Technical Sales Engineer Springs & Wire

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 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.