Sales Engineer - PreSalesBurbank, CA, USA * Phoenix, AZ, USA * Portland, OR, USA * Reno, NV, USA * Seattle, WA, USA * West Coast, USAReq #3292Tuesday, January 9, 2024What part will you play?The Sales Engineer (SE) will collaborate with Account Executives and provide the technical expertise during the pre-sales process for opportunity types such as Request for Proposal (RFP), Design-Build, and Design Consulting. The SE will be responsible for completion of all technical deliverables required for each opportunity including, but not limited to, complete bill of materials with pricing, labor estimate, and scope of work. The SE will be expected to accompany Account Executives to in-person and virtual Customer meetings as needed.For Design-Build and Design Consulting opportunities, the SE will collaborate with Account Executives to determine and understand our Customers existing workflows, business/operational needs, and technology/collaboration strategy in order to design solutions that best meet their functional requirements now and into the foreseeable future with focus on end user experience.** This position will requires you to live on the West Coast.What will you be doing?Establish and maintain positive and effective lines of communication with Account Executives and our Customers.Attend in-person and/or virtual discovery meetings to identify our Customers technology and business requirements.Attend site surveys when necessary to obtain design space details.Ability to conceptualize, define, and explain our technology solutions to Customers with varying levels of technical expertise.Validate solutions for standard RFP/RFQ and Consultant Design-Bid-Build opportunities.Review RFPs in detail and identify areas of concerns for review by Account Executive or Director of Sales Engineering.Submit technical RFIs during bid process as needed.Review architectural, electrical, and mechanical documentation related to infrastructure and equipment installation requirements.Provide consistent quality deliverables to the Account Executives to be included in proposals:Detailed Equipment Bill of Materials with PricingMiscellaneous Materials EstimateDetailed Labor EstimateTechnical Scope of Work/Bid Response/Functional Summary (as applicable)Provide plan markups in Bluebeam and/or CAD to specify/coordinate infrastructure requirements for Architect/Customer and for internal handoff to Design Engineer after contract award.Participate in internal kick-off meetings with the assigned Project Team after contract award and provide knowledge transfer to assigned Design Engineer.Maintain communication with Design Engineer and review Drawing Package submittals prior to system implementation to ensure design intent is met and discuss issues/changes/etc.Participate in vendor product demonstrations/trainings in local office and/or remotely when hosted in other territory office locations.Maintain relationship with manufacturer representatives and vendor partners.Complexity:The SE will receive new Engineering Support Request assignments through the Sales Support Group which consists of non-technical and technical personnel that will work as a team to support the Account Executives on larger opportunities. For multi-million-dollar opportunities, an additional SE or Subject Matter Expert (SME) may be requested to join the team in order to formalize a complete and thorough bid response. The SE will also maintain communication with Technical Operations to ensure specified equipment and solutions designed are supported.Decision Making Authority:The SE is responsible for specifying the equipment and services required for a complete solution. The SE is encouraged to recommend strategies for differentiati