Senior Technical Program Manager - Gas Turbine Combustion & Fleet Performance

Siemens Energy; Orlando (FL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth

Supportive culture

Health benefits

Paid time off

401K match

Family benefits

Parental leave

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager for Gas Turbine Combustion & Fleet Performance in Orlando. You will lead cross-functional programs addressing combustion and fleet issues, integrating data from testing, fleet operations, and engineering to guide evidence-based decisions.

With 5+ years in gas turbine development and strong leadership, you will coordinate diverse global teams, define priorities, and drive product improvements while ensuring timely execution and robust

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering; master’s degree or PhD preferred.
• Business-fluent English required; German-language capability is beneficial.
• 5+ years of broad experience in gas turbine design, service engineering, commissioning, fleet support, or validation.
• Ability to evaluate technical data from testing, fleet operation, and engineering assessments and translate results into timely, evidence-based decisions.
• Experience leading technical programs, engineering development activities, fleet issue resolution, or product improvement initiatives.
• Leadership of diverse global teams and ability to align stakeholders, challenge assumptions, and deliver within schedule and budget.

Responsibilities

• Lead 9HL development programs and manage technical scope, budget, schedule, risk, and timely decision-making.
• Analyze and integrate fleet, test, operational, and engineering data to identify trends and develop evidence-based recommendations.
• Define critical questions, evidence requirements, decision criteria, risks, and a focused resolution plan.
• Lead cross-functional investigations and innovation projects, aligning technical experts and stakeholders around priorities, decisions, actions, and implementation.
• Monitor fleet performance and collaborate with fleet management, service, and engineering teams to identify issues and develop product improvements.
• Communicate complex technical findings clearly to leadership, projects, and customers with recommended actions.

Skills

Leadership

Strong communication

Data analysis

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Master’s degree or PhD preferred

Job description

Siemens Energy and Siemens Gamesa are becoming Omterra. \"We energize society\" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.

Senior Technical Program Manager - Gas Turbine Combustion & Fleet Performance

About the Role

Job ID

304678

Location

United States of America

Florida

Orlando

Remote vs. Office

Hybrid (Remote/Office)

Company

Organization

Gas Services

Business Unit

Central

Full-time

Experience Level

Professional / Experienced

A Snapshot of Your Day

The 9HL Program Lead will lead cross-functional programs and the resolution of emerging technical issues affecting the 9HL combustion system and gas turbine operation. You will bring structure to complex and sometimes incomplete information by integrating operational, test, fleet, and engineering data, identifying the critical questions, and guiding teams toward timely, evidence-based decisions. Working across combustion and gas turbine engineering, controls, validation, fleet management, service, commissioning, manufacturing, and other key interfaces, you will align technical experts and business stakeholders around priorities, risks, decisions, and execution plans.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Lead 9HL development programs and the resolution of emerging combustion and operational issues, with responsibility for technical scope, budget, schedule, risk, and timely decision-making.
• Analyze and integrate fleet, test, operational, and engineering data to identify trends, evaluate competing hypotheses, and develop evidence-based recommendations.
• Bring structure to ambiguous problems by defining the critical questions, required evidence, decision criteria, risks, and focused resolution plan.
• Lead cross-functional investigations and innovation projects, aligning technical experts and key stakeholders around priorities, decisions, actions, and implementation.
• Monitor fleet performance and work with fleet management, service, and engineering teams to identify emerging issues and develop effective product improvements and fleet solutions.
• Communicate complex technical findings clearly to leadership, projects, and customers, including alternatives, uncertainties, recommendations, and required actions.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, with a master’s degree or PhD preferred, or equivalent longstanding professional experience in gas turbine development; business-fluent English is required, and German-language capability is beneficial.
• 5+ years of broad experience in gas turbine design, service engineering, commissioning, fleet support, or validation, with technical depth in one or more areas such as combustion, controls, emissions, mechanical integrity, heat transfer, engine integration, hydrogen, or gas turbine operation.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate technical data from testing, fleet operation, and engineering assessments and translate the results into timely, evidence-based decisions.
• Experience leading technical programs, engineering development activities, fleet issue resolution, or product improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated leadership of diverse global teams, including the ability to align stakeholders, constructively challenge assumptions, resolve conflicting viewpoints, and deliver results within schedule and budget constraints.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical issues into clear recommendations for engineering, project, leadership, and customer audiences.
• Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.

Export Control Requirement (ECC): Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

About the Team

Our Gas Services division offers Low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. Decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet.

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

Rewards/Benefits

• Career growth and development opportunities
• Supportive work culture
• Company paid Health and wellness benefits
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays
• 401K savings plan with company match
• Family building benefits
• Parental leave

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