Travel-Ready Broadcast Solutions Engineer

Experience Champaign Urbana; Champaign (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Experience Champaign Urbana is seeking a Sales Engineer to support the Sales Team with technical solutions in the video and audio signal processing industry. You will communicate complex technical information to customers and collaborate with engineering to translate requirements into proposals and demonstrations.

The role requires extensive travel (domestic and international) and time at the Cobalt Headquarters in Champaign, Illinois. A four-year technical degree or higher is expected.

Qualifications

• Problem Solving, Product Knowledge, Selling to Customer Needs, Presentation Skills, Technical Understanding, Verbal Communication, Requirements Analysis, Innovation, Ability to Travel, Experience in the Broadcast Industry, Organizational Skills.
• 4 Year degree in related technical field or advanced degree in related field.
• Understanding of networking, Involvement in AIMS, VSF, or SMPTE; Implementation of SMPTE 2022, 2110, NMOS, or related IP systems.

Responsibilities

• Identify current and future sales requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual customers in collaboration with the sales team.
• Provide product technical information by answering questions and requests.
• Develop sales team and customers by providing technical material and training.
• Help with technical proposals: workflow diagrams and product recommendations.
• Prepare sales engineering reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information on sales, engineering, competitive landscape and application trends.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and reviewing professional publications.
• Contribute to sales engineering effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed, courses of action and solutions’ implementation.
• Assist main industry events such as trade shows: equipment planning, configuration, installation/pack up.
• Support customers’ equipment evaluations/demos.
• Communicate between sales/customer feedback and engineering.

Skills

Problem Solving

Product Knowledge

Selling to Customer Needs

Presentation Skills

Technical Understanding

Verbal Communication

Requirements Analysis

Innovation

Ability to Travel

Broadcast Industry Experience

Organizational Skills

Education

4 Year degree in related technical field

Job description

Experience Champaign Urbana is seeking a Sales Engineer to support the Sales Team with technical solutions in the video and audio signal processing industry. You will communicate complex technical information to customers and collaborate with engineering to translate requirements into proposals and demonstrations.

The role requires extensive travel (domestic and international) and time at the Cobalt Headquarters in Champaign, Illinois. A four-year technical degree or higher is expected.