Lead Digital Systems Engineer - Automation & Cybersecurity

Schneider Electric

United Kingdom

On-site

GBP 50,000 - 76,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Health and life insurance
Paid time off
Flexible work options

Job summary

Schneider Electric, based in the United Kingdom, seeks a Senior Engineer to drive digital systems projects from award through closure. You will own the technical scope and lead cross-functional teams across automation, infrastructure, and cybersecurity to meet cost, time, and quality targets.

You will manage specification, design, supplier relations, implementation, testing, and acceptance activities while identifying risks and optimizing proposals for robust, secure solutions.

Qualifications

  • Proven leadership ability—you guide technical teams and mentor professionals through challenging deliverables.
  • Strong communication skills—you translate complex technical concepts for diverse stakeholders with clarity.
  • Strategic thinking—you balance competing priorities of cost, time, and quality in solution design.
  • Versatility across technical domains—you work confidently with process, power, building, grid, and IT systems.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end technical scope for digital systems projects, delivering solutions that meet customer needs and performance expectations.
  • Lead technical teams through specification, design, supplier management, implementation, testing, and acceptance activities.
  • Identify technical risks and optimize solution proposals across digital infrastructure, automation, and control systems.
  • Report technical progress and challenges to project stakeholders and management, maintaining full accountability for outcomes.

Skills

Problem Solving
Digital Systems
Automation and Control Systems
Cybersecurity
Project Management
Requirements Analysis
Technical Documentation
System Architecture

Job description

Schneider Electric, based in the United Kingdom, seeks a Senior Engineer to drive digital systems projects from award through closure. You will own the technical scope and lead cross-functional teams across automation, infrastructure, and cybersecurity to meet cost, time, and quality targets.

You will manage specification, design, supplier relations, implementation, testing, and acceptance activities while identifying risks and optimizing proposals for robust, secure solutions.

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