Sales Engineers

Employers

Sales engineers work for industrial, scientific, and technological companies, selling advanced, complex products and services to customers. There are 59,700 sales engineers employed in the United States. Many work for companies that offer computer systems design and related services, and for wholesale electronics markets and agents and brokers. Other employers include machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers; and professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers.

Starting Out

Sales engineers start out in entry-level positions, usually training with more senior-level sales engineers. Some have prior sales experience in other technical areas.