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Sales Engineer

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
  • 3+ years of experience in mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, applications engineering, or technical pre-sales.
  • Strong ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, and customer requirements.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical intake for new business opportunities, serving as the primary engineering point of contact for BD.
  • Facilitate kickoff meetings for new projects, ensuring alignment on scope, assumptions, risks, and delivery requirements.
  • Review customer drawings, specifications, and requirements to assess feasibility, complexity, and risk.
  • Develop clear, structured cost summaries and supporting documentation for new project pricing.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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GTI Fabrication

Modular & Prefabricated Construction

GTI is a U.S.-based, full-service contract manufacturer that brings products to life for the world's leading innovators. What began in 2015 with the fabrication of a single shipping container in a Buffalo parking lot has grown into a rapidly expanding manufacturing enterprise with more than 800,000 square feet of production space across Buffalo, NY; Phoenix and Goodyear, AZ; and a joint venture in Monterrey, Mexico. GTI has evolved from a small startup, into a trusted manufacturing partner serving some of the world's fastest-growing and most critical industries. As the company continues to invest in new capabilities, facilities, technology, and talent, GTI remains focused on its mission of helping customers scale innovative products with precision, urgency, and confidence. GTI specializes in complex, high-volume manufacturing for critical infrastructure industries, offering vertically integrated capabilities that span engineering and design, prototyping and new product introduction, metal fabrication, skid and enclosure manufacturing, mechanical and electrical integration, battery installation, assembly, supply chain solutions, and end-of-line testing. Serving markets including energy storage, defense, data center infrastructure, HVAC, structural steel fabrication, and TAA/BAA-compliant ISO shipping containers, GTI helps customers scale from concept to production with speed, precision, and uncompromising quality. At the core of GTI's success is a culture built on safety, quality, customer obsession, speed, and agility. Guided by the belief that Together We Win, GTI empowers its teams to take ownership, honor commitments, communicate with clarity, and continuously solve challenges on behalf of customers. By combining advanced manufacturing capabilities with a highly accountable, people-first culture, GTI enables innovation at scale while developing the next generation of manufacturing, engineering, and operations leaders.

Company details

IndustryModular & Prefabricated Construction
Company size501 - 1000

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Job description

GTI is a contract manufacturing partner supporting customers in renewable energy, power generation, infrastructure, and industrial systems.   We fabricate custom designed, purpose-built enclosures and skids for our customers and perform mechanical and electrical integration in-house, delivering a true turn-key product to our customers. Our scope spans Engineering, prototype builds, through full production, requiring teams that can move fast, adapt, and execute with precision.   GTI Values: Safety I Quality I Customer Obsession I Speed I Agility 

Position Overview

GTI Energy is seeking a Sales Engineer with a Mechanical Engineering background to serve as the technical front line for new business opportunities. This role sits within the Business Development team and acts as the primary technical owner during project intake, scoping, feasibility evaluation, and pricing development.

This individual functions as a pre-sales engineer allocated to BD, bridging customer requirements, internal engineering teams, and commercial strategy to ensure new projects are accurately scoped, technically viable, and competitively priced.


Responsibilities

Project Intake & Technical Scoping

  • Lead technical intake for new business opportunities, serving as the primary engineering point of contact for BD.

  • Facilitate kickoff meetings for new projects, ensuring alignment on scope, assumptions, risks, and delivery requirements.

  • Review customer drawings, specifications, and requirements to assess feasibility, complexity, and risk.

  • Document and communicate estimating assumptions, technical clarifications, exclusions, and open items required from customers.

  • Partner with NPI and Engineering teams to evaluate prototype concepts, change requests, and early production feasibility.

  • Identify technical risks, cost drivers, and manufacturability considerations early in the sales cycle.

  • Proposal Development & Pricing Support

    • Develop clear, structured cost summaries and supporting documentation for new project pricing.

    • Support Business Development in packaging final proposals, ensuring technical completeness and commercial accuracy.

    • Translate engineering requirements into pricing inputs aligned with GTI’s manufacturing capabilities.

    • Maintain and continuously improve standardized templates, tools, and workflows used for estimating and proposal development.

    • Ensure scope clarity between customer requirements and internal deliverables prior to contract award.

    • Cross-Functional Collaboration

      • Act as a liaison between Business Development, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Quality during the pre-award phase.

      • Support internal handoff from sales to execution teams following project award to ensure scope continuity.

      • Contribute to lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives related to estimating accuracy and project scoping.


Requirements

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.

  • 3+ years of experience in mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, applications engineering, or technical pre-sales.

  • Strong ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, and customer requirements.

  • Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and commercial teams.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and standard engineering documentation tools.

  • Preferred Qualifications

    • Experience supporting sales, estimating, or proposal development in a manufacturing or fabrication environment.

    • Exposure to modular construction, industrial fabrication, or engineered-to-order products.

    • Familiarity with NPI processes, cost modeling, or early-phase project feasibility analysis.

    • Experience standardizing processes, templates, or technical workflows.


Benefits and Perks

GTI Fabrication offers a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support employees and their families while providing long-term career growth opportunities within a fast-growing manufacturing organization. Benefits may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• 401(k) with company match (where applicable)

• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays

• Sick time in accordance with state and local requirements

• Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage

• Career advancement opportunities within a rapidly growing organization

• Exposure to advanced manufacturing, modular infrastructure, and large-scale industrial projects

• Collaborative, fast-paced environment with strong operational and engineering leadership

• Employee-focused culture centered on safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement

Benefits eligibility and offerings may vary based on position, location, and employment classification.

Perks & Benefits

GTI offers a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support employees and their families while providing long-term career growth opportunities within a fast-growing manufacturing organization. Benefits may include:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company match (where applicable)
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays
  • Sick time in accordance with state and local requirements
  • Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
  • Career advancement opportunities within a rapidly growing organization
  • Exposure to advanced manufacturing, modular infrastructure, and large-scale industrial projects
  • Collaborative, fast-paced environment with strong operational and engineering leadership
  • Employee-focused culture centered on safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement

Benefits eligibility and offerings may vary based on position, location, and employment classification.

GTI promotes a diverse and inclusive workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other Federal or State legally-protected classes. We also value the safety of all employees and work hard to maintain a Drug Free Workplace.

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