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Technical Sales Engineer

INNOVA SEARCH
Ld54Th, United Kingdom
Last week
£55,000 – £65,000 pa

Salary

£55,000 – £65,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Remote
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Posted
21 May 2026 (Last week)

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays Enhanced pension contribution BUPA healthcare Company vehicle Fuel card Hotels and full expenses covered
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Technical Sales Engineer - Electronic Components

UK Wide / Remote

£55,000 - £65,000 DOE + Bonus + Vehicle + Excellent Benefits

A specialist high-reliability electronic components business is looking to recruit a technically strong Technical Sales Engineer to support customers across the UK.

This is not a generic sales role.

The position is heavily focused around technical support, design-in activity and working closely with engineering teams across technically demanding sectors including aerospace, defence, industrial, power electronics and advanced manufacturing.

The Role

You will work closely with existing customers and suppliers to support long-term projects, component selection, technical discussions and design-in opportunities across the UK market.

You will act as a technical resource for both customers and the wider sales team, supporting applications, qualification activity and customer development rather than purely transactional sales.

Key Responsibilities

  • Support customer design-in activity and long-term engineering programmes
  • Work closely with engineers, procurement and programme teams
  • Provide technical guidance around component selection and applications
  • Develop and grow existing customer relationships
  • Support technically demanding customer opportunities across the UK
  • Attend customer meetings, supplier visits, exhibitions and technical reviews
  • Work closely with suppliers and internal technical teams

Technical Areas

Experience within some of the following would be highly beneficial:

  • Semiconductor devices
  • Passive components
  • High-reliability components
  • Film capacitors
  • Power electronics
  • Magnetics
  • Interconnects
  • Electromechanical components
  • EMC / RF components

Candidate Background

  • We are particularly interested in candidates from: Electronics component distribution
  • Semiconductor manufacturers
  • Field Applications Engineering (FAE)
  • Technical Applications Engineering
  • Technical Electronic Component Sales
  • Electronics design support / applications support

Experience within aerospace, defence, rail, industrial or other regulated environments would be advantageous.

Package

  • £55,000 - £65,000 basic salary DOE
  • Bonus scheme
  • Company vehicle following probation / mileage support initially
  • Fuel card
  • Hotels and full expenses covered
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Enhanced pension contribution
  • BUPA healthcare
  • 37.5-hour week
  • Remote / field-based role

This role involves UK travel and occasional overnight stays depending on customer visits, exhibitions and project activity.

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