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Sr. Solutions Engineer

Platform Science

San Diego, CAFull-time$126–160K/yrPosted 3 days agoStill listed 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$126–160K/yr
Location
San Diego, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Solutions Engineer partners with Sales to build customer relationships and provide software solutions. The role leads demonstrations and prospect pilots, answers technical product questions, supports implementations, and helps close enterprise transactions. It also coordinates with Engineering, Product, Sales, and Support, gathers customer specifications, manages RFP/RFI responses, and communicates customer needs and competitive intelligence.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Sales EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentWeb Technologies CertificatesSoftware Project ManagementPublic SpeakingCustomer Relationship ManagementTechnical CommunicationCompetitive IntelligenceSolution SellingSoftware DemonstrationsWeb TechnologiesCommunicationPresentation SkillsCreativityROI CalculatorsValue Creation ToolsProject ManagementTeamworkHOS and ELD Rules

Qualifications

8+ Years Related ExperienceSolutions or Sales Engineer ExperienceEnterprise Fleet or Customer ExperienceClass 8 Fleet ExperienceTravel 50%+

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Who We Are At Platform Science, we’re working to connect everything that moves. Founded in 2015, we are an open IoT platform that partners with innovative fleets, application developers, vehicle manufacturers, and equipment providers in the transportation industry to deliver revolutionary solutions to supply chain professionals across the globe. Our employees are an engaging, diverse group of people who believe in the power of great ideas. We hire people with different experiences and perspectives to build a company culture that fuels growth through innovation. We value thoughtful actions and empathy for others. We approach challenges with resiliency and creativity, while encouraging transparency because, no matter our backgrounds or responsibilities, we are one team. The Senior Solutions Engineer is responsible for partnering directly with sales to build excellent relationships and provide software solutions. This role will lead software demonstrations, address technical product questions,manage prospect pilots, and support implementations. It is required that this role can understand and close enterprise transactions. The Senior Solutions Engineer needs to understand all aspects of our product and business. Essential Responsibilities:

  • Work with Sales executives with solution selling into prospect account base
  • Understand all aspects of our product and business
  • Create and deliver powerful presentations and demos that clearly communicate the uniqueness of the value proposition
  • Address technical product questions from prospects clients
  • Lead and manage prospect pilots
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Sales and Support to provide excellent customer experience
  • Gather current and potential customer specifications to ensure proper system configurations for their requirements
  • Successfully match customer customer business needs to proposed solutions
  • Effectively communicate client needs to the R&D teams for future product enhancements
  • Manage all technical aspects of RFP / RFI responses
  • Collect and document competitive intelligence

Education and Experience:

  • 8+ years related experience
  • Proven work experience as a Solutions or Sales Engineer
  • Ability to forge strong, long-lasting relationships with senior executives
  • Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent presentation and creativity skills
  • Strong experience with ROI calculators and other value creation tools
  • Ability to creatively explain and present complex concepts in an easy to understand manner
  • Ability to travel 50%+
  • Solid project management skills
  • Ability to work within a team environment
  • Experience with enterprise class commercial vehicle fleets or enterprise customers
  • Experience with Class 8 fleets
  • Familiarity with the HOS and ELD rule sets.

Physical Requirements:

  • This role requires minimal to light physical effort when performing duties such as sitting stationary, standing, and bending. This role requires an employee to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.

Platform Science Benefits Highlights The company offers various benefits to regular, full-time employees including:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurances
  • AD&D and life insurance
  • 401k plan
  • Paid vacation, sick leave and holidays
  • Six weeks of paid parental leave

For more information please see the Benefits Highlights brochure for regular, full-time employees. In addition, you can access the Benefit Highlights brochure for regular, full-time employees by copying and pasting the link into your browser: https://www.platformscience.com/benefits. This is an exempt role. Our job titles for each posting may span across more than one job level. The estimated base salary for this role is between $126,000 and $160,000. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target range for new hire base salaries across all US locations. Compensation packages are based on many factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, work experience, relevant trainings and certifications, business needs, market demands and specific geographical location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, and benefits. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Platform Science collects your personal information to support its business operations, including for human resources, employment, benefits administration, health and safety, and other business-related purposes as well as to be in legal compliance. You can review further details of such collection and use in our Privacy Policy (link for browser: https://www.platformscience.com/privacy-notice). At this time we only consider candidates in these states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI. In the future we plan to add more states.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,437 open Solutions Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$126–160K/yr
  • California median$152–225K/yr278 salary ranges
  • US median$135–215K/yr1,108 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $143K, is 25% below the California median midpoint ($190K) — in the lowest quarter of Solutions Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 352 open Solutions Engineer jobs in California and 1,437 across the US. 26% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Solutions Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 1,201 postings).
Education
342 of the 1,437 open Solutions Engineer jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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