Senior Account Executive

El Segundo, United States
Full-time

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Account Executive with 5+ years of closing experience to join a small, high-impact sales team selling factory operating system software to the most ambitious hardware companies on the planet — think space rockets, micro nuclear reactors, eVTOLs, and defense tech. This is a hunting role with a $750K–$1M annual quota, reporting directly to the COO.

What will you be doing?

  • Owning the full sales cycle for enterprise deals ranging from $50K to hundreds of thousands in ACV
  • Hunting for new business — while inbound leads exist, this is primarily an outbound role
  • Selling a technical, AI-native product to highly technical buyers (engineers, operators, and manufacturing leaders)
  • Translating complex manufacturing software value (MES/PLM/ERP) into business outcomes for C-suite and engineering stakeholders
  • Feeding market intelligence back to product and engineering teams to shape the roadmap

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years of closing experience in B2B sales
  • Direct experience selling MES, PLM, or ERP software — ideally in the manufacturing space
  • Comfortable in a startup environment (~50 people) with ambiguity and fast pace
  • Technically literate enough to hold conversations with engineers and manufacturing operators
  • Based in Los Angeles and open to being in-office 3–4 days per week

About First Resonance

First Resonance is a Series A-backed software company (founded 2019, $34M+ raised from investors including Craft Ventures, Emerson, Third Prime, Blue Bear Capital, and Fortitude Ventures) building the ION Factory OS — the leading operating system for modern manufacturers. ION gives hardware companies of every size a flexible, API-first platform to manage day-to-day factory operations, from production workflows and parts tracking to supply chain procurement and quality control. Their customers are building some of the most ambitious physical products on the planet: micro nuclear reactors, next-generation eVTOLs, space rockets, autonomous vehicles, robotic farms, and more — and collectively, those customers raised over $10 billion in the past year alone, a testament to the momentum in the advanced manufacturing space. First Resonance is on a mission to re-industrialize America by empowering engineers, operators, and managers with the tools they need to push the boundaries of the physical world.

The team (~50 people, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA) is AI-native in how they build software, and they're rapidly scaling their Forward Deployed Engineering function — growing from 1 to 6 FDEs in under a year and targeting 10+ — as a core driver of customer stickiness and revenue growth. The culture is startup-through-and-through: fast-paced, mission-driven, and deeply connected to the cutting-edge industries they serve.

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Job details

Salary

$100,000 - $140,000

Location

El Segundo, United States

Experience

5+ years

Company

NameFirst Resonance
Industrysoftware_development, manufacturing, hardware, autonomous_vehicles, robotics, api_sdk
Team Size50

Funding

Total raised

$40.8M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

Craft Ventures
TThird Prime
BBlue Bear Capital
EEmerson Ventures
FFortitude Ventures

Founders

Karan Talati

Karan Talati

Co-Founder & CEO

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Neal Sarraf

Co-Founder & COO

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.