Senior Sales Engineer, APAC

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Be part of a new era in communications, transforming connectivity with Eutelsat – the world’s first GEO-LEO integrated global satellite operator.

As a leader in satellite communications, we provide global connectivity solutions - connecting businesses, communities, and governments around the world. We can connect you at on land, at sea and in the air. We also deliver broadcast television channels and packages, transmitting vital news reports around the world. 

With Eutelsat You’ll Get To:

• Pioneer the future of Space Technology
• Bring connectivity to remote frontiers
• Collaborate with customer-centric experts
• Embrace cultural diversity in our global team

In a dynamic industry where passion drives our teams to make a difference to become the most trusted partner for global satellite connectivity, you will elevate your skills in a stretching, rewarding, and meaningful environment. At Eutelsat, we’re united by inclusion and diversity, striving for gender balance and social responsibility, on Earth and in Space.

Why Eutelsat?

• Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: With colleagues from over 75 countries, we embrace our global DNA and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace.
• Ways of Working That Drive Us: As "One Team," we work collaboratively towards shared goals, with customer-centricity, respect, and inclusivity as our guiding principles.
• Sustainability at Our Core: At Eutelsat Group, sustainability is more than just a word; it’s woven into our strategy. We’re dedicated to balancing social, environmental, and economic growth — both on Earth and in space.
• Work-Life Balance: We offer flexible schedules and hybrid/remote work options to help you balance your personal and professional life. At Eutelsat, we are committed to supporting your well-being and ensuring you have the flexibility you need to succeed both at work and at home.

Ready to grow with us? Apply today and help us build a more inclusive, sustainable future in the world of satellite technology.

What You’ll Do:

• As a Senior Sales Engineer at Eutelsat, you will play a key role in our business growth.
• Working as a specialist member of the customer-facing sales team you will understand our customers’ business needs and match them with a compelling Eutelsat service solution comprising elements from the Eutelsat product and services catalogue.
• You will use your broad engineering knowledge and consultative techniques to ensure that our distribution partners and customers provide the best possible solutions for their customers.
• This role is instrumental in our revenue growth, supporting the commercial team as they drive the growth of our business in the sector.
• Your role will include in-depth customer technical support, leading technical sales and demos, influencing market requirements, and driving sales.
• Our Sales Engineers are innovative, sharp, passionate, and professional. They enjoy collaborating with both our sales and product teams, backed up by our engineering teams, and interacting with our customers to understand their service needs and communicate this back to the organisation.
  
  

Responsibilities Include:

• Technical pre-sales support in promoting Eutelsat’s products to our customers (Distribution Partners and airlines) in the Aviation sector.
• Liaise with key target customers to influence the early stages of the sales cycle, qualify the prospect and to shape Eutelsat’s product and service offering
• Use extensive technical knowledge and analytical skills to address customer questions around capability, system performance, network integration, and competitive positioning etc.
• Operate as the technical expert and customer solutions engineer for Eutelsat products, services and wider technologies critical to our commercial team; keep current in this technology and become a thought leader and trusted consultant to the customer base
• Work closely  with the commercial team to ensure
• Drive the communication of the capabilities of the Eutelsat global network to prospective customers and assist in the capture of evolving market requirements to drive product development life cycles
• As part of a bid team provide logical, technically robust and commercially persuasive responses to formal and informal RFPs and RFIs
• Define and oversee customer demonstrations, including developing demonstrations of common customer use cases, and pre-service end-to end service trials
• Interface with key end-users to educate them about the key aspects of Eutelsat’s products and services

 What It Takes:

• Proven experience in providing robust technical advice and solutions to customers in the Aviation Sector
• Very good knowledge of aviation use cases and airline requirements – especially with respect to delivering solutions to those points
• Knowledge of communications networks, with experience and consideration for aviation adoption
• Strong OEM knowledge and understanding of linefit processes
• Strong retrofit (STC/SB) knowledge and experience
• Strong communication skills: ability to articulate technical material to both a technical and non-technical audience verbally and as a technical author
• Commercially astute; strong negotiation skill, and a proven ability to influence customer interactions and requirements in line with wider divisional/corporate goals
• Be a creative thinker and solution focused.

What We’d Love:

• BSc/BEng in a relevant technical degree or equivalent (Electrical/Electronic Engineering/ Telecommunications/Computer Sciences)
• The equivalent of 12 to 20 years’ experience in a relevant Sales Engineering position
• Understanding satellite communication and IP networking, any previous experience working with the satellite industry would be an advantage.
• Willing to travel internationally with cultural awareness, and the ability to build regional market knowledge and intelligence

Where You’ll Be: Singapore

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