research and identify new account opportunities within assigned territories
• Build long-term relationships with customer engineering and purchasing teams
• Confer with customers to assess application needs - force, motion, fatigue resistance, and durability
• Prepare technical estimates and formal quotations that balance performance, manufacturability, cost, and lead time
• Develop, present, and respond to proposals, including RFP responses for industry-specific solutions

Design & Program Support

• Support spring and formed wire design work in partnership with internal engineering
• Guide projects through prototyping, testing, PPAP, and customer qualification
• Support new program launches with analytics-driven problem solving and continuous improvement

Challenges You’ll Navigate

• Winning trust with engineers who need precision, not a sales pitch
• Moving fast on quotes while making sure what's quoted can be built
• Managing a full project lifecycle - from first conversation through production launch - without losing momentum

Qualifications

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field
• 2-4 years of experience spanning engineering and sales-facing work
• Working knowledge of engineering principles and their practical application to product design
• Strong communication skills - written, verbal, and presentation
• Comfort with quantitative work: quoting, cost analysis, and technical proposal development
• No prior spring industry experience required - Lee Spring provides training and team support to help you succeed