Senior Product Technical Lead Engineer

Schneider Electric has a meaningful opportunity available for a Senior Product Technical Lead Engineer in our Power Products division. You will work for a company consistently rated by Fortune as one of the “Great Places to Work”, by Glassdoor as “Best Places To Work” and by TIME as the #1 “Most Sustainable Company in the World.” Position Summary The Senior Product Technical Lead Engineer leads engineering execution for breaker development, sustaining, localization, quality improvement, and value engineering initiatives from concept through implementation. This team member is the day-to-day engineering project leader responsible for translating scope into an executable plan, coordinating technical work, maintaining schedule discipline, and ensuring engineering deliverables are completed with sustainable quality.

The role

requires a strong understanding of low-voltage circuit breakers and the ability to connect product design, validation, certification, manufacturing, sourcing, and project requirements. This employee works closely with Offer Technical Leaders, Architects, Design Engineers, Certification Engineers, Quality, Manufacturing, Labs, Sourcing, Product Management, and Program Management.

Key Responsibilities

- Project Leadership and Execution • Lead engineering execution for Molded Case Circuit Breakers (MCCB), Air Circuit Breakers (ACB), and related breaker programs, including new product development, redesign, localization, sustaining, quality improvement, and value engineering projects. • Translate project scope and technical requirements into clear work packages, milestones, owners, dependencies, and completion criteria. • Drive project cadence, design reviews, maturity reviews, action tracking, issue closure, and engineering governance deliverables. • Maintain clear accountability for commitments and escalate barriers with recommended recovery actions. • Ensure engineering work remains aligned with approved scope, schedule, quality, cost, and compliance expectations. Schedule Management and Coordination • Develop and maintain integrated engineering schedules covering design, analysis, prototyping, testing, certification, industrialization, and release activities. • Identify critical-path activities, resource constraints, cross-functional dependencies, and schedule risks early. • Coordinate global and local teams across engineering, labs, plants, quality, certification, sourcing, suppliers, and project management. • Lead schedule recovery planning when deliverables or milestones are at risk. • Provide concise status updates that clearly communicate progress, risks, decisions needed, ownership, and next steps. Breaker Product and Technical Leadership • Apply strong working knowledge of breaker architecture, mechanisms, current paths, protection functions, trip systems, materials, manufacturing processes, and product application requirements. • Coordinate design and validation activities for molded-case and air circuit breakers, including product performance, reliability, manufacturability, and compliance considerations. • Ensure alignment among design intent, drawings, bills of material, prototypes, test evidence, certification requirements, and manufacturing readiness. • Facilitate technical problem-solving and ensure issues are supported by data, clear ownership, containment, corrective actions, and verification. • Partner with technical authorities to surface design trade-offs and support timely, well-informed project decisions. Risk, Quality, and Continuous Improvement • Maintain visible technical, execution, and schedule risk registers with mitigation plans and accountable owners. • Drive closure of open technical actions and prevent unresolved issues from moving downstream without appropriate review. • Capture lessons learned and improve planning, coordination, review, and execution practices across Breakers Engineering. • Promote effective use of project tools, digital workflows, automation, and AI-enabled productivity improvements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. • Progressive engineering experience in power distribution, circuit protection, electromechanical products, or industrial equipment. • Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional engineering projects and coordinating teams without relying on direct authority. • Strong understanding of product-development lifecycle, engineering change control, design reviews, verification and validation, and manufacturing release. • Demonstrated ability to create and manage schedules, dependencies, risks, actions, and technical deliverables. • Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical issues into schedule, quality, cost, and business impact. Travel %: 20%

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with molded-case circuit breakers, air circuit breakers, low-voltage power distribution equipment, or similar electromechanical products. • Familiarity with UL, IEC, and CSA product standards and certification processes applicable to circuit protection equipment. • Experience with product qualification, compliance testing, sustaining engineering, localization, value engineering, and manufacturing transfers. • Experience working with laboratories, manufacturing plants, suppliers, quality teams, and globally distributed engineering organizations. • Formal project-management training or credentials such as PMP, Agile, or equivalent practical experience. Bring your technical leadership to a team that's ready to innovate with you! At Schneider, we believe that every employee is a talent who deserves equal opportunities. This means you matter. Every individual needs to feel valued, supported, and treated fairly to do their best work. Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: “We see you. We value you”. It’s more than just pay and

benefits

- it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed for you to perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential to shine as an impact maker. For this U.S. based position, the expected total pay range is USD 117,600 - USD 176,400 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives. The

compensation

range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the pay range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Schneider Electric is there when it matters most to you Our Total Rewards package outlines all the

benefits

and support you’ll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team: Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with

