R&D Manager – (F/H)

Job Description

Our Electrical Vehicle offers are part of Schneider Electric’s Prosumer business.

This business focuses on designing EV charging hardware products and the associated softwares to manage integrated EV charging solutions.

You will join the Engineering department and manage 15 engineers working on the entire offer development : electromechanical, electronic, system and firmware engineers.

Your role :

You will allocate your team resources according to the projects roadmap priorities, develop people competencies & engagement and drive performance to develop best-in-class EV charging systems.

Your missions : 

• Hire / onboard / allocate the internal & external resources enabling the team to reach its objectives
• Secure optimum allocation on projects, minimizing residual, adapting both volume and skills level to the team challenges
• Build high-performance team with continuous coaching, feedback, competency development and on the job training. Manage performance and recognition.
• Make sure top down and bottom-up communication is well organized. Ensure team engagement is at excellent level to drive high quality delivery
• Drive a culture of customer centric innovation, R&D excellence and agility
• Drive platforming, reusing and efficiency improvement strategy R&D perimeter
• Manage and control the budget (CAPEX & OPEX) of the teams in compliance with the Product Owner orientations / Board Of Change requests / R&D situation
• Drive and nurture potential inventions and support intellectual property creation
• Drive and sponsor cooperation with other R&D teams, suppliers or partners for technology deployment in alignment with offers management
• Contribute to the R&D digital transformation
• Ensure knowledge development, capitalization and promotion
• Drive Health and Safety measures deployment (for the technical lab facility)

Your profile : 

• Master degree in Electrical/Mechanical engineering or Embedded Systems
• Minimum 5 years of embedded software development experience on system offers or intelligent electronic devices
• And minimum 4 years team and people management experience (hierarchical)
• Proven track record of leading complex technical offer development projects working with all stakeholders (mechanical, electronic, electrical & firmware)

Your skills : 

• Strong leadership competencies to inspire and lead in a fast changing environment
• Change management experience
• Fluent English (oral and written) is a must (international experience)
• Domain knowledge on Electrical Power system engineering would be a plus
• Strong system delivery and system V&V experience
• Agile delivery practical experience
• Open minded, collaborative with teams from other locations around the world and able to coach team members in both soft and hard skills

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

We offer :

Our offer includes an attractive package and goes well beyond :

If you join Schneider Electric here is an idea of what we can offer you to enjoy the best possible work experience : 

• Customer-Centric Innovation: Schneider Electric is committed to creating innovative solutions that address the evolving needs of its customers, helping them to be more efficient and sustainable
• Sustainability: The company is deeply committed to sustainability and aims to provide energy and automation solutions that are safe, reliable, efficient, and sustainable
• Opportunity to work with worldwide experts and grow professionnaly in a leading Industrial Tech company
• A competitive fixed salary, an individual bonus as well as a profit-sharing bonus rewarding everyone’s efforts
• A range of social benefits that make life easier : healthcare insurance that meets all needs, generous savings and retirement plans, an attractive shareholding program
• Career development through training, internal mobility (local and international), skills sharing, etc. 
• An onboarding path starting your first day in the company to give you the keys to success at Schneider Electric within a culture promoting diversity, professional development and inclusion 
• A good work-life balance thanks to our home office policy (up to 48% of home office time, equipment included), parenting support and inter-company creche

Life is on : join us and make an impact ! 

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About Our Company

Why us?

At Schneider Electric we’re committed to creating a workplace that gives you not just a job but a meaningful purpose in joining our mission to bring energy and efficiency to enable life, progress and sustainability for all.

We believe in empowering our team members to reach their full potential, fostering a sense of ownership in their work.

We embrace inclusion as a fundamental value, ensuring that every voice is heard and valued. We value differences, and welcome people from all walks of life. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone, everywhere.

If you want to be part of a company where your contributions truly matter, where you are empowered to make a difference and where inclusivity is valued, we would love to hear from you.

Discover your Meaningful, Inclusive and Empowered career at Schneider Electric.

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+12% organic growth

135 000+ employees in 100+ countries

#1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations

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Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best.

We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate and we ‘embrace different’ as one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do. This extends to our Candidates and is embedded in our Hiring Practices.

You can find out more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here and our DEI Policy here

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