Senior Application Engineering Leader - Switchgear

Lincoln Electric Products Co.; Union (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincoln Electric Products Co., Inc. is seeking an experienced Application Engineering Manager to lead the application engineering function for switchgear, switchboard, panelboard, and electrical power distribution equipment.

You will guide the team, review customer requirements, and coordinate with Sales, Engineering, Project Management, and Manufacturing to deliver technically compliant and commercially competitive solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field preferred; equivalent extensive directly relevant industry experience may be considered.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in switchgear, switchboard, panelboard, or electrical.
• Previous leadership, supervisory, or management experience within Application Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Sales Engineering, or a comparable technical function.
• Strong knowledge of UL 891, UL 67, UL 508A, NEC, and other applicable electrical standards.
• Extensive experience reviewing customer specifications, one-line diagrams, electrical schematics, and technical drawings.
• Strong knowledge of circuit breakers, bus systems, metering, controls, protective devices, and electrical distribution equipment.
• Demonstrated experience developing or reviewing technical quotations, equipment configurations, and customer proposals.
• Ability to independently evaluate complex technical requirements and make sound decisions.
• Strong leadership, coaching, communication, and organizational skills.
• Strong customer-facing communication and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and lead a team in a fast-paced, engineered-to-order environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, mentor, and develop the Application Engineering team.
• Establish priorities, assign workload, and ensure quotations and technical proposals are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Review complex customer specifications, one-line diagrams, electrical drawings, bid documents, and technical requirements.
• Provide technical oversight and guidance on switchboard, panelboard, and related electrical distribution applications.
• Review and approve equipment configurations and application solutions developed by the team.
• Ensure proposed equipment complies with customer specifications, applicable UL/NEC requirements, and company manufacturing capabilities.
• Oversee the selection and application of circuit breakers, bus systems, metering, controls, protective devices, enclosures, and other major electrical components.
• Partner closely with Sales to develop technically accurate, competitive, and commercially viable proposals.
• Support Sales during technical discussions and customer presentations when required.
• Identify specification exceptions, clarifications, deviations, technical risks, and potential cost impacts prior to order acceptance.
• Ensure technical requirements and assumptions are clearly documented during the quotation process.
• Lead the technical handoff of awarded projects from Sales/Application Engineering to Project Management and Engineering.
• Work closely with Electrical and Mechanical Engineering to validate non-standard or complex customer applications.
• Collaborate with Project Management and Manufacturing to resolve application-related issues.
• Develop and maintain application engineering standards, processes, tools, templates, and best practices.
• Identify opportunities to standardize equipment configurations and improve quotation accuracy and turnaround time.
• Support value-engineering and cost-reduction initiatives while maintaining technical compliance and product quality.
• Develop the technical capabilities of Application Engineers through training, coaching, and mentoring.
• Monitor team workload, performance, response times, and quality.
• Maintain current knowledge of applicable electrical codes, standards, products, components, and industry developments.
• Build effective working relationships with customers, vendors, Sales, Engineering, Project Management, and Manufacturing.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Customer-facing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ERP systems

Estimating tools

Quotation systems

Product configuration systems

Job description

Lincoln Electric Products Co., Inc. is seeking an experienced Application Engineering Manager to lead the application engineering function for switchgear, switchboard, panelboard, and electrical power distribution equipment.

You will guide the team, review customer requirements, and coordinate with Sales, Engineering, Project Management, and Manufacturing to deliver technically compliant and commercially competitive solutions.