Technical Sales Engineer, Automotive - Remote
Originally posted 15 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Technical Sales Engineer will be a critical member of a major automotive account team responsible for cultivating new design opportunities and influencing roadmap decisions at a strategic customer.
What you'll do
- Design, deploy, and execute an account strategy to maximize NXP design wins at a major automotive customer.
- Provide strategic assessment of new business opportunities in cooperation with product teams.
- Coordinate globally and facilitate joint business meetings across product teams, functional units, and geographies.
- Understand and influence customer hardware architecture to position NXP's solutions across multiple technologies.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key decision makers within customer teams to position NXP as a trusted partner and adviser.
- Provide customer product information, including roadmaps, demonstrations, pricing, and delivery quotations.
What you'll need
- 10+ years of sales experience in the semiconductor industry, preferably in the automotive space.
- 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.
- Technical understanding of hardware and software and how businesses can leverage NXP.
- Ability to lead global, cross-functional resources to remove barriers and achieve sales goals.
- Understanding of Microcontrollers, Power Management ICs (PMICs), and Ethernet products, as well as application development.
Nice to have
- Highly organized with attention to detail and exceptional follow-up skills.
- Self-starter, motivated to work autonomously.
- Excellent communication, negotiating, and presentation skills (oral & in writing).
- Highly proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
Skills: account strategy, design wins, commercial negotiations, customer hardware architecture, technical sales
This role has been open 31 days — below the 37-day median for Sales Engineering roles.
Sales Engineering · Automotive IC
|
Open roles in category
56
|
Median days open
37 d
|
Median salary
—
|
See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NXP Semiconductors | All employers we track in this specialty (56 roles · 17 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 15 | 56 |
| Median days open | 40 d | 37 d (+3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | — |
Skills observed across this category: account strategy, design wins, commercial negotiations, customer hardware architecture, technical sales
Who's hiring in this category
- NXP Semiconductors (this employer) · 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.