Sales Engineers, task by task.

The work this job is made of, grouped and scored on how much of its output software can produce today, then linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job. The full activity list is underneath.

Also filed here36
  • sales engineer
  • sales specialist
  • customer engineer
  • pre sales engineer
  • field sales engineer
  • inside sales engineer
  • outside sales engineer
  • product sales engineer
  • regional sales engineer
  • product support engineer
  • technical sales engineer
  • enterprise sales engineer
  • sales engineering manager
  • channel sales engineer cse
  • and 22 more
SOC code
41-9031.00
Activities scored
6
In O*NET
25 activities
Activities an agent can take on
5
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Sales EngineersSOC 41-9031.00
88% · agentMostly automatable
85% · agentMostly automatable
82% · agentMostly automatable
80% · agentMostly automatable
78% · agentMostly automatable
28% · you keepBarely automatable
The team5 agents · 5 need no setup
Proposal & RFP Agent
Microsoft Word · Microsoft PowerPoint · Web
● No integration needed
Technical Content Agent
Microsoft PowerPoint · Microsoft Word · Microsoft Visio
● No integration needed
Sales Reporting Agent
Microsoft Excel · Microsoft Access · Sheets
● No integration needed
Market Research Agent
Web · Search · Microsoft Excel
● No integration needed
Contract & Finance Agent
Microsoft Word · Microsoft Excel · Docs
● No integration needed
You keep this
Deliver in-person product demonstrations and technical presentations at customer sitesNegotiate high-stakes contracts and close major dealsOwn strategic customer relationships and serve as trusted technical advisorApprove final technical configurations and pricing decisions

Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.

Start with these three

The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.

Develop proposals, RFPs, and customer-specific solutions88% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable
Maintain forecasts, reports, account records, and business documentation82% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable

The full activity list

All 25 detailed work activities O*NET records for Sales Engineers, grouped by how much of each one software can take on. Every row has its own page.