Electrical Engineer - Power Engineer
We are looking for an electrical engineer to join our R&D team. You will design, develop, and maintain electrical designs with a special focus on 3-phase Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and power converters as assigned. You will join a dynamic and agile team, where we work passionately with product development and maintenance/sustaining end-to-end activities.
For this U.S.-based position, the expected compensation range is $155,000 - $162,000 per year, which includes base pay and short-term incentive. The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our salary ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the salary range, individual pay is determined by several factors, including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Schneider Electric also offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees, including:
• Medical (with member reward points) • Dental • Vision • Basic life insurance • Benefit Bucks (credits to apply towards your benefits) • Flexible work arrangements • Paid family leaves • 401(k) + match • Well-being and recognition (including service anniversary) programs • 12 holidays per year • 15 days of paid time off per year (pro-rated in the first year of employment based on start date) • Opportunity to purchase company stock (eligibility depends on start date) • Military leave benefits
You must submit an online application to be considered for the position. The Company will accept applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Responsibilities
• Design, qualify, and test electrical components, including laboratory preparation, testing, and troubleshooting • Review and ensure the quality of electrical hardware design • Support or build engineering hardware prototypes (electrical design/parts) • Liaise with internal and external stakeholders and factories assembly engineers to optimize the design for manufacturing, cost, quality, and efficiency • Participate in design reviews, ensure electrical hardware design with standard compliance, and write design specifications • Specify and qualify new or alternative electrical components (breakers, fuses, contactors, switches, overvoltage protective devices, power cables, Silicon controlled rectifiers (SCR)) • Evaluate field failure data, investigate to find root causes, and provide effective solutions when related to electrical components • Specify and draw power cable and cable harness for UPS or power converters • Draw electrical main circuit diagrams • Propose and/or contribute to new and innovative ideas to rapidly evolving business development activities • Support, advice, train, and coach other team members with regard to technical subject matters • Perform other related duties as assigned
Daily Life
• Participate in the entire product development process from design of prototypes to continuous product increments down to end of life • Work with dimensioning, datasheets, tests, and standardization • Specify UPS installations • Cooperate with external parties, including customers, to ensure that our solutions are approved • Gather and prepare documentation to share your knowledge throughout our global organization to ensure everyone is up to date on standardization and installation requirements • Develop new, technically complex 3-phase UPS products in collaboration with global teams
Requirements
First of all, you have good and thorough experience in product development and preferably also in Agile methodology. You have a minimum Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar. You must have:
• Experience or interest in electrical design • Experience or interest in Labs hands-on and troubleshooting • Knowledge in electrical components (Power Cable, busbars, breakers, fuses, contactors, Surge protective devices, etc.) • Knowledge or interest in national electrical codes/standards • Knowledge of earthing systems and short circuit protection • Drawings, technical documentation, and main circuit diagrams
If you also have experience in some of these areas, it will be an advantage:
• 3-phase UPS Electrical design • Design for Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) • Power design studies - interconnects, system balancing, arc flash, harmonics • 3-phase UPS Standards or similar related standards (safety and performance) • SEE Electrical - Software for drawing electrical diagrams
Joining Schneider Electric
When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values - Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork - starts with us. IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one. Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric - apply today!
About Schneider Electric
• €36 billion global revenue +13% organic growth • 150,000+ employees in 100+ countries • #1 on the Global 100 Worlds most sustainable corporations
Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and inclusion is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.
At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality, and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders.
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.