sales engineer

noun

A salesperson with engineering expertise or an engineer with sales expertise, able to communicate with customers about technical aspects of a product or service and to help them implement and integrate their systems; often, a field application engineer.

“Near-synonym: FDE (such terms often mean the same concept in various industries)”

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Meanings

nounsales engineer (plural sales engineers)

plural sales engineers

  1. A salesperson with engineering expertise or an engineer with sales expertise, able to communicate with customers about technical aspects of a product or service and to help them implement and integrate their systems; often, a field application engineer.

    Near-synonym: FDE (such terms often mean the same concept in various industries)

    Synonyms: FDE

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA salesperson with engineering expertise or an engineer with sales expertise, able to communicate with customers about technical aspects of a product or service and to help them implement and integrate their systems; often, a field application engineer.

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FDE
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APA

sales engineer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sales%20engineer

MLA

“sales engineer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sales%20engineer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sales engineer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sales%20engineer.

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