About this role
The Graduate Sales Engineering role is designed 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 complex engineering problems. Applicants will demonstrate resilience and a passion to excel. The successful applicant will demonstrate confidence in sharing new ideas and strive to keep updated with market developments, competitors, customer demand, and new product lines to develop their technical acumen, customer understanding, and soft skills.
- 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 configuration
- 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 escalate 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
- 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
- You gain the respect of others, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are seen as a leader
- You listen attentively and able to grasp fast-paced technical conversations
- You have a strong customer service attitude, work ethic and drive to succeed
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.
The philosophy is fundamental to living our company’s values and our responsibility to leave the world in a better place. Learn more about our Culture & Values and about Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at Emerson.
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About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR) is a global automation leader delivering solutions for the most demanding technology challenges. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Emerson is engineering the autonomous future, enabling customers to optimize operations and accelerate innovation. For more information, visit Emerson.com.
What you'll do
- The role involves rapid learning of NI tools and supporting customers with technical challenges. After six months, the engineer will partner with an Account Manager to assist with sales requests and customer training.
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