Company: Siemens Industry, Inc.
Location: 7000 Siemens Road, Wendell, North Carolina 27591
Position Title: Senior Application Engineer
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, 40 Hours/ Week
Summary of Duties: Review of Customer specifications, commercial/technical documents, product requirements. Identify and define preliminary scope of work for a complete solution that fits the Customer specifications. Prepare layout and single line drawings at a minimum, to demonstrate the idea of the intended scope of work. Collaborate with Engineers within the Business Unit to generate technical solutions for the Siemens suite of products. Prepare RFQ packages for third party products (transformers, battery systems, HMI cabinets, control boxes, etc ) and work closely with Procurement team to secure the quotations. Perform quote evaluations of all the quotations received and make technical recommendations to the design and the vendor choices. Develop the cost model for the quotation using product configurators and secure approvals from the senior management. Prepare Customer-facing proposal (proposal document) for Medium Voltage Switchgear and associated third party products. Engage in Customer discussions by supporting the Business Development and Sales teams. Collaborate with internal departments and Sales teams to negotiate and secure contracts. Work closely with the Project Management (PMO) team for an efficient and effective handover of the project from the Bid Phase to the Project execution phase, upon winning the project.
Qualifications: The position requires a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, or a related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or as an Application Engineer or an acceptable alternate occupation. The employer will alternatively accept a Master's degree or foreign equivalent and one (1) year of experience. The position requires experience with the following: Ability to analyze customers' technical specifications & single line diagrams; apply appropriate product offerings to meet the customers' expectations in cost-effective and timely manner; experience offering alternative solutions to optimize profitability while meeting customer needs; Basic financial knowledge to understand and participate in ongoing business planning and support the product as well as project lifecycle management processes; experience identifying market trends; experience creating and justifying projects to close the identified gaps; with ANSI, IEEE, UL and NEMA standards for power distribution applications and the best practices; experience with Medium Voltage switchgear and Transformers applications; Experience in the design and application of electrical distribution products with a focus on medium voltage metal clad, metal enclosed switchgear products and/or Transformers; experience evaluating Single line drawings, schematics, relay protection & control schemes, communication network diagrams and related engineering documents; Experience with Electrical and 2D Layout drawing tools such as AutoCad, Visio, etc.; Experience on tracking leads and follow up on opportunities utilizing advanced Microsoft office tools, Medium Voltage Switchgear engineering and design applications tools (NXTOOLS+) and CRM platforms (such as Salesforce.)
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