Sales Application Engineer

Freudenberg Group • Plymouth, MI

17d • $100,000 - $130,000 • Onsite

About The Position

This role focuses on building strong customer relationships, understanding their challenges, and developing technical solutions to create long-term value. The Sales Application Engineer will partner with sales teams to identify growth opportunities, support business development, and win new business. They will act as a trusted technical advisor, presenting product capabilities, application recommendations, and solution proposals. Collaboration with various internal teams (engineering, quality, operations, commercial) is key to delivering customer-focused solutions from concept to production launch. The role involves investigating technical challenges, analyzing root causes, and driving solutions to enhance customer satisfaction. Supporting customer visits, technical reviews, product demonstrations, and application discussions, both virtually and onsite, is also a core responsibility. Continuous learning about new products, technologies, and industry trends, while identifying opportunities for innovation and business growth, is expected.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Electrical, Industrial, or related field) or equivalent technical experience.
• Strong technical aptitude with the ability to quickly learn new products, applications, and technologies.
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with a genuine interest in working directly with customers.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership of projects and driving results with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability and curiosity to investigate challenges and develop practical solutions.
• Interest or experience in customer-facing engineering, technical sales, applications engineering, manufacturing, or product development environments.
• Willingness to travel domestically to support customers and business development activities.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with customers to understand their challenges and develop technical solutions that create long-term value.
• Partner with sales teams to identify growth opportunities, support business development efforts, and help win new business.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor by presenting product capabilities, application recommendations, and solution proposals to customers.
• Collaborate with engineering, quality, operations, and commercial teams to deliver customer-focused solutions from concept through production launch.
• Investigate technical challenges, analyze root causes, and drive effective solutions that strengthen customer satisfaction.
• Support customer visits, technical reviews, product demonstrations, and application discussions both virtually and onsite.
• Continuously learn new products, technologies, and industry trends while identifying opportunities for innovation and business growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level