We are looking for an Engineering Manager, PTDP and Early Career. This position will be based in Wendell, North Carolina. You will lead technical early-career programs for Siemens Power Protection & Automation, including the Production Technician Development Program (PTDP), internships, co-ops, apprenticeships, and support for engineering development pathways. You will build structured technical learning, rotations, coaching, and placement plans that prepare engineers and technicians to support protection, automation, controls, and network-communications solutions. This role partners with Power Academy, technical experts, educational institutions, and business leaders to align program outcomes with workforce needs.
You'll make a difference by: - Lead PTDP, internship, co-op, apprenticeship, and related technical early-career programs from recruiting and onboarding through development and placement.
- Design structured learning paths that combine Power Academy coursework, technical certifications, hands-on rotations, mentoring, and career-readiness milestones.
- Coordinate technical assignments in protection and automation, controls, network communications, panel assembly and wiring, quality verification, relay applications, factory acceptance testing, and field service support.
- Coach engineers, technicians, and interns; partner with host managers and People & Organization to provide documented feedback, address performance concerns, and maintain consistent reviews.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition, universities, community colleges, technical schools, and subject-matter experts to strengthen technical talent pipelines and learning experiences.
- Translate workforce demand into recruiting targets, cohort capacity, skill priorities, rotation schedules, and placement plans aligned with PPA business needs.
- Track program performance, budgets, risks, conversion, placement, retention, and learning outcomes; present recommendations to PPA leadership and continuously improve program effectiveness.
You'll win us over by having the following qualifications: Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or another engineering discipline, plus relevant power industry experience.
- 5+ years of experience with the following:
- Engineering management, technical leadership, project leadership, or training in power protection and automation.
- Protection and automation, controls, network communications, substation applications, or relay technologies.
- Developing, mentoring, or training engineers, technicians, interns, apprentices, or other early-career professionals.
- Program or project management, including technical curriculum, schedules, documentation, metrics, and cross-functional coordination.
- Communicating technical information to participants, technical experts, educational partners, and leadership.
- Ability to work on-site in the Wendell, North Carolina office at least three days per week.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% domestically.
- Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience leading technician or engineering development, internship, co-op, apprenticeship, or university recruiting programs.
- Knowledge of substation protection, automation, controls, network communications, or SCADA.
- Experience with Siemens Power Academy or a similar technical learning environment.
- Experience creating technical training, rotations, evaluation tools, scorecards, or program metrics.
- Experience partnering with educational institutions and business leaders to build technical talent pipelines.
You'll Benefit FromSiemens 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.
