Engineering Manager - PPA Field Technician Development Program

Siemens•Wendell, NC

1d•$105,533 - $180,913•Hybrid

About The Position

The Engineering Manager will lead Siemens’ Power Protection & Automation (PPA) Field Technician Development Program (FTDP), building and developing a nationwide team of field technicians. The team supports factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, protection and automation testing, troubleshooting, and commissioning. The role combines technical leadership, workforce development, and resource planning to improve field readiness, execution capacity, safety, quality, and consistency. This hybrid position is based at Siemens’ corporate headquarters in Wendell, North Carolina, with work from the office at least two days per week and domestic travel up to 25%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering field.
At least 3 years of experience in power systems, protection and automation, controls, commissioning, field service, or technical project execution.
At least 3 years of experience with protection relays, relay injection and functional testing, protection-curve verification, FATs, SATs, troubleshooting, and technical documentation.
At least 3 years of experience leading, training, mentoring, or developing technical employees and field teams.
At least 3 years of experience coordinating field assignments, travel, overtime, test equipment, software access, training, and competing priorities.
At least 3 years of experience collaborating across engineering, project management, training, field service, and customer-facing teams.
Ability to work from the Wendell, North Carolina office at least two days per week and travel domestically up to 25% to support field teams, training, career events, and customer or project locations.
Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on power systems.
Field experience with protection and automation systems, substations, testing, troubleshooting, or commissioning.
Experience developing technical training, hands-on learning, development plans, qualification standards, or readiness assessments.
Experience managing early-career, apprenticeship, rotational, technician, or workforce-development programs.
Experience using safety, quality, performance, training, or field-readiness data to improve programs and field execution.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and manage FTDP participants from onboarding and technical training through field rotations, readiness assessments, program completion, and placement in field-service roles.
Deploy technicians across the United States to support FATs, SATs, relay injection testing, protection-curve verification, functional testing, troubleshooting, commissioning support, and technical documentation.
Provide technical guidance for protection and automation testing, connecting technicians with engineering subject-matter experts for equipment-design decisions and complex technical issues.
Coordinate assignments, travel, overtime, tools, test equipment, software access, safety training, and customer-site requirements across competing project priorities.
Partner with Engineering Managers, Project Managers, Power Academy, subject-matter experts, and field teams to align technician qualifications, capacity, and deployment with project needs.
Develop and standardize technical curricula, hands-on learning, qualification matrices, checklists, test procedures, and documentation practices to improve safety, quality, and execution consistency.
Monitor readiness, productivity, quality, and employee development; use field feedback, defects, rework, and lessons learned to improve training and field execution.