Application Engineer (Technical Sales) - Defense

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Job description

Job Description Summary
Role Summary/Purpose:

The North America Defense Application Engineer will be responsible for technical sales for defense-focused programs, with primary emphasis on military base electrification projects as well as other defense opportunities

This role is responsible for providing technical leadership across the sales project lifecycle, from requirements definition and system architecture through proposal submission, design reviews, and customer engagement.

The engineer will act as a key technical interface with defense customers, prime contractors, and internal engineering, product management, and program teams to ensure solutions meet functional requirements, technical/environmental standards, and mission objectives.

Job Description

Key responsibilities:

• Demonstrated experience developing technical proposals for military base electrification projects focused on generation, distribution and control
• Strong technical background in electrical power systems, power electronics, or energy systems supporting military mission-critical applications.
• Proven experience supporting military or government programs, including requirements flow-down, compliance, and customer technical reviews.
• Ability to translate customer operational needs into system-level technical solutions and specifications.
• Strong customer-facing skills with the ability to serve as the primary technical interface with defense customers and prime contractors.
• Working knowledge of relevant defense standards, qualification processes, and configuration control practices.
• Ability to manage priorities, and workloads across multiple concurrent programs.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Bachelors degree in electrical engineering, systems engineering, or a closely related technical discipline from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive engineering experience, including application engineering, systems engineering, or power systems roles supporting complex technical programs.
• At least 3 years of experience writing technical proposals for electrical systems
• Demonstrated experience working in defense, naval, or government-funded programs, including direct interaction with customers and program stakeholders.
• U.S. Citizen
• Ability to obtain a SECRET security clearance
• Ability to travel up to 20% based on the business needs

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This is a Senior Level role in the Engineering, Construction and Energy field (Manufacturing and hardware engineering) at GE Vernova. Senior roles usually expect substantial experience, ownership of results and often the ability to guide others.

The closest occupation in the official wage statistics is Sales engineers (a match by name, so treat it as an estimate). Nationally its median pay is $124,900 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), employment is projected to change by +2.8% between 2025 and 2035, and the typical entry route is: Bachelor's degree; training: Moderate-term on-the-job training.

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The city

Coraopolis, PA is not one of the cities with its own page in our guides, so here is the state: Pennsylvania.

The state economy in brief

Pennsylvania is in the Northeast region (Middle Atlantic division) and has 13,018,639 residents (the 5th largest of the 50 states and DC by population), with a median age of 40.9. Its economy produced about $1,083,169 million in the latest four quarters (BEA), 6th among states and DC, equal to $83,201 per resident.

Jobs and the labour market

The unemployment rate was 3.6% in 2026M09, which is 22nd lowest of 51 (1st is the lowest). Employers had job openings equal to 3.7% of employment, 34th highest of 51, a measure of how hard it is to hire. The median wage across all occupations is $49,690 a year ($23.89 an hour), about the same as the national median ($49,690 against $50,980).

What people do and what it pays

The occupations with the most jobs in Pennsylvania are Home Health and Personal Care Aides (257,370 jobs, median $29,420); General and Operations Managers (172,010 jobs, median $103,130); Registered Nurses (146,520 jobs, median $96,430); Fast Food and Counter Workers (142,220 jobs, median $28,570); Retail Salespersons (141,790 jobs, median $31,200). Among occupations with at least 2,000 jobs, the best paid are Family Medicine Physicians (median $306,030); Chief Executives (median $232,560); Nurse Anesthetists (median $221,530). Compared with the nation, the state is most specialised in healthcare support (1.3 times the national share of workers) and community and social service (1.2 times the national share of workers).

Cost of living, taxes and workplace rules

Prices are below the national average in Pennsylvania: the regional price parity is 97.6 against 100 for the whole country (28th lowest of 51). Median gross rent is $1,209 a month and the median household income $77,971, so a year of rent equals 18.6% of income; the median home value is $254,500. The state minimum wage is $7.25 (the higher of state and federal rates applies to most workers). State income tax on wages: Flat 3.07%. It is not a right-to-work state, so union contracts can require fees from covered workers. It has no state paid family and medical leave programme in our source.

People and commuting

7.7% of residents were born abroad and 35.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Among workers, 68.2% drive alone, 3.6% use public transit and 15.6% work from home; 16.4% commute 45 minutes or more.

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