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Axon is Hiring a Sales Engineer, Public Safety Near Scottsdale, AZ
Your Impact
Axon is the developer and manufacturer of conducted electrical weapons, body worn cameras, and digital evidence management solutions. By successfully applying technical solutions to age old problems in digital video capture, the Axon team has redefined public and private sector technology around the globe. We are a team of passionate and dedicated professionals who desire to disrupt our industry and protect life with our products. Axon is seeking a high-energy, results driven pre-sales sales engineer who thrives on pitching technology to leadership as well as support staff and end-users. This individual will play an instrumental role in accelerating our sales initiatives and must be a self-starter, who excels in a high-paced, evangelistic startup environment focused on Law Enforcement and the public safety space.
What You’ll Do
Location: Remotely from United States (preference in the Central timezone), and travel up to 30-40%
Reports to: Sr Manager, Sales Engineering
Achieve mastery of all Axon technologies / products
Use exceptional written and oral communication skills to lead business and technical presentations effectively
Have technical conversations with IT departments, including CIOs, as well as channel partner leadership and technical stakeholders
Set and manage expectations with customers and team members
Provide 1st-level technical support throughout the pre-sales cycle for opportunities
Remain organized and focused on removing sales obstacles through creativity and adaptation to rapidly changes circumstances
Develop relationships with key partners for growth within their customer base
Provide professional responses to customer RFPs / RFIs
Effectively position the technology against competitive offerings
Be responsible for representing the products, company values, and brand to customers and at field events such as industry and user conferences, tech summits, etc.
Take ownership of the POC/Pilot process: Coordinate logistics across all stakeholders, assess customer requirements/objectives, and tailor POC tests and findings, accordingly, assist prospects with initial configuration and orientation
Where possible, improve or develop technical documentation to ease understanding and customer or channel usage of our products and services
Capture requested features and provide feedback to Product Management, Sales,Development, Support, Engineering and Marketing teams
Develop Statements of Work (SOW) for Professional Services necessary for binding quote
Perform other duties and projects as assigned
What You Bring
Willingness to travel up to 30-40%
Educational background:
Associates degree in Engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent field), or 2 years relevant experience.
Professional background:
1-3 years customer facing pre-sales or consulting background required
Experience selling SaaS based solutions
Experience in End User Compute or Cloud Computing preferred
Experience in networking, storage, virtualization, or related technologies
Must have intellectual curiosity, humility, accountability and positive approach
Basic knowledge or curiosity of security, IPsec, InfoSec, hacking and exploitation tools and methodologies.
Basic knowledge of computer hardware, operating systems, and storage devices.
Ability to work independently with substantial latitude for action and decision making while maintaining focus on achieving optimal outcomes as part of a collaborative development effort.
Requires the ability to work independently with substantial latitude for action and decision making while maintaining focus on achieving optimal outcomes as part of a collaborative development effort.
Strong presentation skills and presence, technical acumen, ability to simplify the complex, ability to work cross-functionally.
Experience developing Statements of Work (SOW) or similar documents
Intermediate knowledge of routing and switching methodologies, telecommunications, and Internet technologies.
Basic knowledge of virtualization and cloud technologies
Network and Telecommunication-specific professional certifications, such as but not limited to: CCNA, CCNP, ComTIA Network , WCNA, etc..
Benefits that Benefit You
Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
Discretionary paid time off
Paid parental leave for all
Medical, Dental, Vision plans
Fitness Programs
Emotional & Mental Wellness support
Learning & Development programs
And yes, we have snacks in our offices
Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.
The Pay: The compensation for this role is made up of an uncapped commissions and a starting base pay between USD 64000 in the lowest geographic market and USD 96000 in the highest geographic market. On average, the national commissions target for this role is USD 15000. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: experience, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and geographic market demands and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit www.axon.com/careers/benefits.