Technical Product Owner

About the role

At Siemens, we enable sustainable progress through technology by combining the real and digital worlds. Our global, diverse team supports and challenges you to grow in new ways. This Technical Product Owner position is based in Wendell, North Carolina.

The Technical Product Owner leads planning and coordination of software development activities for protection and control applications used in electrical power systems. You will serve as the primary link between product management, system architects, protection experts, and development teams — defining priorities, aligning technical and business objectives, and ensuring successful delivery of innovative protection solutions running on embedded and real-time platforms. This role combines product ownership, technical leadership, and team coordination within a multidisciplinary engineering organization.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the development backlog for protection application components, keeping priorities clear, objectives well defined, and work aligned to customer and business needs.
• Translate product requirements, customer needs, and system requirements into actionable development work items that engineering teams can understand and execute.
• Align product strategy, software architecture, implementation, and verification activities so technical and business objectives remain connected throughout the development lifecycle.
• Coordinate development activities across software engineers, architects, test engineers, and protection experts, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, development reviews, and release planning.
• Drive technical discussions, support trade-off decisions, monitor development progress, and identify risks, dependencies, and obstacles early to help teams deliver high-quality solutions predictably.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for technical and functional topics while supporting transparent communication across stakeholders, engineering teams, and international development organizations.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in software development, systems engineering, product ownership, or technical project coordination.
• Ability to understand and discuss software architecture, embedded systems, and technical implementation concepts.
• Experience working in Agile product development environments and using Agile planning and lifecycle management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, or comparable platforms.
• Understanding of requirements engineering, systems engineering, and product lifecycle.
• 5+ years of experience with strong organizational and prioritization skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to facilitate technical discussions and make informed trade-off decisions across functionality, quality, schedule, and technical debt.
• Ability to travel internationally for initial training.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with protection and control systems, communication systems, power system automation, or industrial automation.
• Understanding of embedded software, real-time systems, and software lifecycle processes.
• Familiarity with software architecture and system engineering concepts.
• Experience working with distributed or international engineering teams.
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks such as Scrum or SAFe.
• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience coordinating complex product releases across multiple engineering teams.

Pay

Salary range: $102,459 – $175,644 (plus 10% target bonus)