Sales Engineer

Podium Automation

$90K — $130K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in sales engineering, applications engineering, or technical pre-sales roles
  • Strong knowledge of industrial control panels, motor controls, PLCs, and electrical equipment
  • Ability to read single-line diagrams and engage with customers expertly
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Customer-focused with a proven ability to build trust with buyers

Responsibilities

  • Lead initial calls with customers to discuss their control panel needs
  • Review and translate customer documentation into inputs for the quoting process
  • Collaborate with engineering team on complex builds
  • Manage the technical workflow from quote to closure, including follow-ups
  • Develop and enhance internal tools and processes for quicker quoting
  • Act as the liaison between customers and internal design/manufacturing teams
  • Provide insights from customer interactions to influence product roadmap

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape the commercial team's processes and tools
  • High-impact role influencing project delivery speed and quality
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Work in a dynamic environment at the forefront of infrastructure development
Full Job Description
We9re hiring a Sales Engineer to join our commercial team and serve as the technical backbone of our sales motion. You9ll be the first technical voice customers hear, translating their electrical specifications, single-line diagrams, and project requirements into accurate quotes and clear proposals. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of engineering and commercial teams, where the speed and quality of your work directly shapes how quickly we can deliver critical infrastructure to our customers.

You9ll work closely with our sales, engineering, and operations teams to scope projects, run discovery calls, develop quotes, and shepherd opportunities from first contact through handoff to production. As one of the first members of our commercial team, you9ll also help define the playbooks, tooling, and processes that scale with us.

What You9ll Do
  • Lead first calls with prospective customers to understand their control panel needs, project timelines, and technical requirements
  • Review customer-provided documentation (single-line diagrams, BOMs, specifications, RFQs) and translate it into standard inputs that drive our quoting process
  • Partner with our engineering team to scope complex or non-standard builds
  • Own the quote-to-close technical workflow, including follow-ups, clarifications, and revisions
  • Build and refine internal software tooling and processes that make our quoting motion faster and more accurate
  • Serve as the technical bridge between customers and our internal design and manufacturing teams
  • Contribute customer insights back to product and engineering to inform our roadmap
What We9re Looking For
  • 3+ years in a sales engineering, applications engineering, or technical pre-sales role, ideally in industrial automation, electrical equipment, power distribution, or related fields
  • Strong working knowledge of industrial control panels, motor controls, PLCs, VFDs, or related electrical equipment. You can read a single-line diagram and ask the right questions
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, you can explain technical tradeoffs to both engineers and non-technical buyers
  • Customer-obsessed mindset with a track record of building trust with technical buyers

Nice to Have
  • Background in electrical engineering, mechatronics, or a related technical discipline
  • Experience selling into industrial end markets (data centers, utilities, manufacturing, energy, water/wastewater)
  • Familiarity with UL 508A standards

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