Sales Engineer – Intern

Oem

Posted on 9/10/2025

Robert Bosch Venture Capital

Robert Bosch Venture Capital

No salary listed

Vernon Hills, IL, USA

In Person

Open to intermittent US travel as required.

Job Description

We are hiring for 2026

  • Responsible for supporting OEM customers, as assigned.
  • Coordinate, measure, report and manage sales processes to delight our customers.
  • Become a trusted liaison between customers and HydraForce, for critical commercial functions, such as production support, product development, availability, performance, data analysis, etc.
  • Generate and maintain regular reports on key sales metrics, providing actionable insights to the sales team and leadership.
  • Proactively work with customers and internal resources in support of achieving customer excellence goals. 
  • Assist Application Engineering on complex projects, preparing proposals, developing our sales advantage with good, better, and best offers.
  • Document customer activity and leverage CRM to improve relationships and the customer experience.
  • Collect, clean, and analyze sales data to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Identify opportunities to streamline sales processes through data analysis and suggest improvements for increased efficiency.
  • Open to intermittent US travel as required

Project:

Take a manifold/application project from concept phase to possible prototype/production with a selected number of customers and present their experience at the end of the internship timeline

Internship Dates:

May 27,2026- August 7,2026

Qualifications

  • Student is entering their Junior or Senior year from quality, mechanical, mechatronic, engineering technology, agriculture, electrical/electronic, and industrial engineering degreed programs
  • Undergraduate students that have had fluid power or hydraulics course work are especially encouraged to apply.
  • Previous internship experience in a manufacturing environment is useful, but not necessary
  • Our preference is for students who have an interest in a sales engineering career