Overview
On Site
$80,000 - $100,000
Full Time
Skills
sales
Engineer
Proposal Writing
Data Compression
Customer Facing
Cost Accounting
Inside Sales
Program Management
Job Details
Job Responsibilities:
- Leads the technical response to customer Requests for Proposal (RFPs), Requests for Quotation (RFQs), and related inquiries.
- Acts as customer-facing expert in molded composites, including compression molding and bladder molding.
- Adheres to established quoting and costing methodologies to ensure precision and consistency in technical proposals and estimates.
- Estimates cycle times, material yields, and scrap factors associated with prepreg composite components and structures.
- Reviews ply books, part drawings, and process specs to ensure manufacturability in thermoforming or thermoset press environments
- Acts as a primary technical advisor for high-value clients, offering expert guidance and solutions tailored to their complex needs.
- Supports outside sales initiatives and aids in coordinating technical aspects of inside sales activities, enhancing the technical accuracy of sales communications.
- Works closely with Program Management, engineering, quality, and production to scope solutions, estimate cost and lead time, and support customers through the quoting and pre-production phases.
Job Qualifications:
- Able to conduct technical discovery conversations with engineers, buyers, and program managers to identify manufacturable solutions
- Skilled at presenting and explaining technical tradeoffs (cost vs. performance, cycle time vs. tooling complexity)
- Capable of negotiating pricing and scope boundaries without compromising technical integrity or operational feasibility
- In-depth understanding of prepreg composite materials, including handling requirements, shelf life, cure cycles, and debulking processes
- Strong knowledge of compression, bladder, open, and press molding techniques for thermoset composite structures
- Ability to read and interpret complex engineering drawings, GD&T, ply books, and specifications (including aerospace or defense standards)
- Familiarity with tooling design principles, including material selection, mold parting lines, thermal expansion, and bladder integration
- Working knowledge of common composite failure modes, structural performance tradeoffs, and QA/QC methods (voids, porosity, FOD).
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