Technical Leader - Digital Power

Schneider Electric; San Sebastián de los Reyes; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric in Madrid seeks a Senior Engineer specializing in digital systems design to lead automation, infrastructure, and cybersecurity solutions across process control, power and grid applications.

You will design digital infrastructure, define strategies and standards, mentor teammates, and diagnose complex issues at labs and customer sites, delivering clear design documentation and technical reports.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical thinking to tackle complex integration challenges and deliver practical solutions.
• Clear communication skills to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences with confidence.
• Collaborative spirit with a passion for coaching and developing engineering talent.
• Flexibility to navigate multiple market segments and adapt to emerging digital technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design digital infrastructure and automation solutions spanning process, power, building, and grid applications.
• Define technical strategies, equipment selections, and standards that guide digital system implementations.
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues at labs and customer sites, ensuring optimal system performance.
• Create conceptual and detailed engineering designs while mentoring team members on technical best practices.

Skills

Personal Productivity

Digital Systems

System Architecture

Technical Solution Design

Cybersecurity

Automation and Control Systems

Problem Solving

Technical Documentation

Job description

Join us as a Senior Engineer specializing in digital systems design. You'll lead the development of automation, infrastructure, and cybersecurity solutions that power critical operations across industries—from process control to power grids.

What will you do?

• Design digital infrastructure and automation solutions spanning process, power, building, and grid applications
• Define technical strategies, equipment selections, and standards that guide digital system implementations
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues at labs and customer sites, ensuring optimal system performance
• Create both conceptual and detailed engineering designs while mentoring team members on technical best practices

What are the key skills we are looking for?

• Personal Productivity — advanced level; managing multiple technical deliverables and priorities across concurrent projects
• Digital Systems — intermediate level; designing end-to-end data flows and communication protocols for integrated applications
• System Architecture — developing level; structuring scalable digital infrastructures that meet performance requirements
• Technical Solution Design — intermediate level; translating customer requirements into implementable technical specifications
• Cybersecurity — intermediate level; embedding security principles into digital infrastructure and automation designs
• Automation and Control Systems — intermediate level; integrating monitoring and control applications across platforms
• Problem Solving — intermediate level; diagnosing and resolving technical issues in multi-vendor digital environments
• Technical Documentation — intermediate level; creating clear design documentation and technical reports for stakeholders

What qualifications will make you successful?

• Strong analytical thinking to tackle complex integration challenges and deliver practical solutions
• Clear communication skills to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences with confidence
• Collaborative spirit with a passion for coaching and developing engineering talent
• Flexibility to navigate multiple market segments and adapt to emerging digital technologies

What's in it for me?

• Meaningful work where your designs directly impact critical infrastructure and customer operations
• Exposure to diverse technical domains including automation, cybersecurity, and digital networks
• Culture of continuous learning with opportunities to expand your technical expertise
• Collaborative team environment working with cutting-edge digital technologies

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.

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: health and life insurance, paid time off, parental and care leave, flexible work options, support for chronic conditions, and confidential counseling for life’s challenges.

Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs: your base salary, short-term incentives or sales incentives, opportunities to own company shares, and retirement savings plans for your future.

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, 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.

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.

€40 billion global revenue
+9% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

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