Automation Genesis - Customer Solution Architect/Sales Specialist Track

Siemens Industry, Inc. is hiring recent and rising engineering graduates for the Automation Genesis program – Customer Solution Architect/Sales Specialist track, in Siemens Digital Industries Automation. Official listed locations are Alpharetta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Elk Grove Village, Illinois; and Harleysville, Pennsylvania. Participants must commit to relocating first to Mason, Ohio for 6 months, followed by a 12-month assignment to one of the hubs or customer regions, including but not limited to Alpharetta, GA; Elk Grove Village, IL; Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; or Harleysville, PA. Relocation assistance is provided to hires who must relocate more than 50 miles from their permanent address for each required move. The program has two phases. Phase 1 is a 6-month intensive onboarding period combining structured training with hands-on project work on the portfolio, business strategy, and consultative skills. Phase 2 is a 12-month development experience focused on portfolio and market expertise, scoping customer needs, creating solution roadmaps, and customer-facing engagements and digital threads. Upon successful completion, participants transition to a designated full-time role within the Technical Sales team, typically as a Customer Solution Architect, Service Sales Specialist, or Portfolio Sales Specialist. Work includes instructor-led training, workshops, and technical advisory activities; facilitating discovery, visioning, and scoping workshops to understand customers' business and production needs and align Siemens industrial automation technologies to those goals; contributing to proofs of concept and product demonstrations around digitalization, productivity, and efficiency; and supporting the development of solution architecture and digital transformation strategies. Basic qualifications include availability to start full-time employment on 7 June 2027; a bachelor's degree in Industrial or Industrial Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related major; a strong interest in industrial automation, manufacturing technology, and industrial markets; excellent communication and presentation skills; a customer-focused, consultative mindset; and legal authorization to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without the need for current or future company sponsorship. Travel varies with assigned projects, from periods of light travel (5–10%) to periods of higher travel (50%). Preferred qualifications include prior industrial or manufacturing internship or project experience, a business minor or related coursework, an understanding of sales enablement or CRM, and leadership experience. The listed pay range is $75,000–$80,000 annually. The role is full-time, permanent, and office/site only. Posted 4 September 2026.