Lead Engineer, Power Infrastructure (Power Train Unit)

Schneider Electric; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global family leave

Comprehensive medical coverage for you

Flexible work arrangement

Worldwide Employee Stock Ownership

Job summary

Schneider Electric in Petaling Jaya is seeking a Lead Engineer for Power Infrastructure (PTU) to drive technical delivery of critical data centre projects. You will own the technical solution from tender through execution and handover, collaborating with sales, factories, suppliers, and engineering centers.

The role focuses on prefabricated and integrated power solutions including PTUs, modular electrical rooms, and related systems for hyperscale environments. PE registration highly regarded.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years' experience leading technical scopes or major customer projects.
• Experience with data centres, cloud, hyperscale or mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of technical solutions for major data centre and mission-critical infrastructure opportunities.
• Analyse customer requirements and specifications to develop compliant and optimised power infrastructure solutions.
• Support tender development through technical reviews, customer presentations, risk assessments, and solution validation.
• Act as the technical owner for projects from handover through to project completion.
• Coordinate engineering activities across factories, suppliers, engineering centres, and project teams.
• Review and approve detailed engineering deliverables to ensure compliance with customer requirements and Schneider Electric standards.
• Provide technical leadership during manufacturing, testing, FAT, SAT, commissioning, and project closeout.
• Support design change management, risk mitigation, and issue resolution throughout delivery.
• Ensure seamless integration of electrical systems with monitoring, cooling, fire protection, and prefabricated infrastructure.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical problem-solving

Project execution

Customer engagement

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Power Systems Software

Job description

About the Role

We're looking for a Lead Engineer Power Infrastructure (PTU) to join our team and lead the technical delivery of some of the world's largest data centre, cloud, AI, and mission-critical infrastructure projects.

This role is ideal for an experienced electrical engineer who enjoys combining technical leadership, project execution, and customer engagement. Working closely with sales teams, project managers, factories, suppliers, integration partners, and engineering centres, you will take ownership of the technical solution from tender development through project execution and handover, ensuring solutions are compliant, reliable, sustainable, and aligned with customer expectations.

The role focuses on prefabricated and integrated critical power solutions supporting hyperscale and mission-critical infrastructure projects, including Power Train Units (PTUs), electrical power modules, and related critical power systems.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the development of technical solutions for major data centre and mission-critical infrastructure opportunities.
• Analysing customer requirements and technical specifications to develop compliant and optimised power infrastructure solutions.
• Supporting tender development through technical reviews, customer presentations, risk assessments, and solution validation.
• Acting as the technical owner for projects throughout the lifecycle, from handover through to project completion.
• Coordinating engineering activities across factories, suppliers, engineering centres, integration partners, and project teams.
• Reviewing and approving detailed engineering deliverables to ensure compliance with customer requirements and Schneider Electric standards.
• Providing technical leadership during manufacturing, integration, testing, FAT, SAT, commissioning support, and project closeout activities.
• Supporting design change management, technical risk mitigation, and issue resolution throughout project delivery.
• Ensuring seamless integration of electrical systems with monitoring, cooling, fire protection, and prefabricated infrastructure solutions.
• Acting as the primary technical interface for customers, suppliers, partners, and internal stakeholders.

What qualifications will make you successful?

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 7+ years' experience leading technical scopes, engineering work packages, or major customer projects.
• Experience delivering projects within data centres, cloud and service providers, hyperscale, colocation, utilities, industrial, or other mission-critical environments.
• Proven experience developing technical proposals and supporting the execution of complex electrical infrastructure projects.
• Strong expertise in critical power infrastructure, including medium and low voltage power distribution, transformers, UPS systems, battery technologies, busway systems, protection and control systems, EPMS integration, and modular or prefabricated electrical solutions.
• Experience with Power Train Units (PTUs), modular electrical rooms, or integrated power infrastructure solutions will be highly regarded.
• Strong understanding of international electrical standards, engineering best practices, and data centre power architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to review, challenge, and approve complex engineering designs and technical solutions.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership capabilities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Professional Engineer registration (CPEng, RPEQ, RPEV, NER or equivalent) will be highly regarded.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering next-generation critical power infrastructure for some of the world's most advanced digital infrastructure projects.

Benefits we offer:

• Global family leave
• Comprehensive medical coverage for employee and dependents
• Flexible work arrangement
• Worldwide Employee Stock Ownership

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

This position will be posted until filled.

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