Strategic Breaker Engineering Lead

Schneider Electric Corp; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

15 days paid time off

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) with match

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a Senior Product Technical Lead Engineer in the Power Products division to lead breaker development, sustaining, localization, and quality initiatives from concept through implementation. You will coordinate cross-functional teams and translate scope into executable plans, emphasizing schedule discipline and sustainable quality.

The role requires deep knowledge of low-voltage breakers and collaboration with design, certification, manufacturing, sourcing, product,

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, risks, actions, and technical deliverables.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical issues into schedule, quality, cost, and business impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering execution for Molded Case Circuit Breakers (MCCB), Air Circuit Breakers (ACB), and related breaker programs.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Schedule management

Risk management

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Schneider Electric is seeking a Senior Product Technical Lead Engineer in the Power Products division to lead breaker development, sustaining, localization, and quality initiatives from concept through implementation. You will coordinate cross-functional teams and translate scope into executable plans, emphasizing schedule discipline and sustainable quality.

The role requires deep knowledge of low-voltage breakers and collaboration with design, certification, manufacturing, sourcing, product,