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This role is based at our Southfield, MI facility and offers a hybrid working schedule.\nEaton announced, on June 11, 2026, the intent to combine its Mobility Group (including both the Vehicle and eMobility segments) with a new company. We expect to complete this process by the end of the first half of 2027. The compensation and benefits that will initially be offered for this position are based on Eaton's plans, programs and practices. If you are offered and accept this position and are actively employed by the Mobility Group when the transaction closes, the new company will provide further details to employees concerning compensation and benefits at that time.\nWhat you’ll do:\nThe Technical Sales Lead is responsible for supporting a key customer accounts and the overall day-to-day business relationship between Power Connections and key customers.\nYou will report to the commercial leader and will be responsible for supporting and promoting Power Connections products and solutions within the assigned territory. You will work together with entire Power Connections Sales & Engineering teams to drive maximum penetration of Power Connections products across OEM’s & Tiers.\nLearn Power Connections products, capabilities and value add options\nWork as a member of the OEM DRE team to support product and platform launch execution\nDevelop and maintain relationships at multiple levels in the customer base to for Eaton to be strategic\nServe as the initial Power Connections face to customer located onsite at OEM office\nAssist Program / Platform teams in defining requirements, design evaluations, and validation\nManage Sample Orders, Tracking, and Delivery\nManage OEM engineering projects, release, and management systems acting as the Eaton lead, coordinating all required project steps with the appropriate Eaton cross functional team member(s)\nMonitor customer project timing and milestones, ensuring Eaton project timing meets the needs of the customer. Identify and escalate gaps to leadership and cross functional team as required.\nRelease drawings, part numbers, write work orders, manage 5-Phases, manage and track open issues\nEffectively communicate with team members to promote the business needs of the territory to foster growth\nQualifications:\nRequired (Basic) Qualifications:\nMinimum High School Diploma/GED equivalent from an accredited institution\nMinimum five (10) years of sales engineering experience \nMinimum three (6) years of experience in the automotive industry\nEaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any \"CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.\"\nNo relocation assistance is offered for this position. Only candidates currently residing within a 50-mile radius of the work location (Southfield, MI) will be considered. Active-Duty Military are exempt from this geographical limitation. \nPreferred Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution\nExperience in a sales engineering, applications engineering or similar role, working with OEMs. \nExperience working with EV/High Voltage/Connectors\nExperience selling terminals, connectors, eyelets, and busbars\nSkills:\nDemonstrated ability to collaborate cross functionally and to influence without direct authority\nStrong verbal and written communication skills, including presentation and computer skills (i.e. Power Point, Excel & Word)\nStrong results-orientation and execution characteristics\nAbility to effectively organize, prioritize and accomplish multiple conflicting tasks, make intelligent, timely decisions and solve problems independently\nAbility and willingness to travel as required \nAll positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.\nThe compensation range for this full-time position includes base pay and target sales performance incentive. This position has a base salary range of $105,000.00-$154,000.00 + a sales incentive plan.\nBase salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.\nBase salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.\nWe are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.\nEaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.\nYou do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.\nTo request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.\nWe know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. 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