Sr. Sales Engineer

Celona; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Celona is seeking a Sr. Sales Engineer to lead pre-sales technical interactions, demonstrations, and PoC deployments for private 5G LAN solutions.

You will work with customers, service providers, and channel partners to map requirements to Celona products and coordinate with internal teams to align marketing and sales efforts. Ideal candidates bring 4+ years in wireless product technical sales, deep enterprise networking knowledge, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise wireless networking including 4G/5G cellular tech.
• Hands-on experience deploying, optimizing and monitoring live enterprise Wi‑Fi or cellular networks.
• 4+ years in wireless product technical sales.
• Knowledge of L2/L3 networking: Switching, VLANs, 802.11, Routing for mobile/cellular networks.

Responsibilities

• Create and deliver technical product presentations or training to customers, service providers, and partners.
• Participate in technical sales consultations and product capability assessments.
• Collaborate with network engineers and architects to map customer requirements to Celona products.
• Drive pre-sales tests, demos, PoC, and trials for service providers and end-customers.
• Develop technical marketing collateral and document product requirements from customers.

Skills

Enterprise wireless networking

4G/5G knowledge

Wireless sales experience

Wi-Fi deployment

L2/L3 networking

Education

Bachelor of Science or Engineering

Job description

Celona has led the evolution of private 5G from an emerging technology to critical infrastructure across some of the world's most demanding industries and environments. Celona is now defining a new category of enterprise wireless purpose-built for physical and agentic AI - converging private 5G, Wi-Fi, public cellular, and satellite into a unified wireless fabric with agentic intelligence built in.

The result is a deterministic wireless foundation purpose-built for the AI-native enterprise, connecting AI agents, autonomous machines, and the people who work alongside them.

Celona is seeking a Sr. Sales Engineer who will drive pre-sales technical interactions with Celona customers and prospects as well as partners and service providers. The role will include but not be limited to product presentations, customer consultation/training, proof of concept/value field testing and even deployments of Celona private 5G LAN solutions.

Requirements

• Create and deliver technical product presentations and/or training sessions to technical and product groups of customers, service providers and channel partners
• Participate in the consultation to prospective customers and/or product capability assessment and validation as it applies to the technical sales process
• Collaborate with customer/partner network engineers, architects, operation support staff to map customer requirements to Celona'’s products
• Work with different stakeholders in Celona to drive pre- and post-sales alignment and engagement with partners
• Drive pre-sales tests, demos, proof of concept and trial networks with Celona products as it applies to Service Providers and end-customers
• Build long term relationships and be seen and treated by Celona customers, service providers and channel partners as a trusted and valued resource
• Collaborate with the channel sales and field marketing to plan, deliver, and manage effective demand generation campaigns
• Work closely with the corporate technical, product and development teams in defining and specifying product and market requirements.
• Travel within the territory to visit customers, service providers, channel partners and attend trade shows
• Assist in the development of technical marketing collateral including white papers, data sheets, presentation material, etc.
• Generate, define and document product requirements from customers and channel partners and communicate to key stakeholders, internally and externally.

You will be an ideal candidate if you have:

• A strong background with enterprise wireless networking including 4G/5G Cellular technologies or B2B Enterprise cloud managed networking solutions is required
• Hands on experience deploying, optimizing and monitoring live enterprise Wi-Fi or cellular networks
• 4+ years in wireless product technical sales experience
• Experience being part of a team that delivered the first version of a product to customers, ideally in a start-up environment
• Knowledge in L2 and L3 networking technologies including Switching, VLANs, 802.11, Routing Mobile/Cellular Network Architecture (4G & 5G)
• Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
• Strong organization skills, ability to multi-task while maintaining attention to detail
• Passion for quality with a solid work ethic and team player attitude
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Temperament to thrive in a highly dynamic, high-growth environment
• Willingness to travel to customer and partner locations
• A willingness to work outside of your comfort zone with a “let’s get it done” attitude
• Bachelor of Science or Engineering degree