Inside Sales Engineer

Eaton Corporation•Chandler, AZ

10d•$69,000 - $101,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Eaton’s North American Sales division is seeking an Inside Sales Engineer for its Mountain District team. This hybrid role is based in Chandler, Arizona, and focuses on residential power distribution solutions. The position serves as a technical and commercial resource supporting power distribution, power protection, and power equipment maintenance solutions. It combines technical support, quotations, project management, customer relationships, and sales across multiple customer market segments. The description also states that the position will support the Salt Lake City office. The Inside Sales Engineer supports management, outside sales engineers, and internal and external customers by addressing technical, service, and commercial issues. The role sells assigned product lines to targeted customers in a designated geography or industry, aiming to optimize sales volume, product mix, and profit margin. It provides technical product support to distributors and may take on other duties assigned by the Area Sales Manager. The position provides quotations and project management for power distribution, power protection, and equipment maintenance solutions, from complex custom industrial and commercial assemblies to residential components. Customer segments include commercial construction, industrial, machinery OEMs, panel builders and electrical OEMs, residential, and utility customers. The role involves interpreting plans and specifications, preparing timely quotations and technical support, coordinating with customers, warehouses, and plants to resolve issues, and identifying sales opportunities and following up to secure orders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
At least one year of work experience.
Electrical experience with low- to medium-voltage systems.
Commercial experience.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
Eaton does not provide employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position, including CPT, OPT, STEM OPT, or specified visa and immigration pathways.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
Experience or exposure to a manufacturing organization.
Sales and/or marketing experience.

Responsibilities

Support management, outside sales engineers, and internal and external customers with technical, service, and commercial issues.
Close orders using developed selling skills and technical knowledge, and position Eaton Electrical favorably in the market and with customers.
Provide technical knowledge about products and services; negotiate and price industrial and construction projects.
Sell assigned product lines to targeted customers in a designated geography or industry to optimize sales volume, product mix, and profit margin.
Provide technical product support to distributors and perform other duties assigned by the Area Sales Manager.
Interpret customer needs in plans and specifications and determine the minimum bill of material, competitive price level, and shipment cycle for each negotiation.
Facilitate timely solutions to customer issues using available resources or creating procedures for resolution.
Coordinate warranty and non-warranty repairs and returns, including shipping issues and service requests.
Project-manage small to medium projects as needed.
Build and maintain commercial relationships with current and prospective internal and external customers through salesmanship, application engineering, product and customer-business knowledge, and knowledge of Eaton product-line sales strategies.
Provide accurate and timely plan and specification interpretation, quotations, and technical support.
Communicate with customers, warehouses, and plants to facilitate problem resolution.
Identify sales potential proactively and follow up to secure orders.