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that help you and your family thrive: medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks, flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well-being programs, 12 holidays per year, and 15 days of paid time off per year. Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs including base salary, incentives, company share ownership, and 401(k) with match. Grow Your Skills and Career. We support development through performance discussions, global opportunities, the Schneider Career Hub, and learning platforms like Coursera. Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage collaboration, recognition, sharing your voice, and an inclusive workplace. Support Your Community. We make a difference through volunteer leave, programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation, youth education initiatives, and military leave

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The role

requires a strong understanding of low-voltage circuit breakers and the ability to connect product design, validation, certification, manufacturing, sourcing, and project requirements. This employee works closely with Offer Technical Leaders, Architects, Design Engineers, Certification Engineers, Quality, Manufacturing, Labs, Sourcing, Product Management, and Program Management.

Key Responsibilities

- Project Leadership and Execution • Lead engineering execution for Molded Case Circuit Breakers (MCCB), Air Circuit Breakers (ACB), and related breaker programs, including new product development, redesign, localization, sustaining, quality improvement, and value engineering projects. • Translate project scope and technical requirements into clear work packages, milestones, owners, dependencies, and completion criteria. • Drive project cadence, design reviews, maturity reviews, action tracking, issue closure, and engineering governance deliverables. • Maintain clear accountability for commitments and escalate barriers with recommended recovery actions. • Ensure engineering work remains aligned with approved scope, schedule, quality, cost, and compliance expectations. Schedule Management and Coordination • Develop and maintain integrated engineering schedules covering design, analysis, prototyping, testing, certification, industrialization, and release activities. • Identify critical-path activities, resource constraints, cross-functional dependencies, and schedule risks early. • Coordinate global and local teams across engineering, labs, plants, quality, certification, sourcing, suppliers, and project management. • Lead schedule recovery planning when deliverables or milestones are at risk. • Provide concise status updates that clearly communicate progress, risks, decisions needed, ownership, and next steps. Breaker Product and Technical Leadership • Apply strong working knowledge of breaker architecture, mechanisms, current paths, protection functions, trip systems, materials, manufacturing processes, and product application requirements. • Coordinate design and validation activities for molded-case and air circuit breakers, including product performance, reliability, manufacturability, and compliance considerations. • Ensure alignment among design intent, drawings, bills of material, prototypes, test evidence, certification requirements, and manufacturing readiness. • Facilitate technical problem-solving and ensure issues are supported by data, clear ownership, containment, corrective actions, and verification. • Partner with technical authorities to surface design trade-offs and support timely, well-informed project decisions. Risk, Quality, and Continuous Improvement • Maintain visible technical, execution, and schedule risk registers with mitigation plans and accountable owners. • Drive closure of open technical actions and prevent unresolved issues from moving downstream without appropriate review. • Capture lessons learned and improve planning, coordination, review, and execution practices across Breakers Engineering. • Promote effective use of project tools, digital workflows, automation, and AI-enabled productivity improvements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. • Progressive engineering experience in power distribution, circuit protection, electromechanical products, or industrial equipment. • Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional engineering projects and coordinating teams without relying on direct authority. • Strong understanding of product-development lifecycle, engineering change control, design reviews, verification and validation, and manufacturing release. • Demonstrated ability to create and manage schedules, dependencies, risks, actions, and technical deliverables. • Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical issues into schedule, quality, cost, and business impact. Travel %: 20%

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with molded-case circuit breakers, air circuit breakers, low-voltage power distribution equipment, or similar electromechanical products. • Familiarity with UL, IEC, and CSA product standards and certification processes applicable to circuit protection equipment. • Experience with product qualification, compliance testing, sustaining engineering, localization, value engineering, and manufacturing transfers. • Experience working with laboratories, manufacturing plants, suppliers, quality teams, and globally distributed engineering organizations. • Formal project-management training or credentials such as PMP, Agile, or equivalent practical experience. Bring your technical leadership to a team that's ready to innovate with you!