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Technical Sales Manager - Sensors

Headliners RecruitmentUnited Kingdom🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 29 Apr 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

As a Technical Sales Manager for Sensors, you'll leverage your technical expertise and consultative sales skills to drive growth for a respected international electronics provider, enjoying a competitive hourly rate and significant autonomy. This hybrid, field-based role is ideal for a technically adept sales professional with a passion for engineered solutions and a desire to influence design decisions from the ground up. Take the next step in your career and apply to shape the future of sensor technology in the UK market.

Quick Overview

Salary
£50 - £60/hr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
United Kingdom
Account Management

Job Description

Technical Sales Manager Sensors - Field-Based UK - £50-£65K plus car + bonus + good benefits

Are you a technically strong sales professional with a passion for sensors and engineered solutions?

We re partnering with a highly respected, international electronics solutions provider looking to appoint a Technical Sales Manager to drive growth across their UK Sensors portfolio.

This is a field-based role with home office flexibility, offering real autonomy and the opportunity to influence design decisions at engineering level.

The Opportunity

You ll take ownership of developing and growing the UK sensor market from design-in at engineering stage through to commercial account management.

Working with OEMs and design engineers, you ll introduce advanced sensor technologies including:

  • Temperature & environmental sensors
  • MEMS (pressure, accelerometers, gas)
  • Position & load sensors
  • EMECH solutions (switches, interconnect, power)

This is a consultative, solution-led sales role where technical credibility is key.

What You ll Be Doing

  • Proactively targeting and winning new OEM customers
  • Driving design-in activity with engineers and technical teams
  • Managing and growing existing strategic accounts
  • Negotiating and closing profitable business
  • Building a strong opportunity pipeline and delivering against revenue & margin targets
  • Representing the business at exhibitions and industry events

What We re Looking For

  • Proven technical sales or FAE background
  • Experience selling sensors (2+ years preferred)
  • Strong understanding of sensor technologies & applications
  • Commercially astute with ownership of revenue/margin targets
  • Engineering or Electronics degree (or equivalent experience
  • UK driving licence & willingness to travel weekly

You ll be self-motivated, commercially driven and confident engaging both engineers and procurement stakeholders.

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