Energy Tech Accelerator Graduate Program - Paris

Schneider Electric Inc.; Grenoble; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric in Grenoble is launching a 12-month graduate accelerator designed for early-career engineers to work on AI and emerging technologies across two six-month missions.

You will join a global community with assignments in Sustainability Advisory Services, Corporate Strategy, or our AI Transformation Office, delivering real-world impact while developing leadership and international collaboration.

Qualifications

• You graduated in 2024, 2025 or 2026, with at least a Master’s degree or equivalent qualification corresponding to five years of higher education (Bac+5 / European Qualifications Framework Level 7) ideally in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Analytics or a related discipline
• Your academic background includes exposure to AI, and you’re excited to apply into real-world challenges
• You already have the legal right to work in France.
• You can work and communicate effectively in English
• You are available to start in March 2027

Responsibilities

• Complete two six-month missions in Grenoble, France and other global locations.
• Engage in AI, digital technology and energy transition projects and contribute to innovation and practical solutions

Skills

Curious mindset

Analytical thinking

AI interest

Cross-cultural collaboration

Adaptability

Education

Master’s degree (Bac+5) in Engineering/CS/Data Analytics

Job description

Ready to accelerate your career and help shape the future of Energy Tech?

At Schneider Electric, we’re not just imagining the future of energy, we’re creating it. Recognized as the World’s Most Sustainable Company by TIME and Statista, we are your energy technology partner, electrifying, automating and digitalising industries, businesses and homes to drive efficiency and sustainability for all.

12 months. Two missions. One global community.

Not just another graduate program, this is an accelerator for your career.

Our new flagship global talent program gives early-career engineers the opportunity to put AI and emerging technologies into action, tackle meaningful challenges and discover different parts of our organization through two six-month missions. Learn more: Energy Tech Accelerator Graduate Program.

Highlights

• Permanent contract: from day one
• Program duration: 12 months | 2 x six-month missions
• Location: Complete both missions in Grenoble, France while joining an international graduate community connected across Boston, Paris/Grenoble, Dubai, Bangalore and Shanghai.
• Start date: 1 March 2027

Your 12-month Accelerator journey

Depending on your starting assignment, you may experience the two missions in either order.

MISSION A | Invent the Future

Your mission could take you into: Sustainability Advisory Services, Corporate Strategy or our AI Transformation Office, where you could contribute to:

• Explore what's next: Research emerging trends, technologies and customers’ needs to uncover new opportunities and help our customers become more sustainable and efficient.
• Turn complexity into insight: Analyze data, structure strategic or sustainability challenges and help turn insights into recommendations.
• Make things better, faster: Analyze processes and identify opportunities to simplify, improve, and accelerate the way we work, creating greater business or operational impact.

MISSION B | Deliver the Mission Together

Your mission could take you into Software & Services, Innovation & Technology, Industrial Automation or Commercial Operations, where you could contribute to:

• Put the customer at the center: Gather insights from users, experts and stakeholders to understand needs and help refine solutions.
• Turn technology into solutions: Contribute to digital offers and services and explore how software-defined solutions can improve customer experience and solve real problems.
• Explore AI as an enabler: Identify where AI could create value and connect technology with real business and customer needs.

Start Big. Accelerate your potential

• Dedicated leadership development: Learning, mentoring, and career coaching to accelerate your leadership skills.
• Signature experiences: Global onboarding, a global hackathon and attending highly visible leadership or customer events.
• Global exposure: Build relationships across our international community, with opportunities for immersive international business travel.

Is this You?

• Curious and eager to understand how things work
• Analytical, with a passion for solving complex problems
• Excited by AI, digital technology and the energy transition
• Energized working across cultures, in a global environment
• Collaborative, adaptable and ready to step outside your comfort zone

What You Need

• You graduated in 2024, 2025 or 2026, with at least a Master’s degree or equivalent qualification corresponding to five years of higher education (Bac+5 / European Qualifications Framework Level 7) ideally in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Analytics or a related discipline
• Your academic background includes exposure to AI, and you’re excited to apply into real-world challenges
• You already have the legal right to work in France.
• You can work and communicate effectively in English
• You are available to start in March 2027

There’s more than one path to great things

Your degree matters. Your potential matters more. Whether through an internship, personal project, study abroad or nonprofit work, we want to know what drives you, how you learn, and what you are curious to explore next!

Your Journey Continues

Your career with us starts on day one, primarily on-site, with flexibility options in line with local office working norms. After your 12-month program, you’ll move into your next role based on your strengths, aspirations and opportunities within the business. Be ready to explore new career paths and locations as your career grows.

Ready to accelerate?

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

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.

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