Senior Technical Program Manager - Gas Turbine Combustion & Fleet Performance

Siemens Energy

Orlando (FL)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 180,000

Full time

25 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

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Supportive culture

Health benefits

Paid time off

401K with company match

Family benefits

Parental leave

Job summary

Siemens Energy seeks a Program Lead for the 9HL combustion system and gas turbine operation to bring structure to complex data by integrating operational, test, fleet, and engineering information and guiding teams toward timely, evidence-based decisions.

You will collaborate across combustion, gas turbine engineering, controls, validation, fleet management, service, commissioning, and manufacturing to align experts and business stakeholders around priorities, risks, decisions, and execution

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering; master’s degree or PhD preferred.
Business-fluent English required; German-language capability beneficial.

Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional programs and ensure technical scope, budget, schedule, and risk are managed.
Analyze and integrate fleet, test, operational, and engineering data to identify trends and recommendations.
Define critical questions, evidence, decision criteria, risks, and a focused resolution plan for ambiguous problems.
Lead cross-functional investigations and innovation projects with alignment of experts and stakeholders.
Monitor fleet performance and work with teams to identify issues and develop product improvements.
Communicate complex technical findings clearly to leadership, projects, and customers with alternatives and actions.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Data interpretation

Communication skills

Global team leadership

German language (beneficial)

Education

Engineering degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

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.

A Snapshot of Your Day

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.

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