Full-Time

Pre-Sales Engineer

Posted on 9/18/2025

Coates Group

Coates Group

201-500 employees

End-to-end digital signage for QSRs

Compensation Overview

$106k - $125k/yr

Chicago, IL, USA

Hybrid

Category
Sales & Solution Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Microsoft Azure
Salesforce
AWS
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
  • 3+ years of experience in a Pre-Sales, Solutions Engineering, Sales Engineering, or technical consulting role.
  • Familiarity with the sales process and customer engagement lifecycle.
  • Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS, Azure, Salesforce, Cisco) are a plus.
Responsibilities
  • Participate in discovery calls and meetings to gather client requirements and understand business objectives.
  • Identify customer pain points, goals, and technical environments.
  • Build strong technical relationships with prospective clients to foster trust and credibility.
  • Translate customer requirements into functional and technical solutions.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to ensure feasibility and alignment.
  • Develop solution architectures, integration plans, and high-level designs that meet customer needs.
  • Prepare and deliver product demonstrations customized to client use cases.
  • Present technical solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Lead technical workshops, webinars, and proof-of-concept (PoC) sessions.
  • Support client lab setup and management.
  • Partner with sales representatives to create compelling value propositions and win strategies.
  • Assist with RFP/RFI responses and technical proposal writing.
  • Support pricing discussions, scope definition, and effort estimation.
  • Document customer requirements, solution designs, and integration plans clearly and accurately.
  • Provide thorough technical documentation and ensure a smooth handover to post-sales teams.
  • Stay current on product portfolio, emerging technologies, and industry trends.
  • Gather and relay client feedback to product and engineering teams to drive continuous improvement.
Desired Qualifications
  • Strong technical background in relevant technologies (cloud, SaaS, software, networking).
  • Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to engage technical and business audiences.
  • Solution-oriented mindset with proven problem-solving abilities.
  • Ability to translate business requirements into scalable, technical solutions.
  • Experience working directly with customers in a consultative capacity.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Coates Group provides digital signage and customer experience solutions for Quick Service Restaurants. It offers digital menu boards, self-service kiosks, and content management systems, along with hardware, software, installation, and ongoing support. The system combines displays and interactive kiosks with a central content platform to create, schedule, and push menus and messages across multiple locations, while technicians install and maintain the setup. Its goal is to help QSR brands improve the customer experience and drive sales by offering end-to-end, location-wide digital signage management for large chains and independents.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Newtown Township, Pennsylvania

Founded

2003

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • signageOS partnership powers Switchboard on Samsung screens for scalability.
  • Elo Touch deploys tens of thousands of kiosks enhancing QSR journeys.
  • Traditional signage like pylons maximizes QSR brand ROI worldwide.

What critics are saying

  • McDonald's in-house tech eliminates 25-40% revenue in 12-24 months.
  • Samsung/LG direct sales undercut margins in 6-18 months.
  • Toast/Shopify POS integration obsoletes Switchboard in 12-24 months.

What makes Coates Group unique

  • Switchboard CMS integrates POS systems with license plate recognition for drive-thru targeting.
  • VR showroom in Chicago enables QSR clients to test digital signage pre-build.
  • Global McDonald's provider since 1970s for menu boards and kiosks.

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Benefits

Performance Bonus

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Sick Leave

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