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Sales Engineers - 41-9031.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Sell business goods or services, the selling of which requires a technical background equivalent to a baccalaureate degree in engineering.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Applications Engineer
  • Systems Engineer
  • Account Manager
  • Sales Engineer
  • Product Manager
  • Account Executive
  • Product Sales Engineer
  • Sales Executive
  • Technical Sales Manager

SOC Occupation Groups

41-0000 Sales and Related Occupations
41-9000 Other Sales and Related Workers
41-9030 Sales Engineers
41-9031.00 Sales Engineers

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Tasks

  • Arrange for demonstrations or trial installations of equipment.
  • Attend company training seminars to become familiar with product lines.
  • Attend trade shows and seminars to promote products or to learn about industry developments.
  • Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements, to promote the sale of company products, and to provide sales support.
  • Confer with customers and engineers to assess equipment needs and to determine system requirements.
  • Create sales or service contracts for products or services.
  • Develop sales plans to introduce products in new markets.
  • Develop, present, or respond to proposals for specific customer requirements, including request for proposal responses and industry-specific solutions.
  • Diagnose problems with installed equipment.
  • Document account activities, generate reports, and keep records of business transactions with customers and suppliers.
  • Identify resale opportunities and support them to achieve sales plans.
  • Keep informed on industry news and trends, products, services, competitors, relevant information about legacy, existing, and emerging technologies, and the latest product-line developments.
  • Maintain sales forecasting reports.
  • Plan and modify product configurations to meet customer needs.
  • Prepare and deliver technical presentations that explain products or services to customers and prospective customers.
  • Provide information needed for the development of custom-made machinery.
  • Provide technical and non-technical support and services to clients or other staff members regarding the use, operation, and maintenance of equipment.
  • Recommend improved materials or machinery to customers, documenting how such changes will lower costs or increase production.
  • Report to supervisors about prospective firms' credit ratings.
  • Research and identify potential customers for products or services.
  • Secure and renew orders and arrange delivery.
  • Sell products requiring extensive technical expertise and support for installation and use, such as material handling equipment, numerical-control machinery, and computer systems.
  • Train team members in the customer applications of technologies.
  • Visit prospective buyers at commercial, industrial, or other establishments to show samples or catalogs, and to inform them about product pricing, availability, and advantages.
  • Write technical documentation for products.

Detailed Work Activities

  • advise clients regarding engineering problems
  • arrange for trial installations of equipment
  • bid engineering, construction or extraction projects
  • calculate rates for organization's products or services
  • conduct land surveys
  • conduct sales presentations
  • conduct training for personnel
  • edit written material
  • estimate cost for engineering projects
  • estimate time needed for project
  • estimate time or cost for installation, repair, or construction projects
  • evaluate costs of engineering projects
  • evaluate engineering data
  • evaluate product quality for sales activities
  • explain complex mathematical information
  • explain products to customer representatives
  • improve test devices or techniques in manufacturing, industrial or engineering setting
  • maintain records, reports, or files
  • obtain information from individuals
  • prepare technical reports or related documentation
  • read blueprints
  • read schematics
  • read technical drawings
  • resolve engineering or science problems
  • sell products or services
  • understand engineering data or reports
  • understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
  • use computers to enter, access or retrieve data
  • use drafting or mechanical drawing techniques
  • use interpersonal communication techniques
  • use intuitive judgment for engineering analyses
  • use knowledge of metric system
  • use knowledge of sales contracts
  • use sales techniques
  • use scientific research methodology
  • use technical regulations for engineering problems
  • use telephone communication techniques
  • write product performance requirements

Military Crosswalk Titles

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Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

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DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Chemical-Equipment Sales Engineer
  • Sales Engineer, Aeronautical Products
  • Sales Engineer, Agricultural Equipment
  • Sales Engineer, Ceramic Products
  • Sales Engineer, Marine Equipment
  • Sales Engineer, Mechanical Equipment
  • Sales Engineer, Mining-and-Oil-Well Equipment and Services
  • Sales Engineer, Nuclear Equipment
  • Sales-Engineer, Electrical Products
  • Sales-Engineer, Electronics Products and Systems