Sales Engineer

Standard Nuclear•Oak Ridge, TN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Standard Nuclear is fueling America's nuclear renaissance by delivering essential building blocks of nuclear power. The Sales Engineer supports the company's commercial activities by translating customer requirements into technically sound proposals, quotations, statements of work, and other commercial deliverables. The role collaborates with Commercial, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain to develop customer solutions aligned with technical capabilities, manufacturing requirements, and business objectives. This individual contributor supports commercial opportunities from initial customer engagement through technical evaluation, proposal development and submission, and handoff into execution. The Sales Engineer helps define technical scope, coordinate pricing and schedule inputs, identify risks, and ensure customer commitments are clearly documented and achievable. The role calls for technical knowledge, commercial judgment, strong organization, and the ability to work directly with customers and internal technical teams while independently managing multiple requests and deliverables. The position is based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It is primarily office-based, with possible time in manufacturing, technical, or controlled environments to understand manufacturing capabilities, evaluate technical requirements, or coordinate proposals. Occasional travel may be required for customer meetings, technical discussions, and commercial activities. Reasonable accommodation will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Applicants must meet applicable U.S. Government export-control eligibility requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical, Chemical, Nuclear, Materials, or a related technical discipline.
3–6 years of experience in sales engineering, applications engineering, technical proposals, engineering, commercial operations, or a related technical-commercial role.
Ability to understand complex technical products, manufacturing processes, and engineering requirements.
Experience developing technical proposals, quotations, statements of work, cost estimates, or customer-facing technical documentation.
Experience working with engineering, manufacturing, and commercial teams to evaluate technical scope and customer requirements.
Ability to interpret engineering specifications, technical drawings, manufacturing capabilities, and project requirements.
Understanding of technical cost estimating, pricing inputs, schedules, and commercial proposal development.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple proposals, customer requests, and deadlines simultaneously.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including explaining technical information to technical and nontechnical audiences.
Experience supporting customer meetings, technical presentations, and commercial discussions.
Familiarity with CRM systems, proposal management tools, and Microsoft Office applications.
Strong attention to detail and ability to independently identify technical risks, scope gaps, and unresolved requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience in nuclear, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, defense, energy, or another highly technical or regulated industry.
Familiarity with nuclear fuel manufacturing, materials processing, or related industrial processes.

Responsibilities

Develop and coordinate technical proposals, quotations, statements of work, and responses to customer requests.
Review customer specifications, technical requirements, and commercial expectations to develop accurate proposal content.
Prepare technical descriptions, scope summaries, schedules, assumptions, and supporting documentation for customer submissions.
Coordinate internal proposal inputs, reviews, and approvals to meet customer deadlines.
Track assigned opportunities, proposal status, customer requirements, and outstanding deliverables.
Partner with Engineering and Operations to define technical scope, assumptions, deliverables, schedules, and resource requirements.
Translate complex technical inputs into clear, customer-facing proposals and commercial documentation.
Identify missing requirements, conflicting assumptions, scope gaps, technical risks, and unresolved issues.
Work with technical teams to evaluate manufacturing capabilities, technical feasibility, and proposed solutions.
Support handoff of awarded work into execution by communicating scope, technical requirements, schedules, and customer commitments.
Coordinate with Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, and Commercial leadership to develop cost estimates and pricing inputs.
Support development of pricing structures, commercial assumptions, and proposal economics.
Assist with change proposals, contract modifications, amendments, and other commercial documentation.
Participate in customer and internal discussions about technical scope, pricing, schedules, and commercial terms.
Identify opportunities to improve estimating accuracy, pricing consistency, and proposal development efficiency.
Maintain accurate opportunity, proposal, and customer information in CRM and commercial tracking systems.
Track proposal schedules, customer actions, outstanding requirements, and internal commitments.
Support improvements to proposal templates, estimating tools, approval workflows, and commercial documentation standards.
Assist with reporting on proposal activity, turnaround times, customer opportunities, and commercial performance.
Improve coordination, consistency, and efficiency across technical and commercial processes.
Serve as a technical point of contact for assigned customer inquiries, proposal discussions, and commercial opportunities.
Support customer meetings, technical presentations, proposal reviews, and commercial discussions.
Work with Commercial leadership to advance opportunities, address customer questions, and coordinate follow-up activities.
Prepare technical presentations, proposal summaries, and supporting materials for customer and leadership review.
Support commercial and government proposal efforts, including technical documentation and customer deliverables.