Sales Engineer, Enterprise Select

Summary

Join Samsara, a pioneer in the Connected Operations™ Cloud, and help define the future of physical operations. As a member of our sales team, you will become an expert on Samsara products, articulate their value to prospects, and deliver the work that gets deals done. Responsibilities include conducting demonstrations, value assessments, and proof-of-concept implementations. You will also act as a liaison between Samsara's product and sales teams. This role requires a Bachelor's degree, 5 years of relevant experience, and strong technical sales acumen. Samsara offers a competitive compensation package and a flexible working model.

Requirements

• Bachelors’ of Science degree from a 4 year accredited university
• 5 years experience working with customers in a pre-sales, customer success, or customer/product support capacity
• Possess the attitude and aptitude for continuous growth and development
• Ability to influence stakeholders based on your technical sales acumen and a solid understanding of business processes and change management
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Previous experience managing hardware and/or software product evaluations
• Basic understanding of electronics and electrical systems
• Experience with the following concepts: technical consulting, cloud software, cloud-connected hardware, computer networking, business systems integration, automation and control systems

Responsibilities

• Become an expert on Samsara products: where the rubber of cutting-edge tech (IoT, AI, computer vision) meets the road of driving digital transformation for physical operations
• Articulate to prospects how businesses like theirs use Samsara today to solve obstacles common to their industry
• Deliver the work that gets deals done.  Think discoveries, demonstrations, value assessments, proof of concept implementations, etc
• Walk installers through any scenario, explaining best practices for installing Samsara products and helping build deployment plans
• Write sample proof-of-concept scripts using our open API’s to solve real-world problems for companies that deliver essential services (for example), and document them for your fellow SE’s to use
• Open the door for deeper entrenchment into accounts (integration, upsell, cross sell) by becoming a consultant to your customers
• Act as a liaison between Samsara’s product and sales teams, translating technical feedback and enrolling the right customers in our beta programs
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s values and operating principles as we scale globally and across new office

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors’ of Science degree or advanced education in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline
• 8+ years enterprise experience working with customers in a pre-sales environment
• Understanding of vehicle diagnostic systems, including Controller Area Networks (CAN bus) and Power Take Off (PTO) applications
• Skilled in the art of identifying customer value - identifying on delivering what is most important to the customer and tuning out the noise
• Hobbyist interest in working with things driven by electronic systems (car audio installation/classic car restoration, home automation, building things with raspberry pi, arduino, etc.)
• Consistent track record of success selling complex technical solutions through strategic sales cycles
• Work experience in task automation scripting and transferring data between systems using Bash, Python, JavaScript, or equivalent language
• Work experience building solutions leveraging open APIs

Benefits

Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, Samsara for Good charity fund, and much, much more