Sales Engineer Jobs in Oregon
Sales Engineer jobs in Oregon are concentrated in Portland, Hillsboro, and Beaverton, where companies like Intel, Daimler Trucks North America, and Precision Castparts maintain large engineering and manufacturing operations that rely on technical sales talent. Demand is strongest in semiconductor equipment, industrial automation, and enterprise software, reflecting Oregon's deep manufacturing and tech corridors. Openings range from associate-level roles supporting field teams to senior positions owning complex regional accounts. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Eaton’s North American Sales Division is currently seeking a Senior Sales Engineer to join its team. This role can be located in either Tukwila, WA, or Wilsonville, OR and will cover the Seattle and Portland territories. This exciting opportunity provides the chance to build relationships with key contractors, channel partners, homebuilders, installers, and distribution partners while driving sales growth across a residential electrical solutions territory. The role combines business development, technical support, market intelligence, customer engagement, and solution selling, with a focus on growing the residential market through innovative energy transition solutions, including smart panels, EVCI, and integrated residential offerings.
Join Our Team: Making a Difference at Eaton
Who we are: Eaton’s Electrical Sector is a global leader in providing innovative electrical solutions. We power the world around us, including our homes, schools, hospitals, retail stores, factories, data centers, and more.
Our commitment: We’re not just about business; we’re about making a difference. Our team is dedicated to improving lives and safeguarding the environment through our products and services.
What will you do?
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key single-family contractors, channel partners in both new construction and retrofit markets and homebuilders.
- Identify and activate high-potential installers and distribution partners within the territory.
- Support and grow existing installers and channel partners, increasing engagement, capability, and sales performance.
- Execute territory sales plans and business development strategies to achieve assigned sales and growth objectives.
- Conduct regular customer visits, field events, trade shows, training programs, ride-alongs, and site visits to strengthen relationships and drive demand.
- Collaborate cross functionally with product lines, operations, and other internal stakeholders to provide customer centric solutions
- Be aware of and responsive to market conditions and competitive activities while communicating such information to product divisions
- Assist teammates on training Channel on Eaton Products and Electronic Tools
- Collect, analyze, and utilize market intelligence regarding competitive products, customer needs, preferences, and buying habits to drive data-based decisions
- Provide accurate and timely planning and specification interpretation, quotation, and technical support
- Influence customer purchasing decisions through technical expertise, solution selling, and pricing negotiations.
- Plan promotional events and presentations with customers to promote Eaton’s position, while developing a proven record of achieving assigned sales goals
- Utilize Salesforce and other sales tools to manage pipeline activity, partner engagement, territory performance, and forecasting.
What will make you successful?
- General knowledge of Residential Electrical product and service capabilities
- Ability to build trust and relationships with various types of people
- Ability to anticipate and be proactive on customer needs
- Ability to leverage internal stakeholders to meet customer and organizational needs
- Ability to learn and utilize digital tools and software
- Technical problem-solving, communication, customer service, time management, presentation, planning, interpersonal and teamwork skills.
- Understanding of sales processes
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
- Minimum 3 years of experience in B2B sales, channel sales, business development, account management, sales engineering, product management, or related commercial roles.
- No relocation assistance will be provided for this role. Candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of either Tukwila, WA or Wilsonville, OR. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation
- Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
- Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver’s license
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and effectively prioritize competing demands.
- Ability to travel regularly throughout the assigned territory to support customers, events, and business activities.
All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.
The compensation range for this full-time position includes base pay and target sales performance incentive. This position has a target total compensation range of $107,500 - $188,750.
Base salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.
You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.
We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Eaton’s North American Sales Division is currently seeking a Senior Sales Engineer to join its team. This role can be located in either Tukwila, WA, or Wilsonville, OR and will cover the Seattle and Portland territories. This exciting opportunity provides the chance to build relationships with key contractors, channel partners, homebuilders, installers, and distribution partners while driving sales growth across a residential electrical solutions territory. The role combines business development, technical support, market intelligence, customer engagement, and solution selling, with a focus on growing the residential market through innovative energy transition solutions, including smart panels, EVCI, and integrated residential offerings.
Join Our Team: Making a Difference at Eaton
Who we are: Eaton’s Electrical Sector is a global leader in providing innovative electrical solutions. We power the world around us, including our homes, schools, hospitals, retail stores, factories, data centers, and more.
Our commitment: We’re not just about business; we’re about making a difference. Our team is dedicated to improving lives and safeguarding the environment through our products and services.
What will you do?
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key single-family contractors, channel partners in both new construction and retrofit markets and homebuilders.
- Identify and activate high-potential installers and distribution partners within the territory.
- Support and grow existing installers and channel partners, increasing engagement, capability, and sales performance.
- Execute territory sales plans and business development strategies to achieve assigned sales and growth objectives.
