As the Application Engineer, you are a sales professional who specializes in understanding all technical aspects of our technical product and explaining them to potential consumers. Your duties include consulting on product development, explaining product features to customers during live demonstrations and possibly negotiating contract terms. You will not only prepare presentations for clients but also assess the opportunity to see if the products meet customer demands. You will develop applications for sales departments and provide sales staff with technical product information and support. Your duties include improving applications, performing installations and maintenance, and resolving client queries.

We are seeking a knowledgeable sales applications engineer to create high-end applications that will increase our company's sales. In this role, your duties will include developing software applications, tracking consumer trends, and training our sales department on the technical specifications of applications. You will also be required to provide support to our customers. To ensure success as a sales applications engineer, you should demonstrate extensive experience in application engineering, as well as in-depth knowledge of a sales environment. Outstanding sales applications engineers ensure that their application expertise translates to product innovation and increased sales. 

• A bachelor's degree in technical discipline such as software engineering, computer engineering, computer science, information technology, or similar.
• Extensive experience in application engineering in a sales environment.
• Advanced proficiency in coding and scripting languages, such as C#, Python, Ruby, or JavaScript.
• Advanced knowledge of software application development, installation, and maintenance.
• Ability to liaise with management and the sales department on application development.
• Proficiency in training sales staff on product specifications and application functionalities.
• Exceptional ability to drive application innovation by analyzing consumer and competitor trends.
• Ability to evaluate client feedback and improve front end application functionality.
• Advanced ability to document processes, run diagnostic tests, and repair errors.
• Proficiency in providing clients with technical product and services support.
• Effective and clear verbal/written communications skills as well as negotiation, time management, organizational, project management, and presentation skills.
• Analytical ability and great problem-solving skills
• Presentation skills and ability to convey product value.
• High-level organization skills and self-confidence to support sales efforts.

• Perform analyses of software applications and services.
• Ensure that product offerings and functionalities are aligned with consumer trends.
• Consult with management and sales teams on product development.
• Perform application installations, updates, and maintenance to include system optimization and trouble shooting.
• Train salespeople and customers on product specifications and service offerings.
• Evaluate system performance metrics and improve front-end functionality.
• Improve application functionality by incorporating client feedback.
• Review product specifications and analyze competitor behavior.
• Perform diagnostic tests and resolve errors.
• Prepare and give technical presentations to explain to customers how our products work.

Whether you are just getting started or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package to include generous compensation based on market standards, healthcare, wellness, adoption assistance, discounted stock purchase, career development and recognition programs. Some of our superior benefits include parental (maternal and paternal) leave, 401K retirement contribution match at 7%, educational assistance (tuition reimbursement), Short-term Disability (STD), paid holidays, paid vacation, and paid employee referral award.

We appreciate diverse skills/experience and yours could add immense value to our team. Our customers have varied backgrounds and so do our employees. If you are excited about leaving your footprint on our technical customer-centric solutions while increasing sales, we would love to hear from you.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, and genetic information. If you require an accommodation to complete the application or interview process, please contact us by email at reasonableaccommodation@saft.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Saft is a global battery company like no other! Our long experience and pioneering spirit, combined with our unique industrial approach, puts us in a leading position to meet the needs of the most demanding customers.  Our batteries and battery systems make a different in every market sector they serve.

Established in 19 countries and supported by our 16 production sites, Saft has more than 4,300 employees around the world and more than 3,000 customers across a range of industries. 

Since 2016, Saft is a wholly owned subsidiary of TotalEnergies, a global integrated energy company that produces and markets various forms of energy, including oil, biofuels, natural gas, green gases, renewables, and electricity. With 100,000 employees, TotalEnergies is committed to provide reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy to as many people as possible.  The company operates in approximately 120 countries and places sustainability at the core of its strategy, projects, and operations.