Senior Application Engineer - Protection, Controls and Automation

Sr.

Application Engineer - Protection, Controls and Automation

This candidate must be based within 40 miles of a Schneider Electric Hub location (Andover, MA; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Foxboro, MA; Nashville, TN; Raleigh, NC; Florham Park, NJ; Houston/Round Up, TX; Louisville, KY; St.

Louis, MO).This role is intended to be in the office 2-3 days per week with up to 40% travel per month to various customer locations across the US.

"The Protection, Controls & Automation (PCA) group of Digital power is the engineering entity of Schneider Electric NAM that specialized in developing solutions for control and protection for electrical substations, datacenter, Oil & gas and distribution networks.

Within this group, the Energy Automation team is seeking a Sr.

Application Engineer with advanced knowledge in Power systems, Protection schemes, Protection relays configuration, testing, and troubleshooting.

The candidate will be responsible for leading multiple complex power system projects, proposing new and creative features and improvements to customers, training team members and supporting them in-person or remotely as needed.

The candidate will also be required to have expertise in core responsibilities listed below.

This role will be 60% hybrid in office with a 40% of travel to various customer locations across united states.

Core Responsibilities:


* SAFETY FIRST approach - Demonstrate and promote Schneider Electric Safety-First policies, including STOP work authority, to internal and external stakeholders.


* Design, Configuration, Testing Protection, Control and Automation projects - Based on customer specifications, meetings, and discussions, lead the development of design specifications, review and validate project documentation and test scripts, engage Application Engineers in testing and validation of project, and execute the project during FAT and SAT.

This includes complex solutions involving proven technologies or modifications of existing solutions.

Identify potential risks associated with the project scope, design, testing, schedule, etc., and provide mitigation strategies.

Ensure the design, configuration, testing and execution of PCA projects adhere to the approved quality process.


* Technical Leadership - Lead project design and architecture discussions with customers and other business units on complex, multi-BU solutions.


* Collaboration - Collaborate with Sales and PM during project handover stage to clarify the project scope, promote and propose Schneider Electric digital solutions to customer for enhancement of the existing scope of work.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless execution of PCA projects.


* Innovation - Lead development of PCA projects by implementing technical standards.

Propose new ideas and process to improve efficiency and benefit the team and organization.


* Technical escalation management - Manage technical escalation of customer projects by resolv...