Junior Sales Engineer (m/f/d) – International Markets

Your entry into technical sales for international high-tech applications.

Do you have a technical, scientific or business background and would you like to combine technology, customer contact and commercial thinking?

Then we offer you the ideal entry point into international technical sales.

As a Junior Sales Engineer (m/f/d), you will get to know our technologies and products from the ground up and develop step by step into an independent contact person for national and international customers.

One possible focus of your further development lies in the North American market. Given the right development and mutual interest, there is the prospect of taking on responsibility for customers and business development in the USA – including longer stays or, at a later stage, a role on site.

About us

For more than 30 years, piezosystem jena has been developing and manufacturing high-precision piezo actuators, positioning systems and high-performance drive electronics.

Our solutions are used wherever motion has to be delivered with the utmost precision, speed and force – among others in the semiconductor industry, photonics and optics, aerospace, research and industrial automation.

In doing so, we work together with international technology companies, OEM customers, research institutes and universities.

Many of our applications do not come from a standard catalogue. Together with our customers, we develop the technically and commercially appropriate solution for their particular application.

Your Chance

You will join an experienced sales team and receive structured onboarding covering our products, technologies and applications.

From day one you will work on real customer projects. You will analyse technical requirements, select suitable solutions, prepare quotations and support projects together with sales, engineering and production.

As your experience grows, you will take on your own customers, projects and markets.

You will also have the opportunity to work your way into international markets in a targeted manner. For our North American market in particular, we want to build up additional technical sales expertise over the long term.

For suitable candidates, this can open up a special international development perspective.

Your Tasks

• Technical and commercial consulting for national and international customers
• Analysing customer requirements and selecting suitable products and solutions
• Handling customer enquiries as well as preparing and following up on quotations
• Supporting customer projects from first contact through to the order
• Working with engineering and production on customer-specific requirements
• Looking after existing customers and identifying new business opportunities
• Supporting the active development of international markets, especially North America
• Supporting customer meetings, product presentations and trade fairs
• Documenting and maintaining customer, project and sales information in the CRM and ERP system
• Taking on independent responsibility for customers, projects and sales territories as your experience grows

  Your Profile

  • Completed university degree in a technical, scientific or business discipline, for example mechanical engineering, mechatronics, electrical engineering, physics, industrial engineering, business administration or a comparable field
  • Strong interest in technical contexts and high‑tech products
  • Enjoyment of customer contact, sales and the development of new business opportunities
  • Analytical thinking and the ability to connect technical and commercial requirements
  • Strong communication skills and a dependable manner
  • Enjoyment in conveying complex matters clearly and convincingly
  • Independent, structured and goal‑oriented way of working
  • Entrepreneurial and customer‑oriented thinking
  • Very good German and English language skills
  • Willingness to travel nationally and internationally
  • Interest in international markets and openness to a future role abroad, particularly in the USA

  Initial professional experience in technical sales is an advantage, but not a requirement.

  Your field of study alone is not the decisive factor for us. We are looking for people with curiosity, technical interest, a willingness to learn, analytical thinking and enjoyment in developing solutions together with customers.

  What we offer

  • An exciting entry into the international technical sales of a high‑tech company
  • Structured onboarding in piezo technology, precision positioning and our products
  • Direct contact with international technology companies and research institutions
  • Customer projects in future markets such as semiconductor technology, photonics, precision metrology and aerospace
  • Close collaboration with engineering and production at our Jena site
  • The opportunity to gradually take over international markets and customers
  • A special development perspective for the North American market
  • The prospect of longer stays or a role in the USA
  • Plenty of scope to shape things and short decision‑making paths
  • Direct collaboration with experienced colleagues and management
  • A development path towards independent Sales Engineer, Key Account Manager or Business Development Manager
  • Attractive, performance‑based compensation
  • A collegial team and an open company culture

  Interested?

  If you want to do more than develop or analyse technical innovation – if you want to turn it into concrete applications and projects together with customers, and are interested in an international career in technical sales – we look forward to meeting you.

  One of Germany’s top SME employers!

  “Please feel free to contact us directly if you have any questions regarding the position and our company.“

  What we do

  piezosystem jena is a global developer and manufacturer of high precision and force actuation systems. Over the last 30 years we have worked with leading OEMs in the semiconductor, photonics, metrology, aerospace, and automotive industries. Almost every technical device contains microtechnology manufactured with a piezo element. In the high-tech industry, the integration of mechanics and software is required through high‑precision movements without time delay. This is where piezo technology stands out as the technology of the future. Our team are experts in motion and mechanics, and we share this passion with our customers.