Automation Genesis - Customer Solution Architect/Sales Specialist Track

Automation Genesis Program - Customer Solution Architect/Sales Specialist Track

Here at Siemens, we take pride in enabling sustainable progress through technology. We do this through empowering customers by combining the real and digital worlds. Improving how we live, work, and move today and for the next generation! We know that the only way a business thrives is if our people are thriving. That's why we always put our people first. Our global, diverse team would be happy to support you and challenge you to grow in new ways. Who knows where our shared journey will take you? Transform the everyday with us! Siemens Digital Industries Automation is a leader in industrial automation and digitalization. We deliver innovative solutions that help customers transform their manufacturing operations and build smarter, more connected factories. Our portfolio spans advanced automation controls and sensors, high-performance drives and motors, HMI and SCADA systems, industrial process control and manufacturing execution systems, digital twin and simulation tools, along with equipment maintenance and safety systems. By integrating advancements in artificial intelligence, edge computing, IT/OT integration, and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), our technology unlocks new levels of productivity, efficiency, and data-driven insights.

We are looking for rising and recent engineering graduates for our Automation Genesis program - Customer Solution Architect/Sales Specialist track. The first six months of this position will be based at Mason, OH, with subsequent assignment (based on business needs) to one of our DI Automation Hubs, including but not limited Alpharetta, GA; Elk Grove Village, IL; Chicago, IL; Harleysville, PA; or Detroit, MI.

This program, comprised of two phases, is designed to prepare you for impactful customer-facing roles within Siemens Digital Industries Automation. The journey begins with a 6-month intensive onboarding phase that combines structured training with hands-on project work to build your expertise in our portfolio, accelerate your understanding of our business strategy and processes, enhance your professional skills, and strengthen your consultative capabilities. Phase 2 is an immersive 12-month development experience, during which you'll deepen your portfolio and market expertise, learn to scope customer needs and create solution roadmaps, and gain hands-on experience with customer-facing engagements and digital threads. Upon successful completion, you'll transition to a designated full-time role within our Technical Sales team, typically as a Customer Solution Architect, Service Sales Specialist, or Portfolio Sales Specialist.

You'll make an impact by:

• Engaging in instructor-led training, workshops, and technical advisory activities to build a strong understanding of Siemens and our DI Automation technology portfolio, while mastering the skills to understand customer needs and solve complex manufacturing challenges
• Facilitating discovery, visioning, and scoping workshops to understand customers' business objectives and production needs, define solution requirements, and align our industrial automation technologies to their desired goals
• Contributing to proof-of-concepts and conducting product demonstrations that showcase the value of Siemens solutions, delivering key insights and communicating compelling value propositions around digitalization, productivity, and efficiency
• Supporting the development of solution architecture and digital transformation strategies that help customers modernize their production operations and accelerate adoption of our Industry 4.0 technologies
• Creating technical collateral, customer references, and other enablement materials that support Siemens' positioning as an industry leader and innovator
• Collaborating with the Sales teams and Application Engineers on project proposals, Bills of Materials, customer presentations, and other pre-sales activities

You'll win us over by having the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree: Industrial/Industrial Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related majors
• Strong interest in industrial automation, manufacturing technology, and industrial markets, with a passion for personal growth and continuous learning
• Excellent written and verbal communication, strong presentation skills, and the ability to communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences and build confidence with stakeholders
• Customer-focused and consultative mindset, focused on understanding customer challenges and translating their needs into solution recommendations
• Ability to think strategically, analyze complex problems, and leverage data-driven insights
• Must be willing and able to commit to the required relocations: first to Mason, OH for 6 months, followed by a 12-month assignment to one of our hubs, including but not limited to Alpharetta, GA; Elk Grove Village, IL; Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; or Harleysville, PA. Relocation assistance is provided to hires who must relocate more than 50 miles from their permanent address for each required move.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous internship or project experience in industrial/manufacturing environment
• Business minor or prior business-related coursework and business acumen
• Understanding of sales enablement or customer relationship management
• Leadership experience through academic or extracurricular activities

About Siemens: We are a global technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to sustainable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, we create technology with purpose adding real value for customers.