The Graduate Sales Engineering role is designed for early engineers who want to develop careers technical sales, applications engineering, and technical marketing. You will benefit from extensive training programs, including training on NI products and related technologies, our sales process, public speaking, instructor skills, and on our customers and markets they serve.
We're looking for engineers who thrive in teams and enjoy time spent with customers discussing complex engineering problems. Applicants will demonstrate resilience and a passion to excel. The successful applicant will demonstrate confidence in sharing new ideas and strive to keep updated with market developments, competitors, customer demand, and new product lines to develop their technical acumen, customer understanding, and soft skills.
- Spend your first 6 months in rapid learning, gaining expertise with NI tools and our sales process while supporting NI customers and their technical challenges
- After 6 months, you will 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 your prospecting activities to generate new demand and pipeline
- Develop test and measurement expertise to equip you for your future career
- Qualify demand and escalate 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 learns, and product presentations
- Collaborate with our partner and distribution channel
- Create a business plan to drive business success in your territory, identifying the right actions and resources to needed to support business outcomes
- 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 a Paris (FR), Milan (IT), Munich (DE) or Reading (UK) for minimum of 2 years
- Willingness to relocate elsewhere in Europe if interested in Sales or Applications Engineering path
- Available for moderate travel
- English language competency and effective communication skills
- You gain the respect of others, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are seen as a leader
- You listen attentively and able to grasp fast-paced technical conversations
- You have a strong customer service attitude, work ethic and drive to succeed
At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.
The philosophy is fundamental to living our company’s values and our responsibility to leave the world in a better place. Learn more about our Culture & Values and about Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at Emerson.
WHY EMERSON
Our Commitment to Our People
At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration.
We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor.
At Emerson, you’ll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let’s go, together.
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ABOUT EMERSON
Emerson is a global leader in automation technology and software. Through our deep domain expertise and legacy of flawless execution, Emerson helps customers in critical industries like life sciences, energy, power and renewables, chemical and advanced factory automation operate more sustainably while improving productivity, energy security and reliability.
With global operations and a comprehensive portfolio of software and technology, we are helping companies implement digital transformation to measurably improve their operations, conserve valuable resources and enhance their safety.
We offer equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and embrace challenges with confidence that, together, we can make an impact across a broad spectrum of countries and industries. Whether you’re an established professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you’ll find your chance to make a difference with Emerson. Join our team – let’s go!
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Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, 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 such as C, Python, or LabVIEW
- Ability to relocate to Paris, Milan, Munich, or Reading for a minimum of two years
- Willingness to relocate elsewhere in Europe for a Sales or Applications Engineering career path
- Available for moderate travel
- English language competency and effective communication skills
- Leadership qualities, entrepreneurial spirit, and ability to earn the respect of others
- Ability to listen attentively and understand fast-paced technical conversations
- Strong customer service attitude, work ethic, and drive to succeed
Emerson Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Emerson and has not been reviewed or approved by Emerson.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs have been strengthened with a 401(k) plus company-supported contributions such as profit sharing and a recent cash-balance transition for certain participants. These features are positioned as differentiators among large industrial peers.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan introduced in 2026 enables discounted share purchases via payroll deductions. This adds an accessible ownership element to the total rewards mix.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — The package includes PTO, holidays, sick leave, and parental leave within a broad benefits suite. Coverage breadth aligns with large-employer norms across locations, though specifics vary.
Emerson Insights
What We Do
At Emerson, we’re passionate about what we do. By fusing decades of technology and engineering expertise, Emerson continues to solve some of the world’s most complex challenges with innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and residential markets. We recruit the greatest talent and apply the best technologies to benefit our customers worldwide. Automation Solutions is a leader in helping process and discrete manufacturers automate and optimize production processes through our best-in-class technologies and industry expertise. Commercial & Residential Solutions develops technologies and services that improve human comfort, safeguard food, protect the environment, enable sustainable food waste disposal, and support efficient construction and maintenance of buildings and municipal infrastructure. Emerson has a wide range of industry knowledge, manufacturing expertise, and technological innovation around the world. Join our next generation of leaders today.
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