A Snapshot of Your Day
This position is for a permanent Team Lead for the Field Level Development team within the Grid Flow Platform organization. The primary objective is to ensure business continuity and provide stable leadership and growing the team. To achieve this, the role will focus on a balance of leading and developing the engineering team, and providing the technical strategy and vision for field-level solutions. These areas are designed to create development momentum and ensure the team's alignment with the broader engineering strategy, with an equal emphasis on both people management and technical leadership.
Given the focus on technical leadership, the ideal candidate will possess proven experience in managing engineering teams combined with a strong background in electrical engineering, control systems, or a related discipline, preferably within the energy or grid technology sector.
How You'll Make an Impact
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers focused on field-level hardware and software solutions, fostering a collaborative and high‑performance culture.
- Manage team capacity, workload planning, performance reviews, and ongoing development discussions.
- Oversee recruitment, hiring, and onboarding to ensure the team is staffed in line with project and organizational needs.
- Define and communicate the technical vision and strategy for the Field Level Development team in alignment with the Grid Flow Platform roadmap.
- Ensure architecturally sound solutions and seamless platform integration through close collaboration with sister teams and stakeholders, acting as the key technical authority.
- Drive innovation and continuous improvement by advancing development processes, tools, and technologies, while staying current with industry trends in control systems, instrumentation, and communication protocols.
What You Bring
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Significant professional experience in electrical, instrumentation, or control systems engineering, ideally within the energy or grid technology industry.
- Demonstrated experience in a leadership or team management capacity, responsibility for guiding technical development teams.
- Strong technical expertise in control systems, electrical engineering, embedded systems and firmware development and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL).
- Well-developed behavioral skills including problem-solving, strategic thinking, and clear, effective communication.
- Proficiency in English, German a plus, with a high level of initiative and communication abilities.
About the Team
Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers,
and digital grid technology.
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100.000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Our Commitment to Diversity
Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character - no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
Rewards/Benefits
- In addition to an attractive remuneration package in line with the market, you can expect an attractive employer-financed company pension scheme
- We also offer the opportunity to become a Siemens Energy shareholder
- We offer our employees the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely, and our inspiring offices provide space for collaboration and creativity
- The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. We provide them with the opportunities to learn and develop in a self-determined way, various attractive programs and learning materials are available for this purpose
- In relation to the "compatibility of family and work", we have a wide range of offers, e.g. flexible working time models, childcare places at many locations, the possibility of trial part-time work or even a sabbatical
We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.
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