Senior Technical Leader Data Center - F/M

Schneider Electric; Little London; Hybrid; GBP 53,970 - 80,956; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Teleworking

Paid time off

Employee share plan

Retirement plan

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a senior Solution Engineer for Data Center opportunities across Europe, including UK&I, France and beyond. You will translate RFQs into actionable architectures, ensuring alignment with specs and coordinating with factories to address deviations, with autonomy and no direct line management.

You will command full data center architecture—from cooling to power, distribution, transformers, and power trains—and drive end-to-end technical coordination, engaging multiple

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical/Systems engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years in solution engineering, system architecture, or related roles.
• Experience designing and leading complex, multi-technology data-center solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end solution architecture across electrical, mechanical, cooling, digital and software.
• Lead technical solution development, including integration, design optimization and scope definition.
• Ensure compliance with customer specs, Schneider Electric standards, and regulations.
• Provide technical leadership to tendering, engineering, sales and execution teams.
• Support workshops, POCs and solution validation to build customer confidence.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks and interface challenges throughout the opportunity lifecycle.

Skills

Solution Architecture

System Integration

Engineering Design

Customer Consulting

Risk Management

Education

Master's in Electrical Engineering

Job description

At Schneider Electric, we are committed to solving real-world problems to create a sustainable, digitalised and new electrical future. Our data centres support the world’s leading cloud, hyperscale and colocation players through their digital and energy transformation.

You will join the OneSol Europe Team in charge of all Solution Business activities (Tendering & Execution), with a strong focus on Data Center projects. You will be part of the Cloud & Service Providers (C&SP) organization, supporting Strategic Data Center Accounts across Europe (UK & Ireland, France, Netherlands, BeNe, Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.).

Your Role:

Reporting to the Head of Tendering, in a hybrid position based in France, the UK or Spain, you will act as the technical authority for complex Data Center and Multi-System Integration opportunities. Your role starts once the customer publishes its specification (RFQ): you build the bridge between the spec and the factories, check that the technical response meets the spec, and manage any deviations (highlighting, negotiating) through to first order. As the cycle between first prescription and first order is often very short (6 months to 1 year), you will drive end-to-end technical coordination with a high level of autonomy and no direct line management.

You have a strong command of the full data center architecture: cooling (from chiller to CDU), UPS, medium and low voltage electrical distribution, transformers, and power train.

Your Missions:

• Capture, analyze, and translate customer requirements into integrated and scalable technical solutions that deliver measurable customer value,


• Define and lead the overall solution architecture across electrical, mechanical, cooling, digital, software, and third-party systems, ensuring performance, reliability, and compatibility,


• Design and prescribe the standard architectures for the key regional accounts,


• Develop differentiated and competitive technical strategies that support business growth and increase the likelihood of success on complex opportunities,


• Lead technical solution development activities, including system integration, design optimization, equipment selection, and engineering scope definition,


• Ensure compliance with customer specifications, Schneider Electric standards, industry regulations, and technical governance requirements,


• Identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks, assumptions, constraints, and interface challenges throughout the opportunity lifecycle,


• Support customer workshops, technical presentations, proof-of-concepts, and solution validation activities, building customer confidence and trust,


• Define engineering effort, resource requirements, and execution assumptions to ensure successful delivery following project award,


• Provide technical leadership and guidance to tendering, engineering, sales, and execution teams while contributing to innovation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

Your Profile:

Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Automation, Computer Science, or equivalent,

Minimum 5 years of experience in solution engineering, technical leadership, system architecture, or customer project environments, with proven experience designing and leading complex integrated solutions involving multiple technologies and stakeholders.

Your Competencies:

• Technical Solution Architecture & System Integration: expertise in defining end-to-end architectures, integrating multi-technology solutions, and ensuring optimal system performance and scalability,


• Engineering & Design Excellence: strong knowledge of electrical, mechanical, cooling, automation, digital, and software solutions,


• Customer Engagement & Technical Consulting: ability to understand customer challenges, influence technical decisions, and translate business needs into practical solutions,


• Risk Management & Problem Solving: capability to assess technical risks, manage complex interfaces, and make sound decisions in ambiguous environments,

Experience working in international and matrix organizations is required; experience in Data Centers environments is highly desirable; knowledge of system integration involving both Schneider Electric and third-party technologies is a strong advantage.

Fluent English is required; additional languages are an advantage.

We know that skills manifest themselves in many ways and can be based on your life experience. If you do not necessarily meet all of the listed requirements, we still encourage you to apply.

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.

For this France based position, the expected pay range is EUR 63.200 - EUR 94.800 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives (annual bonus) at target. The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located in France. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Individual’s compensation is positioned within the range based on several factors such as knowledge, job-related skills, experience, potential and relevant education or training.

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: company health, death and disability insurance, paid time off, RTT, teleworking, paid family leaves, parenting and caregivers support.


• Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs: beyond your salary we offer employee saving plan with company matching (PEG), retirement plans (PERO, PERECO), employee share ownership plan and profit sharing plan.


• 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 solidarity leave, programs through the Schneider Electric Foundation, initiatives that support youth education.

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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.

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