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At a Glance

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Sr. Field Sales Engineer to join the Data Power and Control Team. This role supports the technical aspects of pre-sales engagements and focuses on solving customer challenges through practical, welldesigned solutions, acting as the technical subject matter expert for fiber optic connectivity, copper connectivity, and physical support product lines.

The Field Sales Engineer works closely with sales teams, resellers, distribution partners, and agency representatives to deliver technical leadership, product expertise, and customer-facing support across our data infrastructure product lines.

This is a REMOTE position with an emphasis on supporting customers and partners onsite across the Western United States. 50 percent travel required.

What Will You Do?

Serve as technical subject matter expert for fiber optic connectivity, copper connectivity, and physical support product lines.
• Provide pre-sales engineering support for customer and partner product inquiries.
• Conduct product presentations, solution demonstrations, and technical training sessions.
• Communicate product capabilities and integration strategies aligned with customer infrastructure and business goals.
• Identify new market and application opportunities across enterprise, healthcare, government, retail, and data center environments.
• Build strong relationships with end users as a trusted technical advisor.
• Support proofofconcept engagements, evaluations, and project management activities.
• Resolve customer product issues by developing practical and effective solutions.
• Act as the onsite technical liaison for escalated support issues requiring factory-level involvement.

Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Experience: 7+ years in the information technology transport field and/or a related manufacturing field.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Demonstrated knowledge of TIA cabling standards and BICSI best practices; industry certifications (e.g., BICSI, RCDD) strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Visio required.
• Experience with CAD design and modeling software required.
• Ability to write technical specifications and documentation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to collaborate across Production, Finance, Engineering, Marketing, and Sales.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills, comfortable leading customer meetings and technical discussions.
• Demonstrated focus on quality, responsiveness, and timely deliverables.
• Ability to work independently and within a dynamic team environment.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to align solutions with customer needs.
• Willingness to travel 50% domestically - primarily west coast.

Salary and Benefits: $100,000 - $120,000 base plus bonus

Legrand North and Central America offer comprehensive health benefits, an industry-leading 401(k) match, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, holidays, disability coverage, bonus opportunities, paid volunteer time, and access to an active Employee Resource Groups that support women in engineering and underrepresented identities. The culture emphasizes inclusion, flexibility, growth, and meaningful impact in a global organization.

About Legrand

Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR). For more information, visit www.legrandgroup.com/en

About Legrand North and Central America

Legrand, North & Central America (LNCA) is a leader in the AV, Lighting & Controls, Electrical, and Data Center markets. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company's incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network. For more information, visit legrand.us

About Legrand's Data Center Power and Control Division

The industry-leading brands of Approved Networks, Ortronics, Raritan, Server Technology, and Starline empower Legrand's Data, Power & Control to produce innovative solutions for data centers, building networks, and facility infrastructures. Our division designs, manufactures, and markets world-class products for a more productive and sustainable future. The exceptional reliability of our technologies results from decades of proven performance and a dedication to research and development.

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