Application Engineering Manager, Food Retail & Industrial Refrigeration

Danfoss; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Pension plans

Personal insurance

Job summary

Danfoss Climate Solutions is seeking a seasoned leader to head an application engineering and technical support team across North America, translating business priorities into engineering strategy. You will drive customer satisfaction, product adoption, and growth by aligning regional needs with global expertise.

The role requires 10+ years in HVAC/Refrigeration, a Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree, and willingness to travel about 40% regionally, with opportunities to influence across

Qualifications

• Lead a high-performing application engineering and technical support team across North America.
• Translate business priorities into engineering strategies that support growth and customer relationships.
• Guide technical activities to ensure proper product selection and resolution of field challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing application engineering and technical support team.
• Translate business priorities into engineering strategies that support growth and adoption.
• Guide technical application and customer support activities to resolve complex field challenges.
• Drive operational excellence with scalable processes, tools, and metrics.
• Collaborate with regional and global teams to share insights and influence product improvements.

Skills

Leadership

People-management

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Job description

The Impact You'll Make

At Danfoss Climate Solutions, you will lead a team that helps shape the future of sustainable refrigeration across North America. Supporting customers in Food Retail and Industrial Refrigeration, you will play a critical role in turning technical expertise into business growth, customer success, and long-term partnerships. This is an opportunity to influence how innovative technologies are applied in the field, ensuring customers achieve reliable, energy-efficient performance while helping accelerate the adoption of solutions that support the green transition. Your leadership will directly impact customer satisfaction, product success, and market growth. Working across Sales, Product Management, Quality, R&D, and global engineering teams, you will connect customer insights with product innovation, helping Danfoss continuously improve solutions and deliver greater value to customers.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and develop a high-performing application engineering and technical support team, building capabilities that strengthen customer support and future leadership pipelines.
• Translate business priorities into engineering strategies that support growth, accelerate adoption of new technologies, and strengthen customer relationships across North America.
• Guide technical application and customer support activities, ensuring consistent product selection, qualification, troubleshooting, and resolution of complex field challenges.
• Drive operational excellence by implementing scalable processes, tools, and performance metrics that improve responsiveness, efficiency, and customer experience.
• Collaborate across regional and global teams to share customer insights, influence product improvements, and support the development of future refrigeration solutions.

What We’re Looking For

Required (basic) qualifications

• 10+ years experience in HVAC/Refrigeration
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering preferred (additional industry experience can compensate)
• Willing and able to travel regionally (and sometimes internationally) - approximately 40% travel required

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated people-management experience, including performance management, coaching, competency development, resource planning, and succession planning
• Account management and business processes tool experience desirable
• Global experience preferable

What You’ll Get From Us

• We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
• You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
• We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
• You’ll receive benefits like annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great.

Our Commitment to Transparency

Salary ranges listed reflect only primary location and currency. For local salary ranges and specific benefits in your preferred hiring location, please ask your Talent Acquisition representative for more information. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Any benefits listed do not promise or guarantee any particular benefit or specific action. They may depend on country or contract specifics and are subject to change at any time without prior notice. Want to know more? Please visit our FAQ Page. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.