Job Description
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Senior Pre-Sales Engineer – Industrial Networking (OT/IIoT)
Location: Eningen, Germany (hybrid, 2–3 days on-site)
Number of Openings: 1
Contact Us: hr@klgsmartec.com
What you will do
1. Customer & Sales Support
- Support the sales team in technical meetings, workshops, and presentations
- Act as a technical advisor to customers, helping them design solutions using our products
- Clarify technical requirements and translate them into feasible solution approaches
2. Solution Support & Architecture Guidance
- Assist customers and partners in designing industrial network architectures
- Provide guidance on topologies, redundancy mechanisms, and performance considerations
- Ensure proposed solutions are aligned with real-world operational constraints
3.Validation & PoCs
- Build and execute proof-of-concepts and lab tests
- Validate scenarios such as redundancy failover, QoS behavior, and resilience
- Reproduce and analyze customer-specific use cases
4.Partner Enablement
- Deliver technical training to partners and distributors
- Prepare technical documentation, guidelines, and reference architectures
5.Post-Sales & Escalation Support
- Support technical escalations during and after deployment
- Troubleshoot complex issues in cooperation with internal teams
6.Collaboration with R&D
- Work closely with engineering teams to transfer field feedback into product improvements
- Prepare technical requirements, bug reports, and feature requests
- Support validation of fixes and new functionalities
7.Industry Representation
- Represent the company at trade shows, exhibitions, and industry events
- Demonstrate products, engage with customers, and support lead generation activities
8.Competitive Positioning
- Support positioning of company solutions in competitive customer environments
- Contribute to understanding how our products compare to alternative solutions in real deployments
What you bring
1.Must-have
- Strong experience in industrial or enterprise networking
- Hands-on knowledge of: L2/L3 networking, VLAN, QoS, Redundancy protocols: RSTP, MRP, PRP/HSR
- Experience supporting customers in designing network solutions
- Strong troubleshooting skills across network and system layers
- Fluent English (mandatory)
2.Should have
- Experience with: Linux systems, Edge computing / industrial PCs, PLC environments
- Understanding of industrial cybersecurity (e.g. IEC 62443)
3.Nice to have
- Knowledge of industrial protocols (e.g. Modbus, PROFINET, OPC UA)
- Experience in energy, rail, or industrial automation domains
- Familiarity with time synchronization (PTP / IEEE 1588)
- Exposure to industrial networking vendors such as Moxa, Cisco, Belden (Hirschmann), or Siemens (Ruggedcom)
Working setup
- Location: Eningen, Germany (hybrid, 2–3 days on-site)
- Region: Europe & Middle East
- Travel: approximately 15–20% (primarily Europe, occasional international travel)
Why this role
- Work on real industrial systems deployed in critical infrastructure
- Exposure to international projects and customers
- Close collaboration with R&D and product development
- Small, focused team with high individual impact
