Technical Sales Lead

Eaton; Southfield (MI); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton’s IS VEH VGNA division in Southfield, MI seeks a Technical Sales Lead to drive key customer relationships and promote Power Connections products. You’ll report to the commercial leader and work with the Sales & Engineering teams to maximize territory penetration and ensure customer success.

In this role you’ll learn products, support launches, coordinate with cross-functional teams, manage orders and track milestones with a focus on delivering value to OEMs and Tier suppliers.

Qualifications

• Minimum five (10) years of sales engineering experience.
• Minimum three (6) years of experience in the automotive industry.
• No immigration sponsorship or CPT/OPT support.
• Relocation not offered; within 50 miles of Southfield, MI.

Responsibilities

• Support key customer accounts and day-to-day business relationships.
• Promote Power Connections products and solutions within the territory.
• Collaborate with Sales & Engineering teams to drive product penetration.
• Learn products, capabilities and value add options.
• Support product launches and manage sampling, tracking and delivery.
• Coordinate project steps with cross-functional Eaton teams.
• Monitor project timing and identify gaps for leadership escalation.
• Release drawings and write work orders; manage 5-Phases and issues.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Verbal and written communication

Project management

Relationship building

Travel readiness

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

Eaton’s IS VEH VGNA division is currently seeking a Technical Sales Lead . This role is based at our Southfield, MI facility and offers a hybrid working schedule.

Eaton announced, on June 11, 2026, the intent to combine its Mobility Group (including both the Vehicle and eMobility segments) with a new company. We expect to complete this process by the end of the first half of 2027. The compensation and benefits that will initially be offered for this position are based on Eaton's plans, programs and practices. If you are offered and accept this position and are actively employed by the Mobility Group when the transaction closes, the new company will provide further details to employees concerning compensation and benefits at that time.

What You’ll Do

The Technical Sales Lead is responsible for supporting a key customer accounts and the overall day-to-day business relationship between Power Connections and key customers.

You will report to the commercial leader and will be responsible for supporting and promoting Power Connections products and solutions within the assigned territory. You will work together with entire Power Connections Sales & Engineering teams to drive maximum penetration of Power Connections products across OEM’s & Tiers.

• Learn Power Connections products, capabilities and value add options


• Work as a member of the OEM DRE team to support product and platform launch execution


• Develop and maintain relationships at multiple levels in the customer base to for Eaton to be strategic


• Serve as the initial Power Connections face to customer located onsite at OEM office


• Assist Program / Platform teams in defining requirements, design evaluations, and validation


• Manage Sample Orders, Tracking, and Delivery


• Manage OEM engineering projects, release, and management systems acting as the Eaton lead, coordinating all required project steps with the appropriate Eaton cross functional team member(s)


• Monitor customer project timing and milestones, ensuring Eaton project timing meets the needs of the customer. Identify and elevate gaps to leadership and cross functional team as required.


• Release drawings, part numbers, write work orders, manage 5-Phases, manage and track open issues


• Effectively communicate with team members to promote the business needs of the territory to foster growth

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Minimum High School Diploma/GED equivalent from an accredited institution


• Minimum five (10) years of sales engineering experience


• Minimum three (6) years of experience in the automotive industry


• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any "CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc."\


• No relocation assistance is offered for this position. Only candidates currently residing within a 50-mile radius of the work location (Southfield, MI) will be considered. Active-Duty Military are exempt from this geographical limitation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution


• Experience in a sales engineering, applications engineering or similar role, working with OEMs.


• Experience working with EV/High Voltage/Connectors


• Experience selling terminals, connectors, eyelets, and busbars

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross functionally and to influence without direct authority


• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including presentation and computer skills (i.e. Power Point, Excel & Word)


• Strong results-orientation and execution characteristics


• Ability to effectively organize, prioritize and accomplish multiple conflicting tasks, make intelligent, timely decisions and solve problems independently


• Ability and willingness to travel as required

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

The compensation range for this full-time position includes base pay and target sales performance incentive. This position has a base salary range of $105,000.00-$154,000.00 + a sales incentive plan.

Base salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Base salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

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