Senior Client Engagement Manager - MI - Detroit Sales Office, United States
Originally posted 10 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is responsible for identifying and building new business in Michigan and re-framing clients' thinking to build consensus for Microchip's solutions.
What you'll do
- Utilize Microchip’s Client Engagement Process to create and drive design wins to revenue at select target clients.
- Use insight and consultative selling techniques to teach customers about their industry and offer unique perspectives on their business.
- Drive the company business relationship with assigned clients.
- Identify key client stakeholders and coach them to build consensus for Microchip’s solutions within their organization.
- Contribute and participate within a global team environment to develop and implement sales strategies.
- Communicate effectively with Microchip business units, providing quantifiable feedback and ROI.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business (or equivalent sales experience) with a strong client engagement track record.
- 7+ years of semiconductor sales or equivalent technical experience.
- Proficient in problem-solving, program management, and management of major accounts.
- Sufficient technical literacy to communicate product value across embedded processing, analog, power, and connectivity.
- Skilled at leading annual pricing contracts and negotiation of terms & conditions.
- Understand key automotive processes including AECQ100, PPAP, program management, quality, 8D, Functional Safety.
- Adept in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Teams, CoPilot and similar AI tools.
Nice to have
- Prior Salesforce experience is preferred.
Skills: semiconductor sales, client engagement, design wins, OEMs/Tier 1s, AECQ100, Functional Safety
This role has been open 36 days — below the 37-day median for Sales Engineering roles.
Sales Engineering · Automotive IC
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Open roles in category
56
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Median days open
37 d
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Median salary
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| Metric | Microchip Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (56 roles · 17 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 56 |
| Median days open | 18 d | 37 d (−19 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | — |
Skills observed across this category: semiconductor sales, client engagement, design wins, OEMs/Tier 1s, AECQ100, Functional Safety
Who's hiring in this category
- NXP Semiconductors · 15 open roles · median 40 d
- Infineon Technologies · 10 open roles · median 37 d
- Analog Devices · 4 open roles · median 24 d
- onsemi · 4 open roles · median 35 d
- Mobileye · 3 open roles · median 13 d
- Renesas Electronics · 3 open roles · median 35 d
How we counted: 56 open Sales Engineering (Automotive IC) roles from 17 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.