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Sales Application Engineer | Hoffman Estates, IL

Direct Hire | Onsite

**Targeted pay rate** : $36-43/hr depending upon qualification (this role qualifies for overtime when traveling)

Kelly Engineering seeks a **Sales Application Engineer** to join our client’s team. In this role, the Sales Application Engineer prepares and executes machine demonstrations, supports customer training sessions, and ensures equipment readiness of CNC machines during the presales phase and client ramp-up production phase.

Qualifications / Experience Needed

+ CNC machine sheet metal bending experience

+ 2-year technical degree

+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills for customer success

+ CAD software and CNC programming knowledge is desirable

Responsibilities

Technical & Applications Support

+ Support setup and execution of standard and custom machine demos; assist applications engineers during customer demos and internal evaluations.

+ Help prepare and support operator and maintenance training sessions.

+ Develop working knowledge of machine software and HMI environments to assist with basic troubleshooting and parameter changes.

Showroom & Equipment Readiness

+ Keep showroom machines operational through routine checks, calibration verification, cleaning, and consumable/tooling replacement.

+ Support showroom reconfigurations for customer visits, demos, and events.

+ Organize demo tooling, fixtures, sample parts, and workstations.

Logistics & Operations

+ Coordinate movement and staging of materials, tooling, consumables, and test parts.

+ Monitor and replenish demo and training inventory.

+ Assist with shipping, receiving, and packaging of demo parts and tooling.

+ Support event setup for customer visits and technology events.

Administrative & Project Support

+ Assist with scheduling, resource planning, and documentation.

+ Maintain technical documentation, tooling lists, demo specs, training materials, and equipment readiness checklists.

**Travel:** Approximately 30% (usually once per month)

Benefits

+ Medical, dental, vision insurance

+ 401k

+ Parental leave

All applicants applying for this job opening must be legally authorized to work in the United States and are required to have US residency at the time of application. Sponsorship is not available for this opportunity. OPT or H1B Visa is not being accepted at this time.

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here (https://www.mykelly.com/help-support-working-with-kelly-us/#Benefits) for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Why Kelly ® Engineering?

Your engineering skills are in demand, but how do you find the right fit? Easy. At Kelly Engineering, our team creates expert talent solutions to solve the world’s most critical challenges. We connect you with leading organizations where you can collaborate on innovative projects, work with cutting-edge technologies and accelerate your growth. Whether you prefer the variety and flexibility of short-term projects or are looking for a long-term opportunity, we’re here to guide you to the next step in your engineering career.

About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly’s Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.