Applications Engineering Manager M-F

Applications Engineering Manager M / F

Published 08.26.2025

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Applications Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team of solution architects and engineers focused on delivering innovative, reliable, and scalable solutions. This leadership role requires strong technical expertise, people management skills, and a customer-focused mindset to ensure seamless integration of our technologies into client systems and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of applications engineers, fostering growth in both technical and soft skills.
• Establish clear goals, conduct regular performance reviews, and promote a culture of excellence and accountability.
• Manage application engineering projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery and technical quality.
• Oversee solution design, prototyping, validation, and customer deployment in coordination with product and engineering teams.
• Ensure best practices in pre-sales support, RFQ / RFP support, product demonstrations, product training (internal and external), 2nd tier product technical support, product requirements development and reviews, trade show support, and conference / webinar presentations.
• Partner with product management, sales, support, and core engineering to define application requirements and customer needs.
• Lead the proposal preparation and contribute to the financial estimate together with Sales and R&D.
• Serve as a technical liaison with customers and internal stakeholders, translating business requirements into functional solutions.
• Provide insights and feedback to influence product roadmap and feature development.
• Work directly with clients to understand their environment and recommend integration strategies.
• Support pre-sales activities, proof-of-concepts (POCs), and post-deployment technical troubleshooting as needed.
• Advocate for the voice of the customer within engineering and product roadmap discussions.
• Be seen as a respected technical expert for the assigned Business line and work closely with current and prospective customers.

Qualifications

Company Information

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets. Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments : on land, at sea, in the sky or space.

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