AUDIO-VISUAL SALES ENGINEER

At AVI, we live and breathe technology. It’s just part of our DNA. We’re deeply passionate about designing and integrating the latest technology for our customers. We cross the entire spectrum of business, government, health care, education and entertainment and we’re currently seeking an experienced Sales Engineer to join our team.

The Sales Engineer partners with our Sales Teams in various ways in a pre-sale’s technical role, providing technical consultancy and specialized support to augment the sales effort, giving demonstrations and technical presentations for customers, partners and prospects showcasing A/V product solutions, explaining features/benefits to customers and designing and configuring products to meet specific customer needs.

What You Will be Doing:

• Provide technical expertise to support the architecture, installation and planning of audio, video and control solutions
  
• Research and analyze the capabilities of available hardware and software options
  
• May have direct customer interaction through the life cycle of a sale, communicating with all levels of staff and customers, ranging from project managers to corporate executives
  
• Design audiovisual systems of various hardware and software components that work together as one integrated system and that meet customer’s specific needs
  
• Assists with the development of formal sales plans and proposals

Requirements to Assure Success:

• Prior experience in the service and installation of audio, video and presentation systems
  
• Knowledgeable of control systems programming as well as CAD Software and drawings
  
• Communication, leadership, customer relation skills, and the ability to work independently and to be self-directed have direct results on success in this position
  
• Ability to read engineering schematics and communicate design intent
  
• Expert level knowledge of videoconferencing products and unified communications technologies
  
• CTS and CTS-D certifications are a plus, but not required with the right experience. Any other industry related certs or training are also a plus. (Ex: Crestron, Extron, Biamp, QSC, Shure etc.)

Why Should You Apply?

Our customers consider us an active partner in their planning and strategy, as we are on the cutting edge of where the market is headed. We are able to attract and retain the best talent by leveraging our employee-owned (ESOP) environment as co-owners. If you want to participate in a company as a co-owner (AVI is 100% employee-owned!), join a team that lives and breathes by its values, and take on a new challenge in an ever-changing market, then apply now!

AVI offers the following benefits to our employee owners:

• Medical Insurance: Options for HDHP and Copay plans.
  
• Dental and Vision Plans
  
• Employer Paid
  
• Short-Term Disability
  
• Voluntary Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability
  
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP): 401(k) Match, Profit Sharing & Dividends
  
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  
• Employer Paid Employee Assistance Program: Three face-to-face visits with a counselor plus additional financial, legal, and health resources.
  
• Tuition Reimbursement

AVI is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.

To receive consideration, an interested person must apply through the AVI Systems career site.