About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, industrial coatings and equipment manufacturing.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

Confidential Client is seeking a Sales Engineer focused on market development to grow business in new and emerging markets. This field-facing role blends engineering knowledge with solution-focused selling to identify applications, qualify opportunities, and close business across multiple industries.

• Identify, qualify, and develop new business opportunities within assigned target markets to expand market share.
• Use technical expertise to uncover unmet needs, define process requirements, and recommend engineered solutions that deliver measurable performance and ROI.
• Build deep product and application knowledge of coating and equipment systems to support effective selling and competitive differentiation.
• Analyze customer processes and performance goals, translating findings into viable system recommendations and proposals.
• Prepare and present customer-facing technical presentations, application proposals, and business cases that articulate performance advantages and total-value benefits.
• Provide high-level technical support during installations, start-ups, and initial production runs to ensure successful adoption and long-term satisfaction.
• Monitor market trends, competitive activity, and customer feedback to identify new application and product development opportunities.
• Transition successful new applications/products into standard sales and technician support workflows.

Regular domestic and international travel is expected — approximately 50% on average.

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Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering field (completed by or before December 2026).
• Prior work experience in an engineering- or sales-related role; internships and co-ops qualify.
• Strong sales mindset with proven ability to identify opportunities, influence technical buying decisions, and drive new business.
• Ability to evaluate complex manufacturing processes and recommend engineered systems tailored to performance, quality, and throughput goals.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to translate technical concepts into clear customer value propositions.
• Solid project coordination and analytical skills; comfortable managing multi-step sales processes.
• Able to maintain a passport and travel domestically and internationally up to 50%.

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Preferred Skills

• Experience with web handling, vision inspection, or fluid handling solutions.
• Demonstrated success working independently in a field-based, customer-facing role with regional or national travel.

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Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid vacation and personal time.
• 401(k) with employer match and profit-sharing program.
• Paid parental leave.
• Employer-paid life insurance and free short-term disability.
• Professional development assistance and employee assistance program.
• On-site fitness center and exercise amenities.
• Business/travel expense account.
• Company-provided laptop and iPhone.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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