Full Job Description
We are looking for an **Engineering Manager, Power Protection & Automation Engineering Development Program**. This position will be based at our corporate headquarters in Wendell, North Carolina.
In this role, you will lead the Power Protection & Automation Engineering Development Program, a rotational program that develops recent engineering graduates through technical training, field rotations, project assignments, report-outs, and mentorship. You will guide participants in protection and automation engineering, including protective relays, controls, communications, testing, commissioning, and field execution, while preparing them for long-term engineering roles within Siemens.
**You'll make a difference by:**
- Lead day-to-day program operations, including participant schedules, field rotations, site assignments, project deployments, report-outs, and development plans.
- Coach and develop early-career engineers, providing performance feedback and reinforcing technical, professional, and safety expectations.
- Provide technical guidance in power-system protection and automation, protective-relay applications, controls, communications, testing, commissioning, and field execution.
- Coordinate technical training and hands-on learning with Engineering Managers, the Technical Talent Director, Power Academy, mentors, subject-matter experts, and project teams.
- Monitor participant performance, safety, field readiness, overtime, key performance indicators, and development progress; adjust plans and priorities as needed.
- Improve curriculum, onboarding, rotation structure, learning objectives, and report-out expectations while supporting recruiting and selection for future cohorts.
**You'll win us over by having the following qualifications:**
**Basic Qualifications:**
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering field.
- 3+ years of experience with the following:
- Power systems, substation protection and automation, protective relays, controls, communications, or switchgear applications.
- Factory or Site Acceptance Tests, commissioning, field service, testing, troubleshooting, or technical project execution.
- Leading or developing engineers or technical employees and coordinating schedules, deployments, stakeholders, metrics, and development plans.
- Communicating technical concepts and collaborating across engineering, project, training, and field teams.
- Ability to work a hybrid schedule and be physically present in the Wendell, North Carolina office at least two days per week.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 15% domestically for recruiting, training, field support, participant visits, and industry events.
- Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on power systems, protection, automation, controls, or a related area.
- Experience with substation protection, relay applications, power-system automation, or network communications.
- Experience developing technical training, testing content, curriculum, or employee-development programs.
- Experience managing an engineering rotational or similar early-career technical-development program.
- Experience supporting university recruiting, technical events, field assignments, or distributed engineering teams.
**You'll Benefit From**
Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
The pay range for this position is $105,533 - $180,913 annually with a target incentive of 10% of the base salary. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.
