The Graduate Sales Engineering role is designed for early engineers who want to develop careers in technical sales, applications engineering, and technical marketing. Applicants will demonstrate resilience, a passion to excel, and confidence in sharing new ideas while keeping their technical acumen, customer understanding, and soft skills up to date.
Responsibilities
* Spend your first 6 months in rapid learning, gaining expertise with NI tools and our sales process while supporting customers and their technical challenges.
* After 6 months, 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 prospecting activities to generate new demand and pipeline.
* Develop test and measurement expertise to equip you for your future career.
* Qualify demand and elevate 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‑learn sessions, and product presentations.
* Collaborate with partner and distribution channels.
* Create a business plan to drive business success in your territory, identifying the right actions and resources needed to support outcomes.
Qualifications
* High value on proactive customer‑facing activity, strong initiative, problem‑solving skills, and enthusiasm.
* 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 Paris, Milan, Munich or Reading for a minimum of 2 years.
* Willingness to relocate elsewhere in Europe if interested in a Sales or Applications Engineering path.
* Available for moderate travel.
* English language competency and effective communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
* Show respect of others, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a leadership presence.
* Listen attentively and understand fast‑paced technical conversations.
* Maintain a strong customer service attitude, work ethic and drive to succeed.
We value diversity and inclusion.
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