- Salary
- $168k – $242k
- Location
- Office - 4353 North 1st Street, United States of America
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Engineering
- Seniority
- Senior
- Source
- Workday
Description
At Bloom Energy, our vision for a world powered by clean, reliable, and affordable energy is more than just a dream—we’re making it reality.
For over two decades, we’ve been at the forefront of the global energy transition, pioneering solutions that empower critical industries to thrive in a rapidly digitizing, energy-intensive world. From revolutionizing power for AI-driven data centers to ensuring resilience for hospitals, electric grids, manufacturing facilities, and utilities, our solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and solid oxide electrolyzer (SOEC) technologies are redefining what’s possible by delivering energy abundance for all. With more than 30,000 fuel cell modules deployed worldwide, we are the trusted partner for Fortune 100 companies and innovators alike. Our cutting-edge solutions enable unparalleled “time-to-power” capabilities, reliability, and sustainability, ensuring our customers remain ahead in a world where soaring energy demand and intensifying energy scarcity are rapidly becoming the new norm.
At Bloom, we thrive on collaboration, bold thinking, and relentless innovation. We believe that, together, we can create a brighter, more sustainable future while tackling the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.
We are looking for a Senior Manager, Engineering & Technology Finance to join our team in one of today’s most exciting technologies. This role will report to our Senior Director, Services Finance and based in San Jose, CA. This is a fully on-site, in office role 5 days a week.
Role Summary
The Senior Manager, Engineering & Technology Finance serves as a strategic partner to the CTO and Engineering leadership, enabling disciplined investment, financial transparency, and data-driven decision-making that bridges technical priorities with long-term corporate financial performance.
Location
This position is based in San Jose, CA. Travel is expected to be approximately 10%.
Primary Responsibilities
Serve as a strategic partner to Engineering and Finance leadership within a high-growth, innovation-driven organization.
Support product roadmap and technical decision-making, evaluating trade-offs across cost, timeline, and resource allocation.
Provide clear financial framing for complex engineering and technology decisions, enabling informed prioritization.
Own annual budget, quarterly forecast, and long-range plan (LRP) for Engineering and Technology.
Build and maintain driver-based financial models linking headcount, development cycles, and output to business outcomes.
Ensure transparency into spend, pacing, and resource utilization, enabling proactive management of engineering investments.
Support capital allocation decisions across competing engineering initiatives, optimizing returns and resource deployment.
Develop ROI frameworks for new product development and technology investments, incorporating risk and uncertainty.
Quantify the financial impact of engineering decisions on margin, cost structure, and scalability.
Partner with Manufacturing and Supply Chain Finance on product cost, cost-down initiatives, and design-to-cost programs.
Ensure alignment between engineering investments and company-wide financial targets and performance objectives.
Maintain strong financial controls and compliance, including adherence to accounting policies, capitalization guidelines, and internal governance standards.
Drive improvements in financial systems, data quality, and reporting accuracy to enhance decision-making.
Implement tools and process enhancements to reduce manual effort and increase analytical depth.
Build scalable financial infrastructure to support rapid growth in engineering investment and organizational complexity.
Qualifications
10+ years of progressive finance experience, with increasing scope and responsibility.
Experience supporting Engineering, R&D, or Technology organizations in a financial capacity.
Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
Experience in manufacturing or capital-intensive industries preferred.
Proficiency with ERP and business intelligence tools (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Power BI, Tableau).
Competencies
Influential leader, able to drive alignment and decisions across broad cross-functional stakeholders.
Transparent communicator, operating with candor and sharing critical information proactively.
Strategic thinker, comfortable navigating ambiguity and prioritizing effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Highly collaborative, partnering across functions to solve problems and benchmark best practices.
High integrity and strong business judgment, with the ability to influence and negotiate within a complex, matrixed global organization.
Bloom Energy is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Bloom Energy makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions, unless undue hardship would result.
At Bloom Energy, we are committed to supporting the well-being of our employees and their families. Our comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees includes competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with a large employer contribution, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, generous Mental Health Support services, Legal services, virtual Physical Therapy access, and Fertility & Family Forming benefits.
Bloom Energy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.
FULL TIME ROLE ONLY: The total compensation for this position includes standard company benefits and is based on various factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience.
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