Graduate Sales Engineer (m/f/d)

Emerson; Reading; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Graduate Sales Engineer to develop technical sales expertise. The role involves extensive training, customer interactions, and collaboration with various departments. Ideal candidates are recent graduates with a degree in engineering and a strong desire to excel in technical sales.

Benefits

Extensive training programs

Mentorship opportunities

Inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Strong desire for a long-term career in technical sales, marketing, or applications engineering.
• Solid understanding of electronics and computers.
• Ability to relocate for the role.

Responsibilities

• Gain expertise with NI tools and sales process while supporting customers.
• Provide demos, training, and configurations to customers.
• Travel to customer sites for training and presentations.

Skills

Communication

Technical Sales

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering

Tools

C

Python

LabVIEW

Job description

Job Description

The Graduate Sales Engineering role is crafted for early engineers who want to develop careers technical sales, applications engineering, and technical marketing. You will benefit from extensive training programs, including training on NI products and related technologies, our sales process, public speaking, instructor skills, and on our customers and markets they serve.

We're looking for engineers who thrive in teams and enjoy time spent with customers discussing sophisticated engineering problems. Applicants will demonstrate resilience and a passion to excel. The successful applicant will demonstrate confidence in sharing new insights and strive to keep updated with market developments, competitors, customer demand, and new product lines to develop their technical savvy, customer understanding, and soft skills!

In this Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Spend your first 6 months in rapid learning, gaining expertise with NI tools and our sales process while supporting NI customers and their technical challenges
• After 6 months, you will partner with an Account Manager to support customer sales requests, provide demos, training, and customer configurations
• Balance your time between inbound sales demand, marketing generated leads, customer presentations and demos, and your prospecting activities to generate new demand and pipeline
• Develop test and measurement expertise to equip you for your future career
• Qualify demand and intensify opportunities to Account Managers to drive growth
• Provide coaching and mentorship to others within the team
• Work cooperatively with many departments at NI, including sales, marketing, technical support, operations, and business units
• Travel to customer sites to conduct training courses, lunch and learns, and product presentations
• Collaborate with our partner and distribution channel
• Create a business plan to drive business success in your territory, identifying the right actions and resources to needed to support business outcomes
  
  

Who You Are:

You keep in touch with customers. You make new connections and build relationships in other areas and teams. You attentively listen to others.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering
• Strong desire to pursue a long-term career in technical sales, marketing, or applications engineering
• Solid understanding of electronics, computers, and high-level programming languages (C, Python, LabVIEW, etc)
• Ability to relocate to a Paris (FR), Milan (IT), Munich (DE) or Reading (UK) for minimum of 2 years
• Willingness to relocate elsewhere in Europe if interested in Sales or Applications Engineering path
• Available for moderate travel
• English language competency and effective communication skills
  
  

Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:

• Language capabilities in additional European languages
  
  

Our Culture & Commitment to You

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.