Technical Sales Engineer

Location: Onsite – Full Time (Dexter, MI) k-Space Associates, Inc. is looking for a Technical Sales Engineer to represent its thin-film and industrial metrology tools. Provide technical sales support to existing customer base, and new/current sales leads. Research and identify new market opportunities. Assist in marketing and application development efforts to grow markets and customer base.

Responsibilities:

The qualified sales engineer will support all aspects of technical sales, including:

• Work with prospects, leads, and contacts to assess opportunities, prepare responses to RFQs, define product configuration solutions, and generate quotes.
• Document and manage opportunities in lead tracking/customer management software
• Demonstrate and transfer industry, technical, and product knowledge to potential customers at research laboratories, universities, and production facilities.
• Establish customer rapport and lead follow up.
• Work with kSA representatives and distributors.
• Collaborate with product development, engineering, and production departments to determine how products and services could be designed or modified to meet customer demands, and market trends.
• Maintain knowledge of the latest industry developments and technological advances in products or service offered by competitors.
• Trade show support and booth attendance.

Requirements:

• A minimum of a B.S. in engineering, or a B.S./B.A. in physics, materials science, math, or chemistry. Candidates with a Master's or Ph.D. degree are encouraged to apply.
• Experience in the thin film deposition, semiconductor device, vacuum technology, optics, or solar panel fields is a plus.
• The successful candidate must possess excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, as well as a positive, outgoing self-starter personality.
• Fluent use of Windows-based PCs is required (including MS Office), and experience with lead tracking software is a plus.
• Willingness to travel.