Welcome! Our Growth is Creating Great Opportunities! Our team is expanding, and we want to hire the most talented people we can. Continued success depends on it! Once you've had a chance to explore our current open positions, apply to the ones you feel suit you best and keep track of both your progress in the selection process, and new postings that might interest you! Thanks for your interest in working on our team! We are currently looking for a highly motivated Solutions Engineer to be based in either France/Belgium/Netherlands. In this position, you will provide expert knowledge of Optical Networking (WDM, Fiber Monitoring and PON) to the Western Europe regional Sales Team. Key Responsibilities: Communication of sales and market requirements and trends incl. "Requests for Features". Providing technical management of major bids and tenders in the region. This will include but is not limited to keeping in close contact with strategic customers, Product Line Management and Business Development (BD). Responsible for executing the technical aspects of the RFX process and assisting the Key Account Manager with the Win / Loss Analysis process including tools and documentation. Direct customer-facing support to sales with major account and channel opportunities. Support customer demonstrations, and work with Customer Services to provide trials, evaluations, and First Installs and Technology Introduction Programmes. Provide technical advice to the sales team and strategic customers: General network consulting, network optimisation, network planning and training. Knowledge, skills and experience required Good science / engineering degree or equivalent industry experience In-depth knowledge of transmission networks (DWDM), and Access or Data-Centric networks / LANs (IP, Fibre Channel) Experience in the network providers, data centre, or telco / router equipment supplier area Fluent in English skills, both spoken and written – other languages are appreciated as well Robust personality and attitude essential. Must have considerable presentation and meeting management experience Scope of employment Fulltime / Permanent Office based (Paris), hybrid or remote working (Belgium/Netherlands). Readiness to travel in Europe (25%) Primary location of job France, Belgium or Netherlands Compensation Sales compensation scheme: Base salary + Commission Adtran is a leading global provider of fiber-based networking solutions and SaaS applications, focused on the broadband access market. Our comprehensive portfolio spans from the metro core to the customer premises, enabling network providers to deliver Gigabit broadband to every home and business. Our vision is to enable a fully connected world where the power to communicate is available to everyone, everywhere. At Adtran, we believe in our people. With a diverse and inclusive team spread across the globe, our culture embraces creativity and seeks innovation and quality in everything we do. Built on a foundation of communication, trust, collaboration, and an entrepreneurial spirit enables us to be a global technology leader and a strong customer advocate. Adtran began operations in January 1986. Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, Adtran is located in Cummings Research Park - the second-largest research park in the U.S. and fourth-largest in the world. Our mailing address is 901 Explorer Boulevard, Huntsville, Alabama, 35806. Adtran, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adtran Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADTN and FSE: QH9). Find out more at adtran.com, or follow our story on LinkedIn and Twitter.