Senior Applied Value Engineer – Automotive Manufacturing

About the role

Celonis is the global leader in Process Intelligence and the pioneer of Process Mining technology. We are a fast-growing enterprise SaaS company investing heavily in advanced AI capabilities to turn data insights into immediate business action. Our mission is to make processes work for people, companies, and the planet.

Responsibilities

• Understand customers' AI strategies and sector-specific challenges (e.g., predictive maintenance, supply chain resilience, quality management).
• Find the best problem-solution fit and translate customer requirements into innovative, needle-moving solutions.
• Drive the full customer lifecycle, from technical discovery to capability demonstrations and implementation.
• Leverage cutting-edge AI technologies to rapidly build creative prototypes during customer hackathons.
• Shift customers from traditional, rule-based automation to autonomous AI agents empowered by Process Intelligence (e.g., intelligent production scheduling, autonomous procurement).
• Architect and execute business-critical Proof-of-Value projects, delivering secure, scalable LLM/agent systems with RAG, tools, and guardrails, integrated with enterprise data, identity protocols, and stringent manufacturing compliance frameworks.
• Serve as the primary technical subject matter expert for the automotive manufacturing sector, scaling deep domain expertise across the organization to deliver high-value solutions for OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers.
• Champion Industry 4.0 initiatives, specializing in assembly line automation, robotics, predictive maintenance, Industrial IoT (IIoT), and discrete manufacturing workflows for high-volume production.
• Act as a technical advisor on the transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs), optimizing battery production lines, connected factory ecosystems, and complex OEM/Tier-1 dynamics.
• Drive technical strategy for energy-efficient plant operations, focusing on integrating renewable energy into factory power grids and optimizing utility usage across the vehicle production lifecycle.

Requirements

• 4+ years leading end-to-end technical pre-sales and post-sales engagements within manufacturing and production.
• Proven ability to define AI roadmaps, build compelling ROI/TCO business cases, and guide technical implementations to value realization.
• Deep understanding of manufacturing business processes, with experience in domains such as Asset Management, Supply Chain, Quality Control, or Capital Projects.
• Solid knowledge of Python and common ML libraries (LangChain, pandas, pydantic, sklearn, PyTorch), as well as data engineering tools relevant to handling large-scale industrial data.
• Strong communication skills, capable of leading technical whiteboarding sessions, formal readouts, and live demos for both internal and external stakeholders (C-level executives and operational leaders).
• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master's Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related field (or equivalent work experience) preferred.
• Nice to have: hands-on experience building agentic systems using LLM orchestration, RAG, function calling, and prompt engineering, with rigorous evaluations for highly regulated industries; working knowledge of OSS packages like LangChain or LlamaIndex; experience deploying and monitoring models at scale across major cloud platforms (AWS Bedrock, Azure AI, GCP Vertex); expertise in GenAI techniques (RAG, few-shot learning, multi-agent orchestration, multimodal understanding, fine-tuning).

Benefits

Ownership from Day 1: Every full-time "Celonaut" is an owner, receiving Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and merit-based refresh grants.

Unrivaled Family Support: Benefit from our inclusive parental leave policy—24 weeks of fully paid leave for primary carers and 12 weeks for supporting carers, available from your first day of employment.

Work-Life Integration: Enjoy Unlimited PTO (in applicable regions) and generous PTO globally, as well as a flexible hybrid work model that balances remote focus with vibrant office collaboration.

Continuous Growth: Elevate your skills through our 70-20-10 learning framework, mentorship programs, and access to a dedicated learning platform.

Holistic Well-being: Prioritize your health with subsidized Wellhub memberships, mental health counseling, and dedicated "Wellness Weeks" that prioritize work/life balance.

Drive Sustainability: Participate in annual Impact Days, where you receive paid time off to volunteer for community and environmental causes with your local office, or virtually.

Global Inclusion & Belonging: Find community through our Inclusion Think Tank and participate in our annual Inclusion Days, ensuring every voice is heard and valued.

Value-Driven Impact: Join a mission-led organization where our core values—Live for Customer Value, The Best Team Wins, We Own It, and Earth Is Our Future—drive every decision.

Pay

$140,000—$175,000 USD

Schedule

Full-Time Schedule