Sr Sales Engineer - Magnetics/Transformer Components

Senior Sales Engineer – Magnetics - Remote

Location: United States

Engagement: Full-time, Direct

Travel: Customer visits; limited international travel (2× per year) 10%-20%

Job Description:

Our client, a global manufacturer of Magnetics Components, is seeking an experienced Senior Sales Engineer with strong expertise in Magnetics/Transformers to support their OEM/Tier1 customer base and serve as the technical bridge between customers, the U.S. sales organization, and engineering/manufacturing teams overseas.

This position is critical to maintaining fast, accurate customer communication and enabling the client’s ability to win and support custom relay-based solutions. You will play a key role in early-stage project engagement and solution definition.

Key Responsibilities:

Customer Application Support (Primary Focus):

• · Serve as the technical interface between customers and internal teams.
• · Understand application requirements, technical constraints, and customer performance targets
• · Recommend appropriate Magnetics solutions, including modifications to standard products
• · Provide rapid technical responses to maintain competitive advantage during new project cycles.
• · Troubleshoot integration issues and guide customers through design-in processes.

Engineering Collaboration:

• · Work closely with engineering and manufacturing teams in China to evaluate feasibility, relay specifications, and design adjustments.
• · Interpret customer requirements into clear technical documents or drawings for overseas teams.
• · Ensure solutions meet compliance, reliability, and performance requirements.

Sales + Customer Partnership:

• · Support U.S. sales and GM teams with technical insight during customer discovery and proposal stages.
• · Participate in early-stage customer meetings to accelerate opportunity qualification.
• · Maintain strong relationships with engineering teams at OEMs and Tier1 suppliers.

Internal Impact:

• · Reduce engineering response bottlenecks by taking ownership of technical communication.
• · Improve the overall customer experience through fast, accurate technical engagement.
• · Provide feedback from the U.S. market to influence product direction where appropriate.

Must Have:

• · Strong Magnetics/Transformer knowledge on a component level — including applications across industrial verticals.
• · 10+ years of experience as a Sales Engineer, Applications Engineer, or similar customer-facing technical role.
• · Background at a distributor (Future Electronics, Arrow, Avnet, TTI, Master Electronics) or a relay-heavy OEM.
• · Ability to bridge customer needs with manufacturing constraints.
• · Excellent communication skills; comfortable interfacing with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• · Ability to work onsite as needed for effective collaboration with sales and leadership.

Education: BSEE or similar

Preferred Experience:

• · Familiarity with related electromechanical components like magnetics and connectors.
• · Experience supporting custom or semi-custom component solutions.
• · Exposure to international engineering/manufacturing teams (especially China/Vietnam).