[Hiring] Component Manufacturing Technical Specialist @Simpson Strong-Tie

Role Description

As a Component Manufacturing Technical Specialist, you support the growth of new and existing customer relationships by providing pre‑ and post‑sales technical expertise. You are a component manufacturing professional with hands‑on experience in truss design, EWP systems, and wood‑framed construction, and you understand how design, manufacturing, and construction intersect.

You act as a trusted technical partner, translating customer requirements and pain points into effective integrations of Simpson products and solutions. You bring practical knowledge of the challenges faced by component manufacturers, builders, developers, structural engineers, and architects, and apply that expertise to deliver scalable, real‑world solutions.

This position is designated as evergreen and supports our ongoing talent pipeline strategy, with hiring occurring as business needs dictate.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Customer & Sales Partnership (30%): Partner with customers and internal sales and delivery teams throughout the project lifecycle. Lead technical discovery, support scoping, timelines, and budgets, deliver technical demonstrations, and provide ongoing project support from pre‑sale through implementation and handoff.
• Product & Industry Expertise (30%): Serve as a subject‑matter expert on Simpson products and solutions within component manufacturing environments. Translate customer needs into actionable solutions, communicate and resolve technical challenges, and provide structured customer feedback to influence product improvements. Influence owners, developers, contractors, engineers, and architects to adopt Simpson products and services.
• Implementation & Enablement (30%): Lead end‑to‑end software and solution implementations, acting as project manager and solutions consultant as needed. Configure systems, advise on best practices, develop implementation plans, and deliver end‑user training to ensure adoption and long‑term success.
• Post‑Implementation Support (10%): Provide ongoing technical support and training for integrated component and software solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Architectural Technology, Civil Engineering Technology, or related field preferred
• 5+ years’ experience designing or engineering prefabricated wood trusses and/or engineered wood products (EWP) required
• Knowledge of wood‑framed construction practices and building codes required
• Experience supporting software‑enabled workflows and implementations required
• Ability to read and interpret architectural and structural drawings
• Strong applied math, analytical, and problem‑solving skills
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; comfortable working within technical or production systems in a manufacturing or design environment

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk and hear, and sometimes walk and stand. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 25 lbs.
• Work Environment: This job operates in a professional office environment where standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printer/scanner, etc. are frequently used.

Travel Required

This position requires 30%–50% domestic and international travel.

Work Status & Location

This is a full‑time, remote, exempt position in North America.

Relocation

Relocation is not available.

Pay

$91,300 - $155,200 / year

Benefits

• Quarterly Bonuses/Commission: You will be eligible for either a bonus or commission, paid on a quarterly basis.
• Benefits: We provide a wide range of benefits for eligible full-time employees including:
  • Medical, dental, vision
  • Retirement contributions
  • Employee stock purchase and bonus plans
  • Pay for holidays, vacation, sick days, funerals and jury duty
  • Years of service awards
  • Employee discounts
  • Employee referral bonuses
  • Charitable contribution matching
  • Education reimbursement
  • And more.

In keeping with our values and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our communities, we are an equal opportunity employer. This means that our employment decisions are based on your qualifications and merit, and our business needs.

Please note all job offers are contingent upon a successful drug screen and criminal background check, in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws.