Firmware Engineering Coop Student Intern

Schneider Electric; Victoria; Hybrid; CAD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Hybrid work environment

Green and Ocean Friendly business

Funding for employee clubs and groups

Job summary

Schneider Electric Victoria offers a 4 or 8 month co-op opportunity in firmware testing for Advanced Metering products like ION9000 and PM8000. You will join a collaborative team of developers, testers and engineers to deliver features and quality improvements in an agile environment.

The role focuses on testing embedded products, participating in test automation, and contributing to test strategies while gaining hands-on experience in DevOps tools and processes.

Qualifications

• Currently working towards a degree in Engineering or Computer Science, or relevant experience.
• Coding and debugging experience, ideally in python.
• Good communication and problem-solving skills.
• Previous Firmware or software testing experience is helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in testing Advanced Metering embedded products to ensure quality and customer satisfaction.
• Contribute to test automation and functional testing in a collaborative, agile team.
• Participate in design and risk analysis considering safety, cyber security, and quality.
• Support development of DevOps tools and environments to improve team efficiency.

Skills

Python

Test automation

Debugging

Communication

Education

Engineering or Computer Science degree (in progress)

Job description

Territorial Acknowledgement

Schneider Electric Victoria acknowledges that our people are privileged to live and work in the traditional territories of the Lkwungen, Malahat, Pacheedaht, Scia’new, T’Sou-ke and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. Schneider Electric endeavors to continue to work with Indigenous First Nations to respectfully acknowledge history and mutual goals for prosperity.

Company Values and Vision

Globally, Schneider Electric was ranked as the world's most sustainable corporation in 2021. We are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Our ambition is to enable empowered, happy employees because we feel this unlocks creativity, curiosity, and innovation. Schneider Electric strives to be a company that provides meaningful purpose and continuously creates an inclusive working environment.

Introduction to Schneider Electric in Victoria, BC

Schneider Electric is excited to offer a 4 or 8 month co-op opportunity to join our team in Victoria, BC Canada. In this role, you will contribute in building the next generation of our Advanced Power Metering products such as the ION9000 and PM8000. Our team’s flagship product, the ION9000, won the 2021 Engineers' Choice award! Our Power meters are installed around the world and help organizations measure carbon emissions, reduce their energy consumption, and increase power reliability. As part of our team, you get to contribute to products and solutions that contribute to a better future.

Here is a link to the ION9000 Teaser video.

What will you do?

The Firmware Engineering Co-op student will have an opportunity to work with a group of developers, testers, and professional engineers. They will be part of our design team and will help deliver new features and quality enhancements to our products. Generally, this co-op position will focus on testing our Advanced Metering embedded products to ensure quality and customer satisfaction. This is a collaborative role, working with a team in an agile environment, with activities ranging from test automation, to functional testing and peer reviews. Examples of day-to-day activities include:

• Implementing automated tests in Python or performing functional testing in our lab.


• Working with the team formulating test strategies and test cases.


• Participating in design and risk analysis considering safety, cyber security, and quality.


• Helping build our DevOps tools and environments to make the overall team more efficient.

What qualifications will make you successful?

• Currently working towards a degree in Engineering or Computer Science, or relevant experience.


• Coding and debugging experience, ideally in python.


• Good communication and problem-solving skills.


• Previous Firmware or software testing experience is helpful but not required.

What's in it for me?

• Hybrid work environment (combination of remote and in-office locations depending on project needs).


• Our Victoria office was recognized locally as a Green and Ocean Friendly business.


• Co-op positions are provided paid time off (PTO).


• Funding for employee clubs and resource groups. (For example: Toastmasters, floor hockey, soccer, photography, board games, etc.).

Let us learn about 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.

The base pay compensation for this full-time position is starting at CAD22.00 per hour.

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 benefits that help you and your family thrive: insurance coverage for health, inclusive of medical, dental, vision, basic life, accident, and disability insurance; Wellness Wallet (reimbursement for medical / wellbeing expenses); telemedicine program; 13 paid holidays annually; up to 19 days paid time off in first year; paid family leaves; parental and care leave; Recharge Break (savings plan for a future paid leave of absence); employee assistant program with mental, family, and legal counselling and flexible work arrangements.

Invest and plan your future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs: base salary; incentive plans; employee share ownership plan; retirement plan with employer pension match.

Grow your skills and career. We commit to helping you grow with ongoing performance and development conversations, Senior Talent Program, global career opportunities, access to our Schneider Career Hub for new positions, projects, and mentors, and learning platforms like Coursera to equip you with the skills for today and tomorrow.

Team up in the workplace. We encourage teaming up through project opportunities on the Schneider Career Hub, smart ways to collaborate, celebrating contributions via a recognition program (including service anniversary), sharing your voice in our engagement survey, and fostering an inclusive, caring workplace.

Support your community. We make a difference in your community with volunteer leave, programs through the Schneider Electric Foundation, and initiatives that support youth education.

*Participation and coverage levels for specific benefit programs are determined based on employment status (e.g., full-time, part-time, temporary, or fixed-term) and are subject to applicable plan terms, conditions, and eligibility waiting periods.

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

€40 billion global revenue

+9% organic growth

150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

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. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here

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.