Commercial Application Engineer

Commercial Application Engineer

If you're someone who loves being at the intersection of deep technical knowledge and the thrill of winning a deal, this role was built for you. At GE Vernova's Software & Control Solutions (SCS) business, we design and deliver industrial control systems and digital solutions that keep power plants and grid operators running — safer, smarter, and more reliably across the globe.

As a Commercial Application Engineer (CAE), you'll be the connective tissue between what customers need and what we can build. You'll lead complex, high-stakes proposals from first contact through contract, bringing together sales, engineering, finance, and risk teams to craft technically sound, commercially competitive solutions. This is a role where curiosity, precision, and commercial instinct come together — and where the work you do directly shapes how GE Vernova grows.

• Lead end-to-end proposal development for core and complex industrial control system offerings — from reviewing customer specifications, requests for proposals (RFPs), and requests for quotations (RFQs) to submitting fully costed, technically tailored bids on time.
• Own deal financials and risk management, including technical, execution, and commercial risk assessment within the inquiry-to-order (ITO) process — and present deals to the Commercial Review Board (CRB) for approval.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, channel partners, and internal stakeholders throughout the proposal lifecycle, providing application engineering guidance and driving alignment across teams.
• Develop competitive pricing and deal strategy in partnership with the sales and pricing teams, leveraging quoting tools, technical libraries, hardware configurations, and design standards to build differentiated solutions.
• Coordinate cross-functionally with supply chain, third-party providers, and execution teams — including managing the handover from the ITO phase to the order-to-remittance (OTR) phase upon contract signature.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of commercial processes, proposal templates, and application guides — and actively track performance against key commercial metrics including proposal quality, cycle time, and on-time delivery.

You're a technically grounded problem-solver who thrives in a fast-moving, deal-driven environment. You bring a strong foundation in industrial controls — and you're equally comfortable in a pricing conversation as you are reviewing a system architecture. You know how to move a deal forward, keep stakeholders aligned, and deliver a compelling proposal under pressure.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Technology, or a related field — or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience (see below)
• Proven experience in technical sales, commercial proposals, or application engineering within industrial controls, power generation, or a related technical domain
• Demonstrated ability to read and interpret technical specifications, customer drawings, and contractual terms and conditions
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical and commercial content to diverse stakeholder audiences

Preferred

• Experience with industrial control systems (e.g., distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers (PLCs), or SCADA — supervisory control and data acquisition)
• Familiarity with project risk management frameworks and commercial review processes
• Experience managing tender schedules and multi-stakeholder bid processes

GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. Our Software & Control Solutions team operates at the frontier of industrial technology — and the problems we solve have real consequences for energy reliability, safety, and the transition to a cleaner grid.

We offer varied, competitive benefits designed to reward high performers and support you and your family. We invest in your career through on-the-job learning, development programs, and the opportunity to grow your expertise across a global business. A healthy, balanced lifestyle means different things to different people — and we've built programs to support the way you live and work today.