The Role
About Cyngn
Based in Mountain View, CA, Cyngn is a publicly-traded autonomous technology company. We deploy self-driving industrial vehicles like forklifts and tuggers to factories, warehouses, and other facilities throughout North America. To build this emergent technology, we are looking for innovative, motivated, and experienced leaders to join us and move this field forward. If you like to build, tinker, and create with a team of trusted and passionate colleagues, then Cyngn is the place for you. Key reasons to join Cyngn:
We are small and big.
With under 100 employees, Cyngn operates with the energy of a startup. On the other hand, we’re publicly traded. This means our employees not only work in close-knit teams with mentorship from company leaders—they also get access to the liquidity of our publicly-traded equity.
We build today and deploy tomorrow.
Our autonomous vehicles aren’t just test concepts—they’re deployed to real clients right now. That means your work will have a tangible, visible impact.
We aren’t robots. We just develop them.
We’re a welcoming, diverse team of sharp thinkers and kind humans. Collaboration and trust drive our creative environment. At Cyngn, everyone’s perspective matters—and that’s what powers our innovation.
About this role:
The Sales Development Representative (SDR) job is the launching point for someone looking for a successful career in robotics & automation software sales. In this role, you will be at the front of Cyngn’s go-to-market strategy. This role is ideal for individuals looking to develop technology sales skills and to advance their careers. Successful SDRs will create career growth opportunities in the organization. You will work closely with top-tier executives and will see up close how sales organizations succeed.
Responsibilities
- Searching for leads, mapping enterprise accounts, and building demand for Cyngn’s full line of products.
- Learn from opportunities that don’t materialize to improve the sales process.
- Collaborate with colleagues from sales and other departments like BD and product to continually improve conversion rates and results.
Qualifications
- Be hungry. The type of person that aims to blow past key performance metrics.
- You will need to learn about businesses where you previously had little knowledge.
- Excitement around growing a sales career.
- Thrive in a dynamic, customer-facing environment.
- Previous cold calling experience.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence.
Benefits & Perks
- Health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA and FSA (Health & Dependent Daycare), Employee Assistance Program, 1:1 Health Concierge)
- Life, Short-term and long-term disability insurance (Cyngn funds 100% of premiums)
- Company 401(k)
- Commuter Benefits
- Flexible vacation policy
- Remote or hybrid work opportunities
- Sabbatical leave opportunity after 5 years with the company
- Paid Parental Leave
- Daily lunches for in-office employees and fully-stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages
- Monthly meal and tech allowances for remote employees
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The Company
What We Do
Cyngn works where you work to transform the industrial vehicles you already manage into an autonomous fleet. Our mission is to create safer, broadly accessible and cost-effective transportation through advanced technology, enhancing human productivity and improving quality of life. Whether you operate on the warehouse floor, a construction site, or at the bottom of a mine, Cyngn is here to bring autonomous transportation to you.
