Sales Engineers
Marketing · Professional Sales
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $77,260; experienced workers reach $180,560. About 220 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- +16.2%
- Openings a year
- 33
- Employed in 2024
- 321
Typical entry education: Bachelor's degree · Training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
No program is mapped to this career yet. Many careers start from a transfer pre-major or a related program.
Browse all programsSkills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Speaking4.3
- Persuasion4.3
- Reading Comprehension4.9
- Active Listening4.1
- Critical Thinking4.0
- Judgment and Decision Making4.0
- Social Perceptiveness3.9
- Negotiation4.0
What the work is
Sell business goods or services, the selling of which requires a technical background equivalent to a baccalaureate degree in engineering.
- Plan and modify product configurations to meet customer needs.
- Confer with customers and engineers to assess equipment needs and to determine system requirements.
- Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements, to promote the sale of company products, and to provide sales support.
- Secure and renew orders and arrange delivery.
- Develop, present, or respond to proposals for specific customer requirements, including request for proposal responses and industry-specific solutions.
- Recommend improved materials or machinery to customers, documenting how such changes will lower costs or increase production.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- Some college6%
- Associate degree12%
- Bachelor's degree57%
- Master's degree25%
Job zone 4, considerable preparation: Usually a bachelor's degree, sometimes a strong associate plus experience.
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