What Is Sales Engineering at Emerson:
Sales engineers join our fast-paced Global Industry Sales team in Marshalltown, Iowa, and act as the primary source of factory expertise for our global sales channel. You are responsible for driving both commercial and technical reviews, maintaining strong application knowledge, pricing discussions, contract reviews, project strategy, customer presentations among other tasks. This is accomplished through strong engagement, communication, responsiveness, technical expertise, and price management.
Relocation Assistance available!
In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:
- Provide application and technical support to our global sales teams through
- Valve sizing and selection
- Field issue resolution
- Product presentations
- Industry knowledge
- Value-led selling
- Act as the liaison between the sales network and our strategic product business units
- Be the voice of the customer into our organization and engineering teams.
- Lead pricing discussions with the global sales network
- Set pricing in conjunction with divisional objectives for sales and operating profit – gain Industry Manager, Industry Director, and Sales VP approval.
- Visit customers to promote new technology, support our sales channel or gain industry and application knowledge
- Coordinate visits to Marshalltown including technical training and industry schools
- Collaborate with sales engineers, product engineers and marketing managers
- Review commercial terms and conditions for contracts and align on acceptable business risks – gain alignment from Industry Manager and Industry Director.
- Expedite and advance key customer complaints in focused industry segment and problems as is required to acquire satisfactory and timely resolution.
- Understand the complete Fisher portfolio for solutions and technologies, including new products, critical service valves, and FIELDVUE instrumentation.
- You quickly take actions in fact-changing, unexpected situations. Establish common objectives and a shared mentality. Enjoy dynamic working environments and team collaboration. Comfortable promoting your technical background to provide solutions. Adjust communication content and style to meet the needs of diverse collaborators.
- BS in Engineering, or qualified technical 4-year degree and combined experience
- Experience working on teams
- Strong communication skills
- Business insight
- Open to travel
- Legal authorization to work in the United States - Sponsorship will not be provided for this position.
- Knowledge of control valves and/or process control
- Strong presentation skills
- 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.
- We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family’s physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.
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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.
Work Authorization
Emerson will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1(including those with OPT or CPT) , H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Emerson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.
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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
- BS in Engineering or qualified technical 4-year degree with combined experience
- Experience working on teams
- Strong communication skills
- Business insight
- Willingness to travel and visit customers
- Legal authorization to work in the United States (no sponsorship provided)
- Knowledge of control valves and/or process control
- Strong presentation skills
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.
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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.
