Job Description

Acara Solutions has been providing aerospace manufacturing firms across the U.S. with our engineering and professional staffing services for over 60 years. Our aerospace client in Everett, WA (not Boeing) is looking for a Sales Engineer to join their organization as a direct salaried employee. The base salary target is $130K (higher for a more experienced sales engineer) plus performance bonus. 

Key requirements include a background in aerospace sales. An engineering Bachelor's degree is ideal, but other Bachelor's degrees with the aerospace sales experience will suffice. They are looking for strong people skills and communication, and the desire to grow with the organization. This organization has multiple promotional opportunities for their sales employees. The candidate must have a strong desire to grow within the plant and potentially within their large parent organization with dozens of locations in the U.S.

This is a global sales position (Europe, Middle East, Asia, S. America) expecting travel up to 70% of the time. Otherwise, it's an onsite position in Everett .

The Sales Engineer will interface with customers, including assigned key accounts, as well as internal staff to develop and grow the assigned business. You will be responsible for acting as the customers' primary point of contact and will oversee and report new product requirements, track negotiations, report orders entered and lost, develop accurate monthly forecasts and report market trends in a timely and efficient manner. 

• Grow the business in assigned customer accounts by introducing customers to company capability; soliciting RFP's from customers for existing, derivative, and complimentary products; and preparing, presenting and closing proposals and quotes.
• Act as the customers primary point of contact for commercial terms, project plans and specifications, product application, configuration of product, technical support, review of project terms and conditions and pricing authority managed to price bands as determined by manager.
• Solve customer problems with the use of technical and marketing information
• Interpret and define commercial and technical data 
• Deliver training and informative presentations to customers and sales representatives
• Help set the revenue targets for the territory for existing and new business
• Act as a major account executive for the major accounts within the territory
• Develop professional relationships with the technical and procurement customers
• Guide the coordination of complex design problems with Engineering and Manufacturing teams
• Perform a wide variety of marketing and technical tasks that are broad in scope including utilizing the team to provide innovative problem solutions.

Job Requirements

Required Skills / Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in engineering ideally, but other Bachelor degrees with aerospace sales experience will be considered.

Min 3 years of aerospace sales experience (traditional metal machine shop and/or electronics) that includes a proven record of revenue growth, and a strong knowledge of aerospace industry regulations, operational norms and requirements.

This is a ITAR facility, U.S. Persons required (Green Card ok)

Additional: Standard aerospace drug and criminal background check

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, sex, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. The Aleron companies welcome and encourage applications from diverse candidates, including people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for applicants taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.

Job Tags

Similar Jobs