Senior Design Engineer

Job Description

Summary The Senior Design Engineer serves as a product-focused technical expert and strategic partner to customers, Sales, and Product Management, driving adoption and revenue growth for Phoenix Contact’s Industrial Ethernet portfolio. Leveraging deep product and application expertise, this role identifies, develops, and converts sales opportunities into high-value, product-aligned solutions, influencing specification decisions and delivering measurable business outcomes. The Senior Design Engineer leads complex customer engagements focused on the application, positioning, and integration of Industrial Ethernet solutions. This includes network system architecture design, solution development, and advanced troubleshooting. The role is primarily centered on pre-sales engineering, supporting customer network solutions through technical consultation, delivering product-focused training on networking technologies and industry applications, and providing Level 3/4 technical support across the U.S. networking portfolio. In addition, this position plays a key role in advancing Phoenix Contact’s industrial networking and critical infrastructure strategy by enabling internal and external stakeholders—including sales teams, channel partners, and customers—while supporting a broader ecosystem of aligned technologies (such as cloud platforms, software solutions, and integration partners). Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the Senior Design Engineer also serves as the voice of the customer, providing actionable market and application insights to Product Management to inform product roadmap decisions, portfolio positioning, and go-to-market strategies. Responsibilities Lead complex, product-centric technical engagements with customers, including Industrial Ethernet network architecture design, product configuration, cybersecurity integration, and advanced troubleshooting aligned to portfolio capabilities Serve as a subject matter expert for the Industria