Company

Composites Manufacturing

TechnicalSalesEngineerCompositesManufacturing

$120–170k Huntington Beach, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Technical Sales Engineer – Composites Manufacturing. Skills: Sales, Estimating, Composites Manufacturing, Technical Sales. Evaluate incoming RFQs for composite parts and tooling. Perform high-level DFM reviews and provide customers with manufacturability feedback early in the quoting process”

What You'll Achieve.

Excited by the prospect of 2x or 3x sales growth, with the multi-facility and multi-state growth

Industry & Context.

Composites Manufacturing
Eligibility Requirements

Position may require extended hours or weekend work

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of relevant experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, or motorsport industries, 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, 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

Nice to Have

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, 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

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

manufacturing methods

Create high-level tooling designs for the purpose of providing a cost and lead time estimate

Collaborate with customers to iterate on technical requirements

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

Help develop scalable estimating systems

and internal software tools as Layup grows

Work with Layup Parts' software team to provide estimating rules that are integrated into company-made software

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner closely with manufacturing, operations, quality, and engineering teams to ensure smooth project handoff

Communication Scope

Excellent written, verbal, and group communication skills; Comfortable communicating with customers and external stakeholders

Full Job Description

## 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 en

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