Job Description:

Technical Sales Engineer                                                                    £55-80k + Bonus + Car + Benefits
South East                                                                                           ABJ6806

Location: South East: 5 days Onsite  (possibly flexible) – limited travel

An expanding SME is urgently seeking an experienced Technical Sales Engineer for  pivotal role reporting to the MD  for a specialist technology business based in the South East.

This is a customer-facing role will combine technical expertise with commercial understanding. As technical sales and applications engineer you will be responsible for developing fibre-optic and connectivity solutions, assessing customer requirements, establishing technical feasibility and preparing accurate costings and technical-commercial proposals.

As technical sales engineer you will be working closely with customers and internal engineering and production teams, you will play a vitally important role in taking opportunities from initial enquiry and feasibility through to quotation, prototype development and production handover.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the technical point of contact for customer enquiries, RFQs and new product requests.
• Understand customer applications, operating environments, performance requirements, quantities, timescales and commercial expectations.
• Assess technical feasibility and identify whether requirements can be met through standard products, customised solutions or new product development.
• Develop fibre-optic and connectivity solutions, including cable assemblies, harnesses, connectors, passive optical components and associated mechanical elements.
• Review technical specifications and engineering drawings, establish bills of materials and assess manufacturability, testing requirements, lead times and technical risks.
• Prepare detailed cost estimates covering materials, labour, tooling, testing, development and supplier input.
• Develop commercially competitive pricing, taking account of volumes, technical complexity, risk, development costs and target margins.
• Prepare and present technical-commercial proposals, clearly outlining solution scope, assumptions, exclusions, pricing and delivery expectations.
• Support prototype builds, first-article development and the successful handover of projects into production.

Skills Qualifications and Background

• Background in Engineering ideally with technical knowledge, customer-facing ability and commercial awareness.
• Practical experience in fibre optics or  cables  - areas like defence  and subsea applications

• Experience handling technical customer enquiries, applications engineering requests and RFQs.
• The ability to translate customer requirements into practical technical solutions and communicate effectively with engineers, buyers and commercial stakeholders.
• Experience preparing quotations, cost estimates, technical proposals, product specifications and bills of materials.
• The ability to interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications and testing requirements.
• Strong commercial judgement, including an understanding of pricing, margins, technical risk, manufacturability and value engineering and enjoy combining engineering knowledge with problem-solving and decision-making.

What They Offer :Competitive salary 55-80k DOE- Performance-related bonus Pension scheme

Please contact Alison Basson, quoting ABJ6806, on (phone number removed) / +44 (0)(phone number removed) or send your CV to