Application Engineering Manager - Power Systems

Application Engineering Manager – Power Systems

Job

Posting Date: 01-Junio-2026

Location:

Wendell, North Carolina, United States of America

We are seeking a Solutions Applications Manager for our Engineering and Solutions Offers, supporting Solutions and Large Projects. This role will be based in Wendell, NC.

• 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.

• Recruitment:
  Support the hiring, mentoring, and developing of the AE 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.

• Executive Reporting:
  Provide updates to senior management on solutions production initiatives, progress, and challenges.

• 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/power equipment centers.
• Proficiency with in-depth manufacturing technology knowledge of any of the products listed above.
• Proficiency with application 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 Auto Cad, Visio, etc.
• Travel required – Less than 10%.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.

• Ability to create accountability and to lead by example.
• Strong team building, decision-making and people management skills.
• Strong understanding of operational processes and business acumen.
• Solid financial knowledge to understand and participate in ongoing business planning and support bid reviews for the Offers teams.
• Excellent collaboration, leadership, and decision-making skills in a team environment, and demonstrated ability to perform and prioritize multiple, simultaneous tasks while maintaining excellent customer service.
• Excellent communications skills to effectively and accurately communicate with internal and external customers.
• Demonstrated experience with global Limits of Authority processes for…