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hybrid mid full-time Oak Ridge, TN

First indexed 21 Oct 2026

Description

Standard Nuclear is fueling America's nuclear renaissance at industrial scale.

The Sales Engineer supports Standard Nuclear's commercial activities by translating customer requirements into technically sound proposals, quotations, statements of work, and commercial deliverables.

This role works closely with Commercial, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain to develop customer solutions that align with technical capabilities, manufacturing requirements, and business objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Technical Sales & Proposal Development: Develop and coordinate technical proposals, quotations, statements of work, and responses to customer requests.
  • Review customer specifications, technical requirements, and commercial expectations to develop accurate proposal content.
  • Prepare technical descriptions, scope summaries, schedules, assumptions, and supporting documentation for customer submissions.
  • Coordinate internal proposal inputs, reviews, and approvals to meet customer deadlines.
  • Maintain visibility of assigned opportunities, proposal status, customer requirements, and outstanding deliverables.
  • Technical Scope & Engineering Coordination: Partner with Engineering and Operations to define technical scope, assumptions, deliverables, schedules, and resource requirements.
  • Translate complex technical inputs into clear, customer-facing proposals and commercial documentation.
  • Identify missing requirements, conflicting assumptions, scope gaps, technical risks, and unresolved issues.
  • Work with technical teams to evaluate manufacturing capabilities, technical feasibility, and proposed solutions.
  • Pricing & Commercial Development: Coordinate with Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, and Commercial leadership to develop cost estimates and pricing inputs.
  • Support development of pricing structures, commercial assumptions, and proposal economics.
  • Assist with change proposals, contract modifications, amendments, and other commercial documentation.
  • Commercial Operations & Process Improvement: Maintain accurate opportunity, proposal, and customer information within CRM and commercial tracking systems.
  • Track proposal schedules, customer actions, outstanding requirements, and internal commitments.
  • Support improvements to proposal templates, estimating tools, approval workflows, and commercial documentation standards.
  • Customer Engagement & Commercial Support: Serve as a technical point of contact for assigned customer inquiries, proposal discussions, and commercial opportunities.
  • Support customer meetings, technical presentations, proposal reviews, and commercial discussions.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical, Chemical, Nuclear, Materials, or a related technical discipline.
  • 3–6 years of experience in sales engineering, applications engineering, technical proposals, engineering, commercial operations, or a related technical-commercial role.
  • Ability to understand complex technical products, manufacturing processes, and engineering requirements.
  • Experience developing technical proposals, quotations, statements of work, cost estimates, or customer-facing technical documentation.

Benefits

  • Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Health Savings Account
  • Disability and Life Insurance
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays
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