Application Engineering Manager - Power Systems

Application Engineering Manager – Power Systems Location: Wendell, North Carolina, United States Overview At Siemens Smart Infrastructure, the Application Engineering Manager leads a team of Offers Application Engineers, providing technical, contractual, and commercial support to ensure the successful delivery of power systems solutions in the hyperscale market. Key Responsibilities Lead and supervise Offers Application Engineers in developing customer proposals that meet technical requirements and pricing targets. Manage team capacity, resource planning, and staffing to support near‑ and long‑term business needs. Coach, mentor, and develop staff through performance feedback, growth discussions, and training plans. Ensure lessons learned from project execution are incorporated into future proposals. Track and improve departmental KPIs, including proposal timeliness, quote cycle time, hit rate, utilization, and NCCs. Identify and drive process improvements in collaboration with Business Innovation and Business Excellence teams. Provide technical and commercial support for complex hardware and software solution designs. Review, approve, and present customer proposals to regional and corporate leadership, ensuring alignment with financial targets, risk profiles, and compliance requirements. Partner with Program Management, Contract Management, Legal, Procurement, Engineering, and Manufacturing to ensure successful proposal development and project handover. Oversee change order support post‑award and ensure scope changes are captured and recovered. Support review and negotiation of customer terms, MPAs, and long‑term pricing agreements. Participate in sales forecasting and provide input on pipeline and strategy. Support Sales and Business Development in customer relationship management and program strategy. Engage in customer contract negotiations to support successful order intake. Contribute to continuous improvement of tools, processes, policies, and best practices. Collaborate with Procurement and senior leadership to develop long‑term vendor strategies and pricing agreements. Team Management Recruitment: Support the hiring, mentoring, and development of the team staff. Performance: Set performance goals, conduct regular reviews, and provide constructive feedback. Collaboration: Foster a collaborative and innovative team culture. Remote Team: Manage remote team members in alternate plant locations. Stakeholder Communication Executive Reporting: Provide updates to senior management on solutions production initiatives, progress, and challenges. Qualifications Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or management. 10+ years of experience in a manufacturing corporate environment. 4+ years of demonstrated leadership experience managing a team. Proficiency with low and medium voltage power distribution products such as switchgears, motor controllers, transformers, bus ducts, and power equipment centers. In‑depth manufacturing technology knowledge of any of the above product lines. Knowledge of IBC, NEC, NFPA, ANSI, IEEE, UL, NEMA standards for power distribution applications and best practices. PC skills including Microsoft Office tools and product configuration/pricing applications. Experience with electrical and 2D layout drawing tools such as AutoCAD, Visio. Travel required – less than 10%. Legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis without company sponsorship. Preferred Qualifications: Ability to create accountability and lead by example. Strong team building, decision‑making, and people management skills. Strong understanding of operational processes and business acumen. Solid financial knowledge to participate in ongoing business planning and support bid reviews for the Offers teams. Excellent collaboration, leadership, and decision‑making skills, and demonstrated ability to prioritize multiple simultaneous tasks while maintaining excellent customer service. Excellent communication skills to effectively and accurately communicate with internal and external customers. Demonstrated experience with global Limits of Authority processes for management approvals. Experience with Siemens best practices and View email address on click.appcast.io processes preferred. Knowledge of integration within e‑houses/buildings is a plus. Demonstrated knowledge of supply chain and manufacturing processes. Advanced degree in management. Benefits Health and wellness benefits are available. Pay range: $122,951 – $210,773 annually with a target incentive of 15% of base salary. Actual salary may vary with budget and candidate qualifications. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Siemens is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law. Reasonable Accommodations Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation may submit a request through the Siemens accommodations form. If unable to complete the form, please contact the AskHR team. Criminal History Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable local and state laws. #J-18808-Ljbffr