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Electric Automation Business Development Specialist (Southern CA/AZ)

Festo USA

Remote · Home Office, US · Posted October 14, 2026

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About the job

S ummary of job contents

D riv e the development of electronic product sales in a defined geography. Provide pre-sales product and Application support. Provide basic “feature benefit” and application sales training to sales engineers and selected customers for electronic products. El ectronic Products defined as: Servo and stepping motor drives and controls, mechanical ball screw and belt drive actuators, PLC’s HMI’s, CPX valve manifolds.

b . Key accountabilities

• Primarily responsible for pre-sales support of all motion controllers, electric drives products (servo & stepper drives, actuators, and PLC‘s Knowledge of typical applications is required

• D riv e the sales of electronic products through Festo Sales Engineers, Industry Segment Managers and selected distribution. These will be considered your “internal customers“

• M aintain good working knowledge of new products and their applications.

• Wor ks closely with US Product Management, Industry Segment Managers, District Sales Managers and the E- Drives application engineers

• Add itio nal work hours in excess of normal business hours may be necessary to perform essential duties and responsibilities.

• Travel may be required via any means of transportation determined by Company for business reasons such as, training, customer sites/visits or a company business event.

c . Knowledge/skills/experience

S pecialist Knowledge:

Technical knowledge

X

K nowledge of products

X

K nowledge of customers

X

K nowledge of market/industry segments

X

K nowledge of Festo as a company

X

B u si ness knowledge

X

M anagement knowledge

n/a

Ski lls:

Language Skills:

E nglish Language

Co mpu t er Skills:

Co mpu t er Literate

Knowledge & Experience

E du c ation

BS -EE or equivalent (See below)

E xperience:

3 -5 years of field experience sizing/selecting and commissioning servo and stepper systems in an industrial environment.

Co mpu t er literate

In Festo:

S p ecial experience in a particular industry

s egment:

automotive, semiconductor, photovoltaic, food and beverage and end-line packaging

S p ecial experience in a particular function:

M anagement experience:

n/a

Basic Competencies

Very important

I m p ortant

L ess important

Performance orientation

X

Problem solving

X

Op e nness and Flexibility

X

Toughness

X

Personal planning and Organisation

X

Co mmu nication

X

Team working

X

Tolerance

X

F unction-specific Competencies

Very important

I m p ortant

L ess important

Str ategic orientation

X

Critic al and Entrepreneurial Thinking

X

Co nflict Management

X

Innovation and Creativity

X

Negotiation Skills

X

R ol e model and Leadership motivation

X

Leading, Planning and Organizing

X

D elegation

X

The salary range for this position is $115,000-$135,000.