Technical Sales Engineer
Oostakker, BE, 9041
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
Shape the Future of Sustainable Transport
Transport keeps modern society moving, connecting people and businesses every day. At Volvo Trucks, we do more than build vehicles—we help shape the future of sustainable transport.
Are you passionate about technology, customer success and solving complex challenges? Do you enjoy turning customer needs into innovative solutions that create real business value? If so, this could be the opportunity you have been looking for.
As a Technical Sales Engineer, you will play a key role in helping customers find the right truck solution for their unique operations. You will work at the intersection of sales, engineering, production and product development, influencing everything from customer adaptations and vehicle specifications to future product improvements.
Why This Role Matters
Every customer has different needs. A construction company, a municipal fleet, a heavy-haul operator and a distribution business all require different solutions.
Your mission will be to transform those requirements into technically feasible, commercially competitive and profitable truck solutions that help customers succeed.
You will not just support sales, you will be a trusted advisor and solution provider, influencing business outcomes across global markets.
What You Will Do
As a Technical Sales Engineer you will:
- Support sales organizations, dealers, and market companies with technical expertise across the Volvo Trucks product portfolio.
- Design customized truck solutions that meet specific customer and operational requirements.
- Perform feasibility studies, technical investigations, and cost quotations.
- Drive customer adaptation solutions in collaboration with engineering, product development, production sites, and bodybuilders.
- Ensure that proposed solutions are compliant, feasible, profitable, and aligned with Volvo Trucks standards.
- Contribute to concept development that reduces lead times, increases flexibility, and improves customer value.
- Capture market trends and customer insights and translate them into recommendations for future product development.
What Makes This Opportunity Unique
Global Impact
You will work with customers, dealers, and colleagues from around the world, gaining exposure to diverse markets, cultures, and applications.
End-to-End Perspective
From customer requirements to production and delivery, you will be involved throughout the value chain, collaborating closely with sales, engineering, manufacturing, and product management.
Continuous Learning
Technology is evolving rapidly. Electromobility, connectivity, automation, and customer adaptations are transforming our industry. You will continuously develop your technical expertise while expanding your understanding of global transport solutions.
Visible Business Impact
The solutions you create will directly contribute to customer success, operational excellence, and Volvo Trucks' competitiveness in the market.
Who You Are
You are naturally curious, customer-focused, and motivated by solving technical challenges.
You likely have:
- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
- A strong interest in automotive technology and customer solutions.
- The ability to translate complex technical requirements into practical business solutions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- A structured and detail-oriented approach.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- A continuous improvement mindset and eagerness to learn.
- Fluent in English; additional languages are an advantage (French or German or Dutch).
- A genuine desire to make customers successful.
Who We Are
Technical Sales Support is part of Truck Sales Operations within Volvo Trucks. We are a highly skilled and collaborative team located in both Göteborg and Ghent, working closely with markets, production sites, product development, and sales organizations worldwide.
We believe in teamwork, knowledge sharing, continuous learning, and supporting each other to achieve outstanding results.
Our work has a direct impact on customers, making every success tangible and meaningful.
Join Us and Make a Difference
At Volvo Trucks, you'll be part of a global team driven by Trust, Passion, High Performance, Change, and Customer Success. You'll work with talented colleagues, exciting technologies, and customers who rely on your expertise to keep the world moving.
If you're ready to combine technical expertise with customer impact and help shape the future of transport, we'd love to hear from you.
Join Volvo Trucks. Together, we move the world we want to live in.
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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people – to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in.