Sales Application Engineer: Mining & Automation Specialist

Epiroc; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Epiroc in Centurion, Pretoria is seeking a Sales Application Engineer to translate mine requirements and machine data into practical, compliant solutions, developing technical architecture, BOMs and interfaces to advance opportunities from concept to delivery.

Based in Centurion, you will conduct technical discovery, audits and define installation assumptions, while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver safe, reliable mining and automation solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in technical sales, applications engineering, or systems design in mining or industrial automation.
• Experience conducting mine and machine audits, interpreting electrical drawings and OEM documentation, developing machine-level BOMs and defining installation/interface assumptions.
• Experience developing technical proposals, compliance responses, test scenarios, risk registers and handover packs for multi-stakeholder projects.
• Practical exposure to vehicle networks, sensors, GNSS, RF systems, CAN bus, digital/analogue I/O, networking and server-connected applications.
• Ability to interpret CAD drawings, wiring diagrams, network architecture and installation layouts; AutoCAD/Visio/draw.io advantageous.
• Registration with a recognised engineering body and training in functional safety, ISO 21815, EMESRT or mining mobile-equipment systems advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Translate mine requirements and machine data into practical, compliant solutions.
• Develop technical architecture, machine-level BOMs and installation assumptions.
• Lead mine audits and gather OEM-interface information.
• Define hardware architecture, sensor logic and cable lengths.
• Define test scenarios, KPI inputs, and technical proposal content.
• Validate scope before quotation and freeze baseline after PO.
• Support Operations with audits, BOMs and dependencies.

Skills

Technical sales

Applications engineering

Systems engineering

Mining industry experience

Solution design

Education

Bachelor's degree / National Diploma in Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Visio

draw.io

Job description

Epiroc in Centurion, Pretoria is seeking a Sales Application Engineer to translate mine requirements and machine data into practical, compliant solutions, developing technical architecture, BOMs and interfaces to advance opportunities from concept to delivery.

Based in Centurion, you will conduct technical discovery, audits and define installation assumptions, while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver safe, reliable mining and automation solutions.