Senior Pre-Sales Solution Architect – Protection & Control

Schneider Electric Corp; Texas; On-site; USD 118,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Flexible work arrangements

Paid time off

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a Senior Protection Engineer in the United States to advance protection architectures for medium- and high-voltage systems. You will influence specifications, support strategic sales opportunities, and become a trusted technical advisor across utilities, data centers, and industrial customers.

With deep experience in IEC 61850, SEL protection equipment, and field commissioning, you will build integrated hardware/software solutions, lead demonstrations, and travel

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience in power systems protection.
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) protection equipment.
• At least 5 years of hands-on field commissioning experience involving power system protection.
• Practical mastery of IEC 61850 and its application to protection and automation systems.
• Ability to present to customers and influence technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Create solution architectures. Understand customer requirements and develop integrated protection and automation solutions, with emphasis on medium-voltage systems.
• Influence specifications and standards. Shape protection philosophies, technical requirements, and solution specs with customers and partners.
• Support sales through technical leadership. Collaborate with sales leaders on proposals and evaluations.
• Build and maintain demo systems for customer engagements and training.
• Develop internal advocates across Schneider Electric stakeholders.
• Engage customers and industry partners (EPCs, OEMs, integrators).
• Communicate with impact. Create clear decks and materials for meetings and conferences.
• Advance technical knowledge by exploring new technologies and advising on future solutions.

Skills

Power systems protection

Medium-voltage experience

IEC 61850 knowledge

Customer-facing communication

Travel readiness

Tools

SEL protection equipment

Job description

The opportunity

Power systems protection is the foundation of this role. Bring your expertise in protecting medium- and high-voltage power systems to an opportunity where you can apply innovative technology to shape customer decisions, influence engineering specifications, and help define the next generation of protection architectures.

Join Schneider Electric’s Digital Power Protection, Control & Automation (PCA) Center of Excellence to advance our vision of software-defined energy (SDE): centralizing protection functions within flexible, scalable architectures designed for high availability. This vision enables protection systems to evolve through upgrades, redundancy, and expansion as customer needs grow.

Building on the state-of-the-art IEC 61850-native PowerLogic protection platform, you will help build the bridge to SDE, enabling utilities, data centers, and large industrial customers to deploy power systems faster. You will develop, demonstrate, and specify integrated hardware and software solutions that bring this vision to life. Your protection expertise will guide the engineering decisions, complemented by power automation and IT/OT capabilities.

For an experienced protection engineer ready to grow into a customer-facing technical and commercial role, this is an opportunity to expand your influence. You will build on your engineering and field experience to become a trusted technical advisor, support strategic sales opportunities, and help customers adopt new approaches with confidence.

What You Will Do

• Create solution architectures. Understand customer requirements and develop integrated protection and automation solutions, with particular emphasis on medium-voltage power systems.
• Influence specifications and standards. Work with customers, consultants, and partners to shape protection philosophies, technical requirements, and solution specifications.
• Support sales through technical leadership. Partner with PCA Business Developers and sales leaders on customer discovery, technical proposals, solution evaluations, and presentations that connect engineering capabilities to customer value.
• Build and maintain demo systems. Design, build, operate, maintain, and continuously improve demonstration systems for customer engagements, internal training, and technical validation.
• Develop internal advocates. Educate and influence Schneider Electric stakeholders, including Consulting Application Engineers, Power Systems teams, sales organizations, and internal data center teams.
• Engage customers and industry partners. Collaborate with end users, engineering, procurement and construction firms (EPCs), system integrators, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and consulting engineers.
• Communicate with impact. Create clear, compelling presentation decks and technical materials. Present solutions at customer meetings, workshops, training sessions, and industry conferences.
• Advance technical knowledge. Learn current and emerging technologies, develop reusable application guidance, and bring customer needs and field experience into discussions about future solutions.

How You Approach The Work

You are curious about what comes next. You question established approaches when better solutions are possible, continuously develop your knowledge, and encourage others to solve problems creatively.

You combine openness to new technologies with the engineering rigor that dependable protection systems require. You enjoy making complex concepts understandable and helping others see how a different approach could improve their systems.

A next step in your engineering career

This role expands your impact from engineering individual systems to influencing the architectures, specifications, and technology decisions behind many projects.

Your field experience and protection expertise will be the foundation. You will build on them through customer engagement, technical advocacy, and commercial collaboration, developing the skills and visibility that support a career in technical and commercial leadership.

• At least 10 years of experience in power systems protection, with deep expertise in protection functions and medium-voltage applications.
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) protection equipment.
• At least 5 years of hands-on field commissioning experience involving power system protection.
• Practical mastery of IEC 61850 and its application to protection and automation systems.
• Expertise in both power systems protection and power automation, with protection as your primary strength.
• The ability to explain engineering decisions clearly, present confidently to customers, and influence technical stakeholders.
• Comfort creating presentation decks, delivering technical presentations, and supporting sales discussions.
• Willingness and ability to travel 25–50% of the time.

Preferred Experience

• High-voltage power system protection.
• More than 10 years of hands-on field commissioning experience.
• Experience working for an electric utility or within an industrial operating environment.

What’s in it for me?

• Impactful work on projects that drive the energy transition and digital transformation
• Collaborative team culture with opportunities for specialized training and technical certifications
• Visibility and influence — your solutions directly shape customer success and revenue growth
• Flexibility to innovate and set priorities in a dynamic, supportive environment

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For this U.S. based position, the expected pay range is USD 117,600 - USD 176,400 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives. The compensation range for this full‑time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the pay range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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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: medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks, flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well‑being programs, 12 holidays per year, and 15 days of paid time off per year.

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