Sales Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
$130K - $140K / year
Seniority
Mid Level
Job Description
Role Description
We are partnering with a global manufacturer of vehicle cable retention and attachment systems, including clips, ties, clamps, and fasteners used within automotive electrical distribution systems (EDS) by leading OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers worldwide. Due to continued growth, the company is seeking a degree-qualified Sales Engineer based in Irvine or the wider Orange County area to support and grow key EV and EDS customers across Southern California, including Rivian, along with a select portfolio of emerging EV and EV chassis programs.
Orange County provides a strategic base due to its proximity to major automotive and mobility engineering hubs and its central positioning for customer travel across Los Angeles, Orange County, and the wider Southern California region. The role operates from a home office with regular on-site customer engagement.
This is a high-visibility, growth-focused role within a team that has nearly doubled in size over the past 2–3 years, with further expansion planned.
Qualifications
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.
- Experience in automotive engineering, electrical distribution systems, wiring harness, connectors, fasteners, or related components.
- Strong ability to work in a technical sales or application engineering environment.
- Comfortable reviewing drawings and discussing engineering requirements with customer teams.
- Experience working with OEMs or Tier-1 automotive suppliers is highly desirable.
Requirements
- Support and grow EV and EDS customer relationships across Southern California, with Rivian as a key focus account.
- Act as a technical and commercial interface between customers and internal engineering/product teams.
- Work directly with customer engineering teams on wiring harness and electrical distribution applications.
- Review drawings, specifications, and technical requirements to recommend appropriate fastening and cable management solutions.
- Support RFQs, quotations, and technical proposals for new EV and electrical distribution programs.
- Identify new platform and program opportunities within existing customer organizations.
- Provide application guidance and product expertise to support specification of the company's solutions.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product management, engineering, and manufacturing teams to ensure successful program launches.
- Maintain strong customer relationships through regular on-site engagement and technical support.
Benefits
- Work with a global manufacturer supplying major EV and automotive programs worldwide.
- Join a rapidly growing North American team supporting the transition to electric mobility.
- Highly competitive compensation including $130k–$140k base salary, bonus, profit share, and company vehicle.
- Opportunity to engage directly with leading EV manufacturers and advanced mobility programs.
Job Requirements
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.
- Experience in automotive engineering, electrical distribution systems, wiring harness, connectors, fasteners, or related components.
- Strong ability to work in a technical sales or application engineering environment.
- Comfortable reviewing drawings and discussing engineering requirements with customer teams.
- Experience working with OEMs or Tier-1 automotive suppliers is highly desirable.
- Support and grow EV and EDS customer relationships across Southern California, with Rivian as a key focus account.
- Act as a technical and commercial interface between customers and internal engineering/product teams.
- Work directly with customer engineering teams on wiring harness and electrical distribution applications.
- Review drawings, specifications, and technical requirements to recommend appropriate fastening and cable management solutions.
- Support RFQs, quotations, and technical proposals for new EV and electrical distribution programs.
- Identify new platform and program opportunities within existing customer organizations.
- Provide application guidance and product expertise to support specification of the company's solutions.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product management, engineering, and manufacturing teams to ensure successful program launches.
- Maintain strong customer relationships through regular on-site engagement and technical support.
Benefits
- Work with a global manufacturer supplying major EV and automotive programs worldwide.
- Join a rapidly growing North American team supporting the transition to electric mobility.
- Highly competitive compensation including $130k–$140k base salary, bonus, profit share, and company vehicle.
- Opportunity to engage directly with leading EV manufacturers and advanced mobility programs.
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