Job Description

Applications Sales Engineer | Aerospace, Space & Rad-Hard Electronics

Are you an electronics engineer who thrives at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and customer engagement? This is a rare opportunity to join a well-established, growing company serving the space, aerospace, power, and high-reliability electronics markets -- and to do it on a fast track to senior leadership.

The person who lands this role won't just be filling a seat. They'll be the technical face of the company to some of the most innovative programs in the industry, and leadership has made clear: this position is built for someone they expect to promote within a year.

About the Role

As an Applications Sales Engineer, you'll serve as the critical link between customers, engineering, and sales. You'll combine deep technical knowledge in electronics, aerospace/space systems, and radiation-hardened (rad-hard) technologies with the relationship-building skills to drive real business growth.

What You'll Be Doing

• Serve as the primary technical interface for customers across pre-sales and post-sales activities
• Develop and present technical solutions, proposals, and product configurations tailored to customer requirements
• Lead customer meetings, design reviews, and technical discussions for aerospace, space, and high-reliability electronics applications
• Translate customer needs into optimized product and system-level solutions
• Provide voice-of-customer feedback to engineering and product management to influence the product roadmap
• Support new product development from concept through production
• Collaborate across sales, marketing, engineering, and manufacturing to drive wins
• Evaluate competitive offerings and help define differentiation strategies

What You Bring

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field
• 6 to 8+ years of experience in applications engineering, systems engineering, or technical sales
• Strong background in electronics for aerospace, space, or defense applications
• Hands-on experience with radiation-hardened or radiation-tolerant components and systems
• Familiarity with power architectures, electronic subsystems, and embedded computing (SBCs, flight processors)
• Comfort in customer-facing environments with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly

Preferred:

• Experience supporting technical proposals and capture planning
• Exposure to space-qualified hardware qualifications and standards
• Prior experience working directly with aerospace primes or government contractors

Why This Role Stands Out

This company has a proven track record of growth, a full product suite, and deep relationships with major players in the space and aerospace markets. More importantly, this is not a role where you plateau. The path forward -- into senior technical leadership, business development, or business unit management -- is real and clearly defined. Leadership promotes from within and is actively looking for the next person to grow into that seat.

Salary and bonus structure have flexibility for the right candidate.

Location: San Diego, CA preferred; Long Island, NY considered