- Conduct regular customer visits, field events, trade shows, training programs, ride-alongs, and site visits to strengthen relationships and drive demand.
- Collaborate cross functionally with product lines, operations, and other internal stakeholders to provide customer centric solutions
- Be aware of and responsive to market conditions and competitive activities while communicating such information to product divisions
- Assist teammates on training Channel on Eaton Products and Electronic Tools
- Collect, analyze, and utilize market intelligence regarding competitive products, customer needs, preferences, and buying habits to drive data-based decisions
- Provide accurate and timely planning and specification interpretation, quotation, and technical support
- Influence customer purchasing decisions through technical expertise, solution selling, and pricing negotiations.
- Plan promotional events and presentations with customers to promote Eaton’s position, while developing a proven record of achieving assigned sales goals
- Utilize Salesforce and other sales tools to manage pipeline activity, partner engagement, territory performance, and forecasting.
What will make you successful?
- General knowledge of Residential Electrical product and service capabilities
- Ability to build trust and relationships with various types of people
- Ability to anticipate and be proactive on customer needs
- Ability to leverage internal stakeholders to meet customer and organizational needs
- Ability to learn and utilize digital tools and software
- Technical problem-solving, communication, customer service, time management, presentation, planning, interpersonal and teamwork skills.
- Understanding of sales processes
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
- Minimum 3 years of experience in B2B sales, channel sales, business development, account management, sales engineering, product management, or related commercial roles.
- No relocation assistance will be provided for this role. Candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of either Tukwila, WA or Wilsonville, OR. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation
- Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
- Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver’s license
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and effectively prioritize competing demands.
- Ability to travel regularly throughout the assigned territory to support customers, events, and business activities.
All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.
The compensation range for this full-time position includes base pay and target sales performance incentive. This position has a target total compensation range of $107,500 - $188,750.
Base salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.
You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.
We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
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Sales Engineer Job Market in Oregon
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Manufacturing
- Energy
- Technology & Software
- Electronics & Hardware
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Oregon Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in sales engineer jobs across Oregon.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field required
- Two or more years of experience in a technical sales or solutions engineering role
- Proven ability to deliver product demonstrations and technical presentations to engineering audiences
- Familiarity with CRM platforms and managing a consultative B2B sales cycle
- Experience with semiconductor, industrial automation, or enterprise software verticals preferred
- Ability to travel within the Pacific Northwest region to support customer sites and trade events
Sales Engineer Jobs in Oregon: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a sales engineer in Oregon?
Most sales engineer roles in Oregon require a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline such as electrical, mechanical, or computer engineering, though some employers accept computer science or applied physics. Oregon does not require a state-issued license specifically for sales engineers, but candidates pursuing roles in regulated industries may benefit from obtaining a Professional Engineer registration through the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying. Employers in semiconductor and industrial sectors consistently prefer candidates who combine hands-on technical experience with demonstrated communication skills.
How much do sales engineers make in Oregon?
Sales engineers in Oregon earn a median of about $128,170 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $80,270 for the lowest 10% to over $218,670 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire sales engineers in Oregon?
Companies currently hiring sales engineers in Oregon include Vertiv, 1990, and Eaton, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Oregon's concentration of semiconductor fabrication, precision manufacturing, and enterprise technology firms makes it one of the more active states for technical sales hiring in the western United States.
Which Oregon cities have the most sales engineer jobs?
Portland, Tualatin, and Beaverton account for the largest share of sales engineer openings in Oregon. Portland drives volume through its density of enterprise software and distribution companies, while Hillsboro and Beaverton attract openings tied directly to Intel's large campus and the cluster of semiconductor suppliers and automation vendors that have built operations around it.
Are there remote sales engineer jobs in Oregon?
Yes, though they are less common than in purely desk-based roles, since sales engineers often need to conduct on-site demos, visit manufacturing floors, or support equipment installations. About 20% of sales engineer openings tied to Oregon are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with remote arrangements most frequently available for software-focused or pre-sales roles where customer engagement happens primarily over video and screen share.
How can I get hired as a sales engineer in Oregon with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is transitioning from an applications engineering, field service, or technical support role at one of Oregon's large industrial or semiconductor employers, where you build product knowledge and customer-facing skills before moving into a sales engineering title. Intel, Precision Castparts, and regional automation distributors regularly bring on new graduates or junior applications engineers who rotate into pre-sales functions over one to two years. Completing an engineering degree from Oregon State University or Portland State University, earning a relevant vendor certification, or building a portfolio of documented technical problem-solving strengthens a candidacy considerably.
Where can I find and apply to sales engineer jobs in Oregon?
You can find and apply to sales engineer jobs in Oregon on Migrate Mate, which lists current Oregon openings from employers across the state. Find roles that fit your background and apply directly to the ones that match.
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