About Squint
Our mission is to accelerate human potential.
Squint is the Industrial AI company that turns operating knowledge into action. Our technology serves Fortune 500 leaders across manufacturing, field services, and utilities. Companies such as PepsiCo, Continental Tire, and Tenneco use Squint to capture and activate their essential tribal knowledge, standards docs, and OT data into procedures, orchestrated work, and context for AI agents to act on.
Some things to know about us:
We are obsessed with our customers, and they’ll tell you so themselves.
We raised a $40M Series B in 2025, backed by elite investors including Sequoia Capital, Menlo Ventures, TCV and The Westly Group.
Company awards include:
Fast Company Most Innovative Companies in 2025 and 2026
Fast Company Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026
Built In’s Best Startups to Work for in SF
Manufacturing Today Supplier Innovation Awards 2025
Read more about us in Upstarts Media, Fortune, Forbes, and more.
About the Job
As a Senior Sales Engineer, you will help prospects and customers get into Squint, build valuable use cases, and turn early success into broader adoption. You will work alongside customers to understand their business, learn how their teams operate, and identify where Squint can make a measurable difference. From live demos and on-site engagements to building and testing solutions in the product, you will help customers move quickly from initial interest to active usage. You will bring what you learn back to the team to shape the product and improve how we land and grow customer accounts.
Key Responsibilities
Partner with Account Executives on enterprise opportunities to define solution strategy and deal approach.
Lead in-depth discovery to map business processes, identify strategic pain points, and quantify potential impact.
Design, scope, and deliver compelling use cases directly in our AI platform for prospects and customers.
Address complex technical objections, ensuring seamless integrations with existing systems and manufacturing workflows.
Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, from plant managers to C-suite executives, to drive consensus and decision-making.
Serve as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert in AI- and AR-driven manufacturing solutions.
Prioritize our customers’ success above all else.
Qualifications
Experience: 6+ years in a Sales Engineering or equivalent role, ideally in manufacturing, AI, AR, or industrial solutions, with a proven track record in enterprise-level deals.
Hands-on Builder: Eager to dive into the product and work alongside customers to build, test, and refine use cases that solve real operational challenges and deliver measurable value.
Technical Proficiency: Proven experience designing, scoping, and delivering ERP/MES-integrated AI-driven manufacturing solutions.
Analytical Skills: Deep understanding and experience assessing customer value chains, analyzing data, and tailoring solutions to address mission-critical challenges.
Communication Skills: Skilled in creating executive-ready technical proposals, presentations, and ROI analyses for high-value contracts.
Adaptability: Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, inventing solutions on-the-fly and navigating ambiguity.
AI Mindset: Actively uses AI to improve internal processes, accelerate execution, and build better customer-facing solutions.
Travel: Willingness to travel frequently to customer sites.
Benefits
Based out of our office in San Francisco, we love the energy of in-person collaboration.
Competitive Salary and Equity
Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental care
Flexible PTO Policy
Lunch and Dinner Service
Wellness Benefit
Maven Family Planning Benefits
Partnership with Care.com
Mental Health Services
401(k) Retirement Plan
Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit for Parking & Public Transit
Company-wide Retreats
Subsidized Uber to and from the office
A Final Note
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Squint is an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds without regard to race, gender, age, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage you to apply even if you're not quite sure you fit all the requirements for the role!
Ready to redefine the future? Join us at Squint and be a part of something revolutionary.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience in Sales Engineering or an equivalent role
- Proven track record with enterprise-level deals
- Experience designing, scoping, and delivering ERP/MES-integrated AI-driven manufacturing solutions
- Hands-on ability to build, test, and refine customer use cases
- Experience assessing customer value chains, analyzing data, and tailoring solutions to mission-critical challenges
- Ability to create executive-ready technical proposals, presentations, and ROI analyses
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and develop solutions on the fly
- Active use of AI to improve internal processes and customer-facing solutions
- Willingness to travel frequently to customer sites
- Experience in manufacturing, AI, AR, or industrial solutions
Squint Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Squint and has not been reviewed or approved by Squint.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is described as competitive for a startup, with base salary ranges for engineering and applied AI roles positioned as solid relative to similar-stage firms.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is repeatedly framed as a meaningful part of total rewards, with upside potential cited as a key contributor to perceived attractiveness of offers.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness stipends, daily meals (where applicable), commuter benefits, and remote/home-office support are presented as valuable add-ons that can strengthen the overall rewards experience.
Squint Insights
What We Do
Squint is the Manufacturing Intelligence Platform that the world's leading manufacturers use to capture expert knowledge, unlock operator performance, and analyze production insights. Operators love Squint because it uniquely combines spatial computing, LLMs, and human expertise into a magical experience. Our story starts with manufacturing, a $7T industry that is the foundation of the world as we know it. Faced with a generational inflection point, the industry is in need of a new wave of technology that bridges the knowledge gap between the retiring and incoming workforce. Squint’s mission is to accelerate human potential by bringing digital knowledge into the real world.
Why Work With Us
Squint isn’t just building another AI tool; it’s redefining how people learn and work. By combining AI and AR, Squint transforms complex physical processes into intuitive, streamlined experiences. Employees build technology that directly empowers frontline workers, engineers, and operators to have access to the cutting edge technology they deserve.
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