Technical Sales Engineer, Automotive

The Technical Sales Engineer (TSE) will be a critical member of a major automotive account team located in Novi, Michigan. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to shape NXP’s business with one of the most exciting and innovative customers in the automotive industry. The TSE will develop and expand relationships with strategically important contacts at our customer, cultivating new design opportunities, influencing roadmap decisions, and executing our growth strategy. Your knowledge of the automotive industry and ecosystem will help leverage and position NXP as a best-in-class partner. The ideal candidate is inclusive, an eager learner, and a coachable team member who looks for new ways to find win-win solutions to tough problems!

Responsibilities:

• Conduct face-to-face customer management meetings as necessary to provide support, address issues, communicate updates and build strong relationships.
• Develop solid and long-term influential relationships with key decision makers within customer teams at all levels to favorably position NXP as a trusted partner and adviser.
• Develop and maintain an intimate working knowledge of the customer’s supply chain, production plans, ramp-up/-downs, and product demand.
• Drive strategy towards BL goals (i.e., roadmap development, alignment of support resources)
• Coordinate globally and facilitate joint business meetings across units, functional teams, and geographies.
• Maintain and report awareness of major customer trends, trade development, and competitive activity.
• Provide customer product information, including roadmaps, demonstrations, pricing, and delivery quotations.
• Provide strategic assessment of new business opportunities in cooperation with product teams. Evaluate opportunities based on the entire value chain, considering several criteria, such as technological differentiators, strategic fit, profitability, and timing.
• Design, deploy, and execute a best-in-class account strategy to maximize NXP design wins at a major automotive customer.
• Provide deal dynamics intelligence including product requirements, decision criteria, roadblocks, timeline, budget, and competitors.
• Understand and influence customer hardware architecture to position NXP's solutions across multiple technologies.

Qualifications:

• Highly proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Technically adept understanding of hardware and software, and how businesses can leverage NXP to deliver better end products.
• Self-starter, motivated to work autonomously.
• Ability to lead global, cross-functional resources to remove barriers and achieve sales goals.
• Good understanding of a broad range of IC products including Microcontrollers, Power Management ICs (PMICs), and Ethernet, as well as a solid application development background.
• Excellent communication, negotiating, and presentation skills (oral & in writing).
• Highly organized with attention to detail and exceptional follow-up skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Proven ability to manage a complex sales cycle, with a track record of successful revenue attainment.
• Preferred 5+ years of sales experience in the semiconductor industry, preferably in the automotive space.

NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.