Automation Sales Engineer - West Region, WM Austria (Professional Specialist - Industrial Transformation (commercial-technical))

Weidmüller - Partner of Industrial Connectivity

Smart Industrial Connectivity: electrification, automation, digitalization, electrical connection technology, and renewable energies - markets where Weidmüller is at home. The family business, founded in 1850, is represented in over 80 countries with production sites and sales companies. As a global player in electrical connection technology, Weidmüller achieved a turnover of nearly one billion euros in the 2025 fiscal year with around 5,700 employees worldwide.

Your Tasks

As an Automation Sales Engineer, you are the central technical contact in sales and support customer consulting based on Weidmüller's comprehensive software and product portfolio. Together with customers, you develop solutions in the field of automation and digitalization. As a software and/or automation specialist, you are an asset to the sales team and actively contribute your know-how. You identify and evaluate business potential and derive well-founded decision templates for the team. In close coordination with internal and international specialist departments, you develop customer-specific solutions and bring your experience to the further development of existing approaches.

Your Profile

• You have professional experience in technology or in a sales-related technical function, ideally in industrial automation (software, control technology, programming, commissioning, IoT, etc.)
• You bring a fundamental understanding of automation architectures (e.g., fieldbus networking, visualization, ...)
• You are interested in new technologies such as IoT and networks and are ready to continuously develop yourself
• You work independently, structured, and goal-oriented, and are characterized by high self-motivation and flexibility
• A confident appearance and very good communication skills are a matter of course for you
• You are willing to undertake regular national and occasional international business trips and have good written and spoken English skills
• You have completed technical training (TU, FH, HTL) in the field of automation technology, electrical engineering, or mechatronics
• Your proficient use of MS Office completes your profile

Our Offer

We offer you more than just a secure job:

• Performance-oriented salary as well as flexible working hours
• Company car for private use
• Regular training and further education opportunities
• Working from home (residence in the Salzburg, Upper Austria, or Tyrol region)
• Working in a stable family business with a wide product portfolio
• Innovative and future-oriented products (focus: automation, digitalization)
• Collaboration with emerging international expert teams

For this position, we offer a market-oriented salary of EUR 70,000.- (fixed + variable) per year on a full-time basis. Depending on qualification and experience, there is a willingness to overpay as well as participation in the company's success.

Apply now as Automation Sales Engineer - West Region (m/f/d) via the apply button. We look forward to your application!

Weidmüller GmbH IZ NÖ-Süd, Straße 2b, Objekt M59 2355 Wiener Neudorf www.weidmueller.at T +43 2236 6708 888 E karriere.at@weidmueller.com

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