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Technical Sales Engineer

🧠 A Technical Sales Engineer is a hybrid professional who blends engineering expertise with sales acumen to help businesses sell complex technical products or services—think of them as the translator between the tech team and the customer.

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🔍 What They Do

Understand customer needs and match them with the right technical solution.

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Demonstrate and explain how products work—often using diagrams, prototypes, or software.

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Collaborate with engineers to tailor solutions or develop custom features.

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Support the sales process from initial contact to post-sale service.

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Train clients on how to use the product effectively.

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đź§° Key Skills

Technical Skills Sales & Soft Skills

Engineering knowledge Communication & persuasion

Product design insight Customer relationship building

Technical troubleshooting Negotiation & presentation

Industry-specific tools Project management

🏭 Industries They Work In

Manufacturing

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IT & Software

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Telecommunications

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Energy & Renewables

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Medical Devices

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Automation & Robotics

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đź’Ľ Career Path

Engineering degree (often mechanical, electrical, or software)

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Sales or customer-facing experience

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Progress to Sales Manager, Product Manager, or even Director of Business Development

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Derby was settled by Romans – who established the town of Derventio – Saxons and Vikings, who made Derby one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw. Initially a market town, Derby grew rapidly in the industrial era. Home to Lombe's Mill, an early British factory, Derby has a claim to be one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. It contains the southern part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. With the arrival of the railways in the 19th century, Derby became a centre of the British rail industry.

Derby is a centre for advanced transport manufacturing, being home to the world's second largest aero-engine manufacturer: Rolls-Royce. Bombardier Transportation are based at the Derby Litchurch Lane Works and were for many years the UK's only train manufacturers. Toyota Manufacturing UK's automobile headquarters is southwest of the city at Burnaston. To the east lies Nottingham, separated by the M1 motorway.

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