Solutions Associate
Teal Communications, Inc. · Kirkland, WA · 3 wk ago
On-siteOTHRFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with Account Executives to support new business and revenue goals
- Participate in technical discovery calls to understand customer use cases, requirements, and constraints
- Document discovery outcomes and help translate requirements into next steps (demo plan, PoC plan, technical validation items)
- Solution Design & Architecture: Support solution design using our eSIM, connectivity, and management platform (including APIs)
- Create and maintain solution artifacts such as architecture diagrams, data flows, and technical write-ups that map TEAL’s solution to the customer’s needs
- Collaborate with senior technical resources to validate approach, assumptions, and integration requirements
- Deliver compelling product demonstrations, leveraging standard demo assets and tailoring to customer context with guidance and collaboration
- Support customer PoCs by coordinating technical steps, assisting with setup, tracking progress, and helping ensure a successful evaluation
- Gather and summarize PoC feedback for internal teams (Sales, Product, Engineering)
- Cross-Functional Technical Expertise: Partner with Customer Support and Engineering to investigate, reproduce, and resolve customer-reported technical issues—owning clear communication and structured handoffs
- Act as the “voice of the customer” by providing actionable feedback to Product and Engineering to influence roadmap and improvements
- Support technical responses for RFPs, RFIs, and security questionnaires (with guidance for more complex sections)
Required Skills & Experience
- 1–3+ years in a customer-facing technical role, such as Solutions Engineering, Sales Engineering, Technical Account Management, Implementation, or Technical Support
- Working knowledge of APIs and integrations (REST/JSON), with the ability to run tests (e.g., Postman), troubleshoot basic requests, and explain concepts to mixed technical audiences
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to break down issues across systems and communicate findings clearly
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify technical topics for business stakeholders
- Able to manage multiple threads of work across sales cycles, customer requests, and internal stakeholders in a fast-moving environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with the cellular and mobile ecosystem (MNOs, MVNOs, relevant standards and network concepts)
- Exposure to eSIM concepts and provisioning flows, or demonstrated ability to learn new technical domains quickly
- Experience in IoT/M2M or TEAL’s customer verticals (e.g., telematics, EV, smart metering, drones, logistics)
- Familiarity with IoT protocols (MQTT, CoAP, LwM2M) and/or cloud platforms (AWS IoT, Azure IoT Hub)