What is a sales engineer?
Want your own personal room cleaning robot? First ask mom then talk to a sales engineer. Sales engineers are salespeople and engineers combined. They know how to get customers to buy something (sales) and tell a team of experts how to build what they bought (engineering). Sales engineers work with very complex products. Their knowledge of engineering and technical design is the key to making customers happy.

How much education do you need?
Most sales engineer careers require a bachelor’s degree.

Does this career fit your personality type?
This career is great for enterprising, realistic and investigative types.

SKILLS YOU NEED

Math Making sales means crunching numbers. Sales engineers have to track sales, determine prices and find ways to make more money! Leadership Knowing how to influence others helps sales engineers guide people’s product decisions and purchases. Brain Power Sales engineers have to think through new product ideas and find ways to give customers what they need. Creativity Stand out from the crowd! Sales engineers need creativity to design unique products for their customers. Time Mastery To make more money, sales engineers have to design and sell more products quickly. That means setting deadlines and sticking to them! Science There are two parts to this career – sales and engineering. Engineering is key to building products that meet customer needs. Writing Good writing skills are important to communicating well with customers and the team of people building their products. Teamwork Being a good team player means working well with other sales people and engineers to help make the customers happy.

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