NorthStar

Occupations/41-9031.00

Sales Engineers

Sell business goods or services, the selling of which requires a technical background equivalent to a baccalaureate degree in engineering.

Bachelor’s

Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.

AI automation risk

53%

Mixed exposure

Human characteristics

49%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

30%

More resilient

A day in this job

  • Mostly human

    Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements, to promote the sale of company products, and to provide sales support.

  • Task

    Develop, present, or respond to proposals for specific customer requirements, including request for proposal responses and industry-specific solutions.

  • Task

    Create sales or service contracts for products or services.

The tasks we can read here lean on people, judgment, or hands-on work. The AI risk number is still this job’s rank against other occupations.

Core tasks

  1. 01Develop, present, or respond to proposals for specific customer requirements, including request for proposal responses and industry-specific solutions.
  2. 02Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements, to promote the sale of company products, and to provide sales support.
  3. 03Create sales or service contracts for products or services.
  4. 04Visit prospective buyers at commercial, industrial, or other establishments to show samples or catalogs, and to inform them about product pricing, availability, and advantages.
  5. 05Keep informed on industry news and trends, products, services, competitors, relevant information about legacy, existing, and emerging technologies, and the latest product-line developments.
  6. 06Identify resale opportunities and support them to achieve sales plans.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks2.93
  • Degree of automation1.62
  • Time sitting3.72
  • Originality (ability)3.38
  • Conflict situations2.95
  • Hands-on objects/tools1.56
  • Outdoors / weather1.18
  • Disease exposure1.00
  • Decision freedom4.46

Top abilities

  • Speech Clarity4.12
  • Oral Expression4.12
  • Written Comprehension4.00
  • Speech Recognition4.00
  • Oral Comprehension4.00
  • Inductive Reasoning4.00
  • Deductive Reasoning4.00
  • Written Expression3.88

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension4.00
  • Active Listening4.00
  • Writing3.75
  • Speaking4.12
  • Mathematics3.00
  • Science2.12
  • Critical Thinking4.00
  • Active Learning3.75
  • Learning Strategies3.00
  • Monitoring2.88

CIP matches

99.9999NO MATCH

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