Smart Home - Designer / Sales

LA Techs; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

PTO

401k

Manufacturer training

Job summary

LA Techs is seeking a hybrid design and sales professional for residential technology systems in Los Angeles. You will meet with homeowners and design teams, price systems, and carry proposals to signed scope before handing off to PM/engineering.

You will run discovery, design whole-home tech solutions, build compelling budgets, and close deals with a polished, discreet approach that fits a high-end market.

Qualifications

• 3+ years selling or designing residential tech systems.
• Fluency with Crestron, Control4, Savant, or Lutron; strong networking literacy.
• Ability to read architectural and electrical drawings.
• Polish, discretion, and client-facing professionalism.
• Strong written proposals and communication.
• Clean driving record and LA field presence.
• Experience with D-Tools, WeQuote or similar.
• Existing LA trade network of architects/designers/builders.
• You've been on the install side and understand design costs.

Responsibilities

• Run discovery with homeowners, architects, interior designers, and GCs.
• Design whole-home systems: control, AV, lighting, shading, networking, security.
• Build proposals and budget documents for large construction budgets.
• Present the design and close the work.
• Manage pipeline in CRM and maintain accuracy.
• Maintain relationships after sale: change orders, phase two, referrals.
• Develop trade relationships with LA designers and builders.

Skills

Residential tech sales

System design

Client relationship management

Reading architectural drawings

Written communication

LA market knowledge

Education

CEDIA certifications

Crestron training

Lutron training

Tools

D-Tools

WeQuote

Job description

About us

LA Techs designs and installs the technology inside some of the best homes in Los Angeles - Bel Air, Beverly Hills, the Palisades, Malibu. Automation, AV, lighting control, shading, networking, security. We work alongside the architects, designers, and builders at the top of this market, and we've built a reputation on doing the work properly: clean racks, real engineering, systems that still work five years later.

We're twelve years in, C-7 and C-10 licensed, about 25 people across two branches, and growing. We're looking for someone to own the front half of that process - the part where a set of plans and a conversation with a homeowner turns into a system worth building.

The role

This is a hybrid design and sales seat. You're not a rep handing off a spec sheet, and you're not an engineer waiting for a scope to land on your desk. You'll sit with clients, understand how they actually live in a house, design the system around that, price it, and carry it through to a signed proposal - then hand off a clean, complete scope to our PM and engineering team.

What you'll be doing

• Running discovery with homeowners, architects, interior designers, and GCs - often from plans, often before framing
• Designing whole-home systems: control, distributed AV, lighting, shading, networking, surveillance, access
• Building proposals and budget documents that hold up to scrutiny from a $10M construction budget
• Presenting the design and closing the work
• Managing your pipeline in our CRM and keeping it honest
• Staying in the relationship after the sale - change orders, phase two, the referral three years later
• Developing your own trade relationships: the designers and builders who bring you the next five projects

What we're looking for

• 3+ years selling or designing residential technology systems - custom integration, AV, or a closely adjacent trade
• Fluency with at least one major control platform (Crestron, Control4, Savant, Lutron) and real networking literacy
• The ability to read architectural and electrical drawings and know what's missing from them
• Comfort in a high-end environment - this clientele expects polish, discretion, and follow-through
• Strong written communication. Our proposals are a deliverable, not a formality
• Clean driving record, and you're in the field regularly across LA
• CEDIA certifications, Crestron or Lutron training, Ubiquiti/Araknis experience
• Experience with D-Tools, WeQuote, or similar design/proposal software
• An existing trade network in LA - architects, designers, builders who already trust you
• You've been on the install side at some point and know what a bad design costs the field

What we offer

• $60-80K plus commission - a structure that rewards the people who sell well and build the relationships
• Health coverage / PTO / 401k
• Manufacturer training and CEDIA support
• Projects with real budgets and real design ambition, and a team that takes the craft seriously