Job Description
At Schneider Electric, sustainability is at the core of our purpose, culture, and business.
Come join our team and help us build a portfolio of residential energy products including solar inverters, batteries, EV chargers, smart electrical panels, connected outlets and smart lighting solutions! Let's create an eco-system together that makes our homes fully electric, way more intelligent, gives users greater control of their energy usage, and instead of contributing to climate change - helps fix it! (refer to for product examples)
We are hiring a
Principal Mechanical Product Design Engineer with a strong background in
Electromechanical Product Design to join the Schneider Electric Prosumer NAM Hub Team.
What will you do? - Spearhead product design throughout the engineering process; leading from concept to mass production within a collaborative global R&D team
- Optimize mechanical designs for size, weight, durability, performance and cost
- Incorporate mechanical designs with high-voltage electrical systems, power electronics, and batteries in a diverse collaborative environment.
- Conduct trade-off studies between mass, volume, cost, manufacturability, reliability, and environmental factors
- Generate and refine mechanical designs and drawings in PTC Creo/PDM/Ansys
- Pioneer product innovations to satisfy market requirements; prioritizing cost, ease of installation, and design aesthetic
- Apply engineering expertise to establish robust structural, thermal, and material performance, as well as manufacturability
- Steer product design vision and validation, analyze test/simulation outcomes, and drive issue resolution
- Influence project strategy with insightful personal and team schedule estimation
- Undergraduate degree in Mechanical or Electro-Mechanical Engineering and 8+ years of experience in consumer facing product design, preferably in the Residential Solar or EV charging space
- Demonstrated expertise in developing detailed designs through CAD models and drawings of both electrical enclosures and hardware
- Expertise in densely integrated products encompassing batteries and power electronics.
- Experience designing products with sheet metal, weldments, injection-molded plastics, die-casts, busbars, and harnessing for prototype and high-volume production
- Strong design for excellence (DFX) mentality and sound engineering design methodologies: minimum constraint design, tolerance stack-up analysis, 8D RCA approach, and GD&T ASME Y14.5-2018 drawing expertise
- Extensive knowledge designing in compliance with regulatory standards (UL/IEC/NEC)
- Familiarity with BOM, DFMEA, FTA, and DVT processes is preferred
Creating a More Sustainable World, Together Sustainability is at the core of our purpose - to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. And we are being recognized for this too! In 2021, Schneider Electric was ranked the world's most sustainable corporation by Corporate Knights - an acknowledgement of our Sustainability Impact 2021-2025 program, and our long-standing commitment to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues.
What's in it for you? - Flexibility : With our Global Flexibility at Work policy, and our hybrid work model, we empower our employees to work flexibly, managing their unique life and work in the way that works best for them. We embrace agile, flexible, and smart ways of working for our people - to support higher performance, greater inclusion and well-being, and stronger resiliency. Working part-time or from the comfort of your home are just a few of the opportunities available when you most need them.
- Career Development : We provide a rich environment for our people to grow and learn every day. Our career development model is built around 3 pillars: Experience, Exposure and Education. In addition to working with your manager to build your unique career path, you can use our digital and borderless career platform - Open Talent Market - to match your skills and ambitions to opportunities across the organization including mentorships, part-time projects, and open positions.
- Inclusive Environment : At Schneider Electric, diversity is an integral part of our history, culture, identity, and success. By embracing difference, we build a culture of respect where everyone feels safe to be their authentic selves. We are fully committed to inclusion, and our policies and culture reflect this commitment to our employees.
- Great Benefits: Schneider Electric offers an inclusive benefits package to support our employees such as flexible work arrangements, paid family leave, group pension match, well-being programs, holidays & paid time off, recharge breaks, employee share ownership plan and more.
We are looking for positive, self-motivated, passionate people with a keen desire to collaborate in an exciting, energetic, team-based design environment to help us develop next generation technologies to empower and connect our world-class products to each other, and to our customers.
Let us learn about you! Apply today.
Looking to make an IMPACT with your career? 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. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
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!
₠36 billion global revenue
+13% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
#1 on the Global 100 World's most sustainable corporations
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
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. This extends to our Candidates and is embedded in our Hiring Practices.
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