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Contract Smart Factory Sales Engineer

TRUMPF

Farmington, Connecticut

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Bridge Building, Communication Skills, Contract Manufacturing, Cost Estimates, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Electronics, Engineering Drawing, Feasibility Analysis, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, High Tech Industry, Lean Manufacturing, Machine Tool, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing/Industrial Processes, Metal Manufacturing, Multitasking, Painting (Facilities and Maintenance), Pre-Sales, Pricing, Project/Program Management, Proposal Development, Regional Sales, Request for Proposals (RFP), SAP, Sales, Sales Support, Sales/Support Engineering (SE), Sheet Metal Design, Software Administration, Statement of Work (SOW), Supply Chain, Technical Analysis, Technical Writing, Time Management, Welding
LOCATION
Farmington, Connecticut
POSTED
6 days ago

As a family-run, high-tech company with nearly 19,000 employees at 71 locations worldwide, we are looking for forward thinkers with unconventional ideas and drive to join our team. Our company culture, which values collaboration and mutual trust, creates the ideal framework for boldly trying new things and questioning the status quo. Our technologies inspire people to develop and produce things that are currently unimaginable. Whether lasers, machine tools, EUV or electronics - TRUMPF is building technological worlds for future generations. Are you ready for new challenges?

TRUMPF is seeking an experienced Contract Smart Factory Sales Engineer to serve as the technical bridge between our Machine Tool & TruServices sales teams and TRUMPF’s sheet metal fabrication operations here in Farmington Connecticut.

In this role, you will support sales by providing sales engineering expertise, developing accurate cost estimates, and ensuring customer requirements can be successfully executed in the TRUMPF Smart Factory.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with the Machine Tool & TruServices, Regional sales teams, and sales representatives to evaluate customer RFQs (Requests for Quote), assess technical feasibility, and develop competitive proposals
  • Translate customer specifications and drawings into Smart Factory solutions, identifying any Design for Sheet metal fabrication concerns early in the process
  • Prepare detailed cost estimates including materials, labor, tooling, and overhead for Smart Factory Solutions
  • Conduct on-site and virtual customer meetings to present Smart Factory solutions and address engineering questions during the pre-sale phase
  • Collaborate with production, quality, and supply chain teams to validate lead times and capacity commitments made in proposals
  • Review and redline customer contracts, statements of work, and technical specifications to ensure alignment with manufacturing capabilities
  • Support order handoff to engineering and production teams, ensuring a smooth transition from sale to fulfillment
  • Maintain and update quoting tools, pricing templates, and technical documentation

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering (or equivalent experience)
  • 2+ years of experience in a sheet metal fabrication environment, with exposure to sales engineering or estimating
  • Proficiency reading and interpreting engineering drawings, GD&T, and technical specifications
  • Hands-on knowledge of sheet metal manufacturing processes such as laser cutting, punching, forming, bending, welding, and painting
  • Strong cost estimating and quoting experience
  • Excellent communication skills — able to translate technical concepts for both engineering and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with ERP/MRP systems (SAP)
  • Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing principles
  • Prior experience in a contract manufacturing or job-shop environment
  • Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects under tight deadlines

TRUMPF Inc. endeavors to make TRUMPF careers pages accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance in completing the applications process, please contact our HR department at 860.255.6000 or at

HRgeneral@us.trumpf.com

. This contact information is for accommodation requests only and can not be used to inquire about the status of application.

About the Company

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TRUMPF

"Trusting in brave ideas" - this is our promise to everyone who works for us. As a family business, we decide long-term and provide our people with the trust and stability needed to bring their ideas to fruition, even the unconventional ones. Being a market and technology leader in machine tools and lasers, we courageously shape the networked manufacturing of tomorrow, meeting every challenge with bold, fresh thinking.

We offer our customers innovative, high-quality products as well as solutions to their problems in the areas of sheet metal processing, laser-based production processes, electronic applications and hospital equipment. TRUMPF is a leading global high-technology company and produces machine tools, lasers and electronics for industrial applications. Our technologies are used in the manufacture of the most diverse products, from vehicles, building technology and mobile devices to state-of-the-art power and data storage. As an independent, family-owned company we think and act long-term, and this is why we have been a guarantor of innovations for many decades now.

COMPANY SIZE
1,000 to 1,499 employees
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing - Other
FOUNDED
1923
WEBSITE
https://www.trumpf.com/en_US/careers/