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This individual will lead the development of advanced power electronics hardware and controls, conduct system-level trade-off studies, support certification and compliance activities, and drive products from concept through production.\nWe are looking for a positive, confident, self-motivated, and hands-on engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and is passionate about renewable energy technologies. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to world-class products that accelerate the adoption of distributed energy resources and intelligent energy management solutions.\nIf you are passionate about power electronics, digital controls, renewable energy, energy storage, and building innovative products that positively impact the energy transition, this position is for you.\nWhat you'll be doing\nLead the design and development of power converter hardware for solar, battery energy storage, EV charging, and microgrid applications.\nEvaluate and perform trade-off studies among various power conversion topologies and system architectures.\nDevelop mathematical models, simulations, and control algorithms for power converters.\nDesign, implement, and validate advanced digital control firmware for power conversion systems.\nLead rapid product development activities from concept through prototyping, verification, validation, certification, and production release.\nPerform hands-on debugging, testing, characterization, and optimization of power electronics hardware.\nDesign and validate high-power and low-voltage control electronics including schematic capture, PCB design reviews, hardware bring-up, and troubleshooting.\nDrive EMI/EMC compliance activities including design reviews, mitigation techniques, troubleshooting, and regulatory certification support.\nDevelop and validate thermal models, thermal derating strategies, cooling solutions, and performance improvements for high-power converters.\nWork closely with Mechanical and Thermal Engineering teams to optimize product packaging, cooling architecture, reliability, manufacturability, safety, and regulatory compliance.\nSupport compliance validation and certification activities including UL1741, UL1741SB, IEEE 1547, CSA, and related regulatory requirements.\nLead abnormal operation and fault-testing activities, including UL1741 abnormal tests, grid support functions, ride-through testing, and protection verification.\nDevelop and validate protection schemes for power converters, battery systems, and energy management systems.\nSupport Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), Design for Test (DFT), and product industrialization activities.\nParticipate in root-cause investigations, technical risk assessments, FMEA activities, and reliability improvement initiatives.\nStay current with emerging power semiconductor technologies, converter topologies, controls techniques, and energy storage trends to guide future product development.\nCollaborate closely with systems, firmware, manufacturing, testing, quality, sourcing, certification, thermal, and mechanical engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle.\n What you bring\nMaster's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Controls Engineering, or a related field with 5+ years of relevant industry experience; or PhD with 3+ years of relevant industry experience.\nStrong background in power electronics and digital control systems.\nExperience developing commercial power electronic products from concept through certification and production release.\nExperience in both hardware design and control firmware development.\nDeep understanding of power electronics topologies and digital control techniques.\nProficiency with modeling and simulation tools, including MATLAB/Simulink and related engineering analysis tools.\nExperience with power electronics hardware development, including schematic design, PCB development, hardware validation, and troubleshooting.\nKnowledge of EMI/EMC design practices and compliance testing.\nYou might also have\nExperience developing solar, energy storage, EV charging, UPS, renewable energy, or grid-interactive power conversion products.\nExperience supporting product certification activities and industry standards (UL1741, IEEE 1547, CSA, or similar).\nExperience developing thermal solutions and reliability improvements for high-power electronic systems.\nExperience supporting product industrialization activities, including DFM, DFA, and DFT.\nWe recognize that skills and competencies can be developed through a variety of experiences, both professional and personal. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement listed, we still encourage you to apply. Your unique background and perspective could be exactly what we’re looking for.\nThis job posting represents an active opportunity within our team. All applications are reviewed directly by our recruitment professionals, and no AI is used in the screening or selection process.\nLet us learn about you! Apply today.\nYou must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.\nAt Schneider, we believe that every employee is a talent who deserves equal opportunities. This means you matter. Every individual needs to feel valued, supported, and treated fairly to do their best work.\nOur Total Rewards is our way of saying: “We see you. We value you”. It’s more than just pay and benefits- it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed for you to perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential to shine as an impact maker.\nThe expected pay range is CAD 114,750 - CAD 162,000 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives.\nFor Ontario applicants, this posting complies with provincial law which does not require disclosure of the pay range. Inquiries regarding the pay range can be directed to the recruiting / hiring manager.\nSchneider Electric is there when it matters most to you\nOur Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you’ll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team:\nCare for yourself and your family.We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: insurance coverage for health, inclusive of medical, dental, vision, basic life, accident, and disability insurance; telemedicine program; paid family leaves; parental and care leave; employee assistant program with mental, family, and legal counselling and flexible work arrangements.\nInvest and plan your future.We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs: base salary; incentive plans; employee share ownership plan; retirement plan with employer pension match.\nGrow your skills and career.We commit to helping you grow with ongoing performance and development conversations, Senior Talent Program, global career opportunities, access to our Schneider Career Hub for new positions, projects, and mentors, and learning platforms like Coursera to equip you with the skills for today and tomorrow.\nTeam up in the workplace.We encourage teaming up through project opportunities on the Schneider Career Hub, smart ways to collaborate, celebrating contributions via a recognition program (including service anniversary), sharing your voice in our engagement survey, and fostering an inclusive, caring workplace.\nSupport your community.We make a difference in your community with volunteer leave, programs through the Schneider Electric Foundation, and initiatives that support youth education.\n Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?\nWhen you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values - Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork - starts with us.\nIMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.\nWe are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.\nBecome an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric - apply today!\n€40 billion global revenue\n+9% organic growth\n150 000+ employees in 100+ countries\n\nYou must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.\nSchneider 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 ‘inclusion’ is 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. \nAt Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. 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