Sales Engineer - Boltline
AI summary of the role
Stoke Space is hiring a Sales Engineer for its Boltline software platform, a cloud-based tool for complex hardware engineering and manufacturing.
What you’ll do
- Provide consultative, technical sales expertise to prospective Boltline buyers, creating confidence for customers
- Own and elevate the end-to-end demo experience, refining materials to captivate prospects from first touch to trial
- Qualify leads based on industry, hardware development scenarios, and organizational culture
- Drive new customer acquisition and sales of new Boltline modules to existing customers
What you’ll bring
- 4-8 years professional background working with complex hardware (mechanical, electronic, scientific, or related software products)
- 3+ years of B2B commercial team experience driving sales of advanced technology solutions (6 or 7 figure annual deals)
- History of winning contracts with engineering and manufacturing decisionmakers
- Experience as a customer, vendor, consultant, or implementer for CAD, PLM, MES, ERP, and/or SCM systems
Technologies
Boltline · CAD · PLM · MES · ERP · SCM · Atlassian · Trello · ITAR
About Stoke Space
Building Nova, a fully and rapidly reusable medium-lift orbital rocket designed for daily flight to slash launch cost and increase cadence.
Series D · 200–500 people
Source and classification
Technical pre-sales · Evidence for this classification:
traceability, automated workflows, and seamless collaboration. Purpose-built for dynamic environments, Boltline supports everything from prototyping to production, all while staying ITAR compliant and fully integrated. Responsibilities Boltline team is all-in to help our customers build amazing hardware. Our Software Sales Engineer will develop new sales opportunities with the team’s support. Provide consultative, technical sales expertise to prospective Boltline buyers, that creates confidence for Boltline Customers Qualify leads based on industry, hardware development scenarios, and organizational culture (not everyone should be a Boltline buyer, and that’s ok) Own and elevate the end-to-end demo experience, refining existing materials to captivate prospects from first touch to trial, tailored for global hardware innovators Represent Stoke’s own hardware development
More from the job description
At Stoke, we believe a thriving space economy will enable a vibrant, sustainable, and equitable future here on Earth. That is why we’re building Nova, our fully and rapidly reusable launch vehicle. Designed for daily flight, Nova tackles the core challenges of space transportation by reducing cost, increasing availability, and improving reliability. By radically lowering launch costs and increasing flight cadence, we’re helping create a truly scalable space industry. Our team is mission-driven, collaborative, and empowered to take ownership of their work. If you want to work alongside some of the most dedicated and talented people on Earth, we’d love to have you join us. Description Boltline is a cloud-based platform built for complex hardware engineering and manufacturing. Designed by rocket scientists, it helps teams move fast with real-time inventory tracking, parts and process traceability, automated workflows, and seamless collaboration. Purpose-built for dynamic environments, Boltline supports everything from prototyping to production, all while staying ITAR compliant and fully integrated. Responsibilities Boltline team is all-in to help our customers build amazing hardware. Our Software Sales Engineer will develop new sales opportunities with the team’s support. Provide consultative, technical sales expertise to prospective Boltline buyers, that creates confidence [... source excerpt omitted ...] captivate prospects from first touch to trial, tailored for global hardware innovators Represent Stoke’s own hardware development methodologies, practices, and milestones to help customer adoption Track sales blockers, software roadmap priorities, feature requests, and competitive tools Maintain trusted advisor continuity with customers throughout contract agreements Drive new customer acquisition and sales of new Boltline modules to existing customers, collaborating with CSMs to ensure seamless transitions while focusing on winning new deals Qualifications Heads up – this job needs you to love hardware! Ideally, you’ve been involved in the development, rollout, or sales of [... source excerpt omitted ...] nmakers Thorough understanding of startups, small and midsize businesses (2-2000 employees) and their organizational traits that encourage (or discourage) change Experience as a customer, vendor, consultant, or implementer for one or more of: CAD, PLM, MES, ERP, and/or SCM systems (with your interest in killing the three letter acronyms!) Preferred industry experience includes Aerospace, Defense, Climate Tech, AEC, Energy, Robotics, or other hardware-centric markets that require constant learning Skill to communicate with a range of audiences, from groups of engineering students through founders of new space companies in the US, EU, and Japan Ability to travel up to 30% per
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