Senior Product Technical Lead Engineer

Schneider Electric; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric in Raleigh, NC seeks a Senior Product Technical Lead Engineer to drive engineering execution for MCCB/ACB programs from concept through implementation. You will coordinate design, validation, certification, manufacturing, and project requirements, ensuring quality and on‑time delivery.

The role requires strong knowledge of low‑voltage breakers, product development lifecycle, and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering execution for molded‑case and air circuit breakers programs, including new product development, sustaining, localization, quality improvement, and value engineering.
• Translate scope and technical requirements into clear work packages, milestones, owners, dependencies, and completion criteria.
• Drive cadence, design reviews, maturity reviews, action tracking, issue closure, and governance deliverables.
• Maintain accountability for commitments and escalate barriers with recommended recovery actions.
• Ensure alignment with scope, schedule, quality, cost, and compliance expectations.

Skills

Project leadership

Scheduling

Cross-functional coordination

Breaker domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or related

Job description

Schneider Electric has a meaningful opportunity available for a Senior Product Technical Lead Engineer in our Power Products division. You will work for a company consistently rated by Fortune as one of the “Great Places to Work”, by Glassdoor as “Best Places To Work” and by TIME as the #1 “Most Sustainable Company in the World.”

Position Summary

The Senior Product Technical Lead Engineer leads engineering execution for breaker development, sustaining, localization, quality improvement, and value engineering initiatives from concept through implementation. This team member is the day-to-day engineering project leader responsible for translating scope into an executable plan, coordinating technical work, maintaining schedule discipline, and ensuring engineering deliverables are completed with sustainable quality. The role requires a strong understanding of low-voltage circuit breakers and the ability to connect product design, validation, certification, manufacturing, sourcing, and project requirements. This employee works closely with Offer Technical Leaders, Architects, Design Engineers, Certification Engineers, Quality, Manufacturing, Labs, Sourcing, Product Management, and Program Management.

Key Responsibilities - Project Leadership and Execution

• Lead engineering execution for Molded Case Circuit Breakers (MCCB), Air Circuit Breakers (ACB), and related breaker programs, including new product development, redesign, localization, sustaining, quality improvement, and value engineering projects.
• Translate project scope and technical requirements into clear work packages, milestones, owners, dependencies, and completion criteria.
• Drive project cadence, design reviews, maturity reviews, action tracking, issue closure, and engineering governance deliverables.
• Maintain clear accountability for commitments and elevate barriers with recommended recovery actions.
• Ensure engineering work remains aligned with approved scope, schedule, quality, cost, and compliance expectations.

Schedule Management and Coordination

• Develop and maintain integrated engineering schedules covering design, analysis, prototyping, testing, certification, industrialization, and release activities.
• Identify critical-path activities, resource constraints, cross‑functional dependencies, and schedule risks early.
• Coordinate global and local teams across engineering, labs, plants, quality, certification, sourcing, suppliers, and project management.
• Lead schedule recovery planning when deliverables or milestones are at risk.
• Provide concise status updates that clearly communicate progress, risks, decisions needed, ownership, and next steps.

Breaker Product and Technical Leadership

• Apply strong working knowledge of breaker architecture, mechanisms, current paths, protection functions, trip systems, materials, manufacturing processes, and product application requirements.
• Coordinate design and validation activities for molded‑case and air circuit breakers, including product performance, reliability, manufacturability, and compliance considerations.
• Ensure alignment among design intent, drawings, bills of material, prototypes, test evidence, certification requirements, and manufacturing readiness.
• Facilitate technical problem‑solving and ensure issues are supported by data, clear ownership, containment, corrective actions, and verification.
• Partner with technical authorities to surface design trade‑offs and support timely, well‑informed project decisions.

Risk, Quality, and Continuous Improvement

• Maintain visible technical, execution, and schedule risk registers with mitigation plans and accountable owners.
• Drive closure of open technical actions and prevent unresolved issues from moving downstream without appropriate review.
• Capture lessons learned and improve planning, coordination, review, and execution practices across Breakers Engineering.
• Promote effective use of project tools, digital workflows, automation, and AI-enabled productivity improvements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Progressive engineering experience in power distribution, circuit protection, electromechanical products, or industrial equipment.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross‑functional engineering projects and coordinating teams without relying on direct authority.
• Strong understanding of product‑development lifecycle, engineering change control, design reviews, verification and validation, and manufacturing release.
• Demonstrated ability to create and manage schedules, dependencies,