Senior Sales Engineer, Europe

Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Mid-level · 3+ years

Job description

Pre-sales sales engineer for Dedrone by Axon, providing technical support and presentations for smart airspace security solutions across Europe. The role is remote with up to 50% travel.

At a glance

Employment
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Languages
German – fluent, English – fluent

What you'll do

  • Achieve mastery of all Dedrone technology
  • Use exceptional written and oral communication skills to lead business and technical presentations effectively
  • Have technical conversations with IT departments, including CIOs, as well as channel partner leadership and technical stakeholders
  • Set and manage expectations with customers and team members
  • Provide 1st-level technical support throughout the pre-sales cycle for opportunities
  • Remain organized and focused on removing sales obstacles through creativity and adaptation to rapidly changing circumstances
  • Develop relationships with key partners for growth within their customer base
  • Provide professional responses to customer RFPs / RFIs
  • Effectively position the technology against competitive offerings
  • Represent the products, company values, and brand to customers and at field events such as industry and user conferences, tech summits, etc.
  • Take ownership of the POC/Pilot process: coordinate logistics across all stakeholders, assess customer requirements/objectives, and tailor POC tests and findings accordingly; assist prospects with initial configuration and orientation
  • Improve or develop technical documentation to ease understanding and customer or channel usage of products and services
  • Capture requested features and provide feedback to Product Management, Sales, Development, Support, Engineering and Marketing teams
  • Develop Statements of Work (SOW) for Professional Services necessary for binding quote
  • Perform other duties and projects as assigned

What we're looking for

  • Willingness to travel up to 50%
  • Fluent German & English
  • Good understanding of Networking (IP/ Arp/ DNS/ Dhcp/SNMP/ PoE/ Ethernet/ IEEE802.11), Linux
  • Associates degree in Engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent field), or 5+ years relevant experience
  • 3-5 years customer facing pre-sales or consulting background required
  • Experience selling SaaS based solutions
  • Intellectual curiosity, humility, accountability and positive approach
  • Basic knowledge or curiosity of security, IPsec, InfoSec, hacking and exploitation tools and methodologies
  • Basic knowledge of computer hardware, operating systems, and storage devices
  • Ability to work independently with substantial latitude for action and decision making while maintaining focus on achieving optimal outcomes as part of a collaborative development effort
  • Strong presentation skills and presence, technical acumen, ability to simplify the complex, ability to work cross-functionally
  • Experience developing Statements of Work (SOW) or similar documents

Nice to have

  • Basic understanding of Drone / Counter Drone technology, desirable experience in flying

Your team

Dedrone, by Axon

Dedrone is the world's most trusted smart airspace security company, providing a command and control (C2) solution to protect against drone threats.

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About Axon

Protect Life

Axon is on a mission to Protect Life, pursuing society's most critical safety and justice issues with an ecosystem of devices and cloud software.

Key facts

  • Dedrone, by Axon is the world's most trusted smart airspace security company
  • Hundreds of commercial, government and military customers around the world rely on Dedrone's C2 solution
  • Dedrone leverages AI/ML for continuous, autonomous interrogation and verification of drones

What they value

  • Candor and care
  • Diversity
  • Inclusion
  • Ownership