Technical Sales Engineer – Composites Manufacturing

What You'll Do

• Evaluate incoming RFQs for composite parts and tooling
• Perform high-level DFM reviews and provide customers with manufacturability feedback early in the quoting process
• Review all customer provided documentation (including quality manuals and other contract requirements) for the purpose of providing an accurate quotation.
• Develop project estimates including materials, tooling, labor, manufacturing methods, quality requirements, and lead times
• Create high- level tooling designs for the purpose of providing a cost and lead time estimate
• Collaborate with customers to iterate on technical requirements, timelines, and scope
• Create project handover documents for accepted quotes. Provide all high-level designs, estimating assumptions, contract requirements, and other notables required for a clean handoff to manufacturing team for project execution
• Partner closely with manufacturing, operations, quality, and engineering teams to ensure smooth project handoff
• Help develop scalable estimating systems, costing frameworks, and internal software tools as Layup grows
• Work with Layup Parts' software team to provide estimating rules that are integrated into company-made software
• Position may require extended hours or weekend work

What We're Looking For

• Be awesome! Be the person you want to work with.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, or motorsport industries
• Strong understanding of composite part manufacturing processes and tooling methodologies
• Excellent written, verbal, and group communication skills
• Comfortable communicating with customers and external stakeholders
• Capable of thoroughly documenting your work for others to understand
• Excellent time management and multitasking skills; addresses all work with sense of urgency
• Experience in startups or small teams in fast-paced and quickly changing environments that have little to no established systems or structure

Preferred

• Prior experience as an estimator in manufacturing environments
• Familiarity with standard aerospace quality requirements along with AS9100 basics
• Comfortable reviewing quality manuals and other contract documents; able to translate requirements into cost adjustments while quoting
• Excited by the prospect of 2x or 3x sales growth, with the multi-facility and multi-state growth