Business Development Executive – Connected Home Solutions Location: Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland Department: Sales Reports To: Group Commercial Manager About Ei Electronics & HomeLINK Ei Electronics is a leader in residential fire and carbon monoxide detection, trusted by housing providers and homeowners alike for more than 50 years. We are committed to corporate values of Quality, Service and Innovation in all our products and services. We’ve developed a proposition for inventory, asset management and environmental sensing (temperature, humidity, CO₂), enabled by HomeLINK , our connected home platform. This solution helps landlords and residents monitor property health, safety and wellbeing in real time. We are now seeking a Business Development Executive to support the growth of connected home solutions and HomeLINK in key domestic and international markets. This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of sales, customer success, and product innovation , helping shape the future of smart, healthy homes. Role Overview As a Business Development Executive, you will drive the awareness and adoption of our solutions among housing providers, property managers, resellers, and other stakeholders and channels. You will also support post-sales onboarding and act as a conduit between customers and our product team – ensuring a feedback loop that enables continuous product refinement and customer satisfaction. Key Responsibilities Business Development Identify and qualify new business opportunities for the HomeLINK platform and related solutions across housing associations, local authorities, and residential developers. Lead outbound outreach efforts (email campaigns, calls, networking). Conduct product demonstrations tailored to stakeholder needs (compliance, ESG, resident wellbeing). Develop proposals, respond to tenders, and create case studies to inform customer Return on Investment. Customer Success Onboard new customers, ensuring a smooth implementation and understanding of the HomeLINK dashboard and device functionality. Build long-term relationships with clients, supporting their success with usage reviews, health checks, and tailored guidance. Proactively identify churn risks and retention opportunities. Support customers in deriving actionable insights from environmental and safety data. Product & Market Insights Gather and document customer feedback on platform usability, feature needs, and device performance. Relay insights to the product and engineering teams to shape future iterations. Collaborate on user testing, pilot deployments, and customer training materials. Stay informed on regulatory changes, environmental housing standards, and IoT market trends to inform strategy. Skills & Experience Essential 2–4 years in B2B sales, business development, or technical account management. Proven ability to manage and grow customer accounts with complex stakeholder environments. Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills; comfortable speaking to both technical and non-technical audiences. Strong organisational and CRM skills (Dynamics, Salesforce, or similar). A keen interest in connected technology, sustainability, and the future of housing. Desirable Experience working with IoT, PropTech, or smart building solutions. Knowledge of Irish social housing, ESG standards, or compliance frameworks Exposure to product development, customer feedback loops, or agile teams. What You’ll Get Competitive base salary with performance-based bonus. Fully expensed company car Opportunity to work on cutting-edge IoT technology with a clear social impact. Collaborative environment with strong product, engineering, and commercial support. Career development across sales, customer success, and product functions. Join Us Be part of a purpose-driven mission to improve safety, sustainability, and wellbeing in homes through connected innovation. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Employing over 1200 people worldwide, Ei Electronics is headquartered in Shannon, Ireland, occupying a 33,000 m campus where all key manufacturing, R&D and commercial functions are located. Overseas sales and marketing subsidiaries are located in the UK, Germany, France and the USA. The Companys success is based on a culture of Quality, Service and Product Innovation over 30 years. R&D is the lifeblood of Ei Electronics, with sensor technologies at the core of our product advancement. As a global leader in the industry, Ei Electronics is now at the forefront of emerging Cloud-based Connected Home and IOT developments. Working with one of Irelands leading indigenous electronics companies, provides a wide array of opportunities and possibilities to grow. All of Eis alarm, sensor & gateway products are powered by embedded software. This software is architected, designed, developed and validated in-house by our Embedded Software team. We want to grow this team. The successful candidate could see their software deployed in 20m products per year! Embedded software engineers in Ei work as part of a multi-disciplinary team collaborating throughout to bring new products and innovations through development and into volume production. Engineers will work with a variety of sensor and wireless technologies to develop ranges of interconnected products. Reporting to:Head of Embedded Software As a Software Engineer (Embedded) you will contribute to: Design & Development of new alarm & IoT sensor products Design & Development of RF modules to connect these devices Collaborating with Electronic Hardware, Mechanical, RF and other engineering teams Bringing the new products & features through in-house validation and external approvals (e.g. RED testing) Collaborating with the NPI teams to transition the new products & features into high-volume manufacturing Key Skillsets required Modular C on micros e.g Microchip PIC, STM32. Compilers e.g. IAR, XC8 RF protocol development (proprietary, BLE, LORA, Sigfox or other) SCM e.g. Git Obsessive about code quality Good Problem-solving skills Self-Motivated Advantageous Automated QA tools (e.g. LDRA) Low power design, battery powered products Familiar with CI/CD pipeline tools e.g. Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Runners Qualifications: BSc in Electronic Engineering, computer science or a related field, or significant equivalent experience. 3 years minimum experience developing embedded solutions Skills: Embedded Software Modular C RF
