Technical Sales Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 9, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jul 31, 2026. Visual Components scores B on the Alion truth index.
Get to know Visual Components
Visual Components is a key technology partner to many of the world’s most ambitious manufacturers, system integrators, and machine builders. Our mission is to help them design, optimise, and deliver production systems faster, more efficiently, and with less risk in an industry evolving at an unprecedented pace.Our software enables the design, testing, and optimisation of production lines with a level of speed and accuracy that is difficult to match, covering factory simulation, virtual commissioning, and offline programming.
Manufacturers using Visual Components significantly reduce both time and risk in critical investment decisions. System integrators gain a clear competitive advantage by designing and delivering better systems, faster, and with stronger visualisation to support their sales process.
As part of the KUKA Group, one of the world’s leading industrial robotics companies, we operate at a scale and level of impact that few in the industry can match.
We are trusted by over 2,400 organisations globally and contribute to advancing industrial automation through partnerships with leading academic and research institutions.
Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, with offices in Germany, the United States, and Japan.
The role and the team
We are looking for a commercially minded Technical Sales Engineer to support the growth of Visual Components in France.This role combines technical sales, customer success, and application expertise, helping customers succeed throughout their journey from initial evaluation to building competence and technical capability.
You will work closely with Visual Components sales teams, KUKA sales teams, and customers to demonstrate how our software can solve real manufacturing and automation challenges.
You will support both new customer acquisition and the development of existing accounts. A key part of the role will be helping customers adopt Visual Components successfully, identify additional use cases and expand their use of our solutions.
You will be based in France and will focus mainly on the French market, while collaborating with the wider Visual Components Simulation Experts team.
Your impact
Support new sales opportunities
- Work with Visual Components sales teams to understand customer needs and recommend the right solutions.
- Deliver tailored product demonstrations, workshops, and technical presentations.
- Support trials, proofs of concept, and technical evaluations.
- Translate technical capabilities into clear business value.
- Participate in customer meetings, trade shows, and industry events.
Drive customer adoption and technical success
- Help customers successfully adopt and expand their use of Visual Components solutions.
- Deliver software product onboarding, training, and workshops
- Identify additional use cases, and applications within customer organizations.
- Support account development plans together with the sales team.
- Provide technical support and guidance for product-related questions and challenges.
The skills you will bring
- Experience in technical sales, pre-sales, solution engineering, application engineering or customer-facing industrial software roles.
- A strong understanding of manufacturing, industrial automation, robotics, production engineering or related disciplines.
- Experience with 3D simulation, CAD, digital manufacturing, robotics simulation or comparable engineering software.
- The ability to understand customer requirements and translate them into technical solutions and business value.
- Strong presentation, demonstration and workshop facilitation skills.
- A commercial mindset and an interest in helping customers expand their use of technology.
- Confidence working alongside sales teams and supporting customer opportunities.
- Strong relationship-building and communication skills.
- Fluency in French and strong professional English.
- Willingness to travel regularly within France and occasionally elsewhere in Europe.
Ideal Candidate Will Have
- Previous experience with Visual Components or another manufacturing simulation platform.
- Experience with factory simulation, virtual commissioning or offline robot programming.
- Knowledge of PLCs, industrial connectivity or robot programming.
- Experience working with manufacturers, system integrators or machine builders.
- Basic Python or other scripting experience.
You will work closely with the Visual Components European sales organisation, the KUKA sales organisation, and the global Simulation Experts team.
The role combines strong local market ownership with access to an international community of simulation, automation and manufacturing experts.
Perks of joining us
- A highly visible role supporting the growth of Visual Components in France.
- The opportunity to work at the intersection of industrial software, robotics and manufacturing transformation.
- Close collaboration with Visual Components and KUKA sales teams.
- A flexible working model within France.
- Competitive compensation, including a performance-related component.
- Opportunities to develop your technical, commercial and industry expertise.
- An international, collaborative and low-hierarchy working environment.
- A stable organisation backed by the KUKA Group.
How to apply
Please send your application in English via the form on our career page.We will begin interviews as applications are received and may make an appointment once we identify the right candidate.