Manager, Project Engineering

aspentech; Medina (MN); Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Charitable giveback day

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Retirement benefits

Job summary

AspenTech is seeking a Manager, Project Engineer in Medina, Minnesota to lead a team delivering control system projects and client support. You will oversee hardware/software design, testing, and customer success across utility-scale applications.

The role emphasizes leadership, power-systems experience, and hands-on engineering across real-time control environments, with a hybrid work model and travel up to 20%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in power systems or electric utility operations with prior team leadership.
• Experience in real-time control systems, client/server apps, network communications, Unix/Linux/Windows.
• Experience with databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Mongo, Cassandra) and JSON/XML.
• Strong communication, leadership and ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Hybrid model: work 4 days in the office; travel up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of project engineers to deliver projects of varying scales and complexities.
• Design, plan, integrate, test and commission hardware and software requirements on customer systems.
• Develop and lead state-of-the-art power systems applications for real-time control, including sales demos.
• Evaluate contract specifications and define project requirements through customer communication.
• Provide system and application design.
• Perform hardware, software and system installation, integration, and testing.
• Customize system, hardware and network configuration based on customer requirements.
• Provide customer support per contract maintenance and warranty.
• Assist in creating training materials and project documentation.

Skills

Team leadership

Python

C/C++

Power systems

Project management

UNIX/Linux

SQL databases

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering or related field

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

JSON

XML

UNIX

Job description

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways - from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role

In this role, the Manager, Project Engineer will lead a team of project engineers along with working on a variety of projects to implement and improve Aspen Tech's control systems and provide ongoing customer support to ensure reliable performance and world-class customer satisfaction. Working from Medina, Minnesota campus, and from company and customer sites as required, the successful applicant will contribute to project delivery excellence in support of utility customers in the energy generation transmission and distribution industries.

Your Impact

• Develop and lead a team of dedicated project engineers to deliver projects at a variety of scales and complexities.
• Design, plan, integrate, test and commission hardware and software requirements on customer systems.
• Develop and lead state-of-the-art power systems applications for real-time control systems, including sales presentations and product demonstrations.
• Evaluate contract specifications and define project requirements through customer communication and communicate the requirements to other departments as necessary.
• Provide system and application design.
• Perform hardware, software and system installation, integration, and testing for projects.
• Customize system, hardware and network configuration based on customer requirements.
• Provide customer support and assistance per contract maintenance and warranty.
• Assist in creating training materials and project documentation as needed.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree preferrable in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering or related field.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in power systems, electric utility operations or project engineering along with prior management experience of leading a team, preferably 3+ years of prior experience.
• Experience in one or more of the following: power systems, electric utility operations/dispatch, real-time control systems, client/server applications, network communications, UNIX / Linux / Windows operating systems, experience in software programming and scripting (Python, C / C++).
• Experience in Databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Mongo, Cassandra) and JSON, XML.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, organizational, interpersonal and leadership skills, analytical and problem‑solving skills. Ability to multi‑task on several projects in parallel in a fast‑paced environment. Strong commitment to providing superior customer service.
• Hybrid model, work 4 days in the office. Ability to travel up to 20%.

Work Authorization

AspenTech will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F‑1(including those with OPT or CPT) , H‑1, H‑2, L‑1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

The salary range for this role is $133,300.00 - $166,600.00. This range represents what we in good faith believe is the range possible for base compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on several factors. This range may be modified in the future. This role is also eligible for bonus or variable incentive pay.

• Additionally, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, charitable giveback day, medical/dental/vision insurance, and retirement benefits to eligible employees.