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The Science of the Deal
Sell business goods or services, the selling of which requires a technical background equivalent to a baccalaureate degree in engineering.
RELATED JOB TITLES
Product Sales Engineer, Sales Engineer, Technical Sales Engineer
Facts and Stats
Your career outlook is looking good – just like these stats.
O*NET Code: 41-9031.00
Median wages (annual)
2021
Projected job openings
2021-2031
Projected growth (average)
2021-2031
What you Need to Know
- Sales and Marketing — Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
Top Technology Requirements Included in Job Postings
- Data base user interface and query software — IBM DB2; Microsoft SQL Server; Oracle DBMS; SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software — Hyperion Solutions Hyperion System 9 Bi+; Oracle PeopleSoft; SAP; SAP Business Objects
- Operating system software — Linux; Oracle Solaris; Shell script; UNIX
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint; WebEx Sales Center
- Web platform development software — Apache Struts; Extensible HyperText Markup Language XHTML; JavaScript; PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
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