Principal Architect – Edge Software

Company Overview:

Schneider Electric is a global leader in energy management and automation, committed to providing innovative solutions that ensure Life Is On everywhere, for everyone, and at every moment.

We are part of small and medium buildings league, We are expanding our team in Gurugram and looking for a Principal Architect to enhance our Edge applications and drive the roadmap for next generations IOT gateways.

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Principal Architect-IoT Edge to lead the design and deployment of edge middleware for smart building environments.

This role focuses on architecting robust, secure, and scalable IoT gateway-based systems that enable real-time monitoring, control, and optimization of micro-BMS, including HVAC, lighting, and energy.

As a Principal Architect at Schneider Electric, you will play a crucial role in developing and implementing IoT solutions across our global infrastructure, with a primary focus on Edge software.

This position requires a blend of strategic architectural design and practical hands-on ability to implement and manage, and optimize edge middleware solutions, ensuring efficient data processing for a large-scale edge gateways and devices (100s of thousands) deployed in the field.

Some of the core services supported by IoT gateways aims at providing various services and features such as


* Secure firmware update


* Log management.


* Product configuration (identity, network connectivity, date/time...)


* Service/message bus (for intra and inter service communication)


* Controls logic to control and schedule downstream devices


* Device management, application management and connectivity to the "Cloud system"


* Edge intelligence - e.g.

data buffering, computing metrics on edge


* Dockerised services


* Local Web Interface


* Connectivity protocols (MQTT, Zigbee, Wi-Fi, LoRaWAN, Modbus, BacNet ...)

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide architecture guidelines, identify technical solutions, and write technical requirements, answering to the functional requirement of the SMB BMS solution.

• Architect and develop scalable, high-performance Edge computing solutions for IoT applications.

• Work closely with POs and solution Architects of SMB- Building Activate platform to ensure proper landing of the middleware features and services

• Develop and optimize IoT data pipelines, integrating sensors, edge devices, and cloud-based platforms.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define edge computing strategies, system architectures, and best practices.

• Work on device-to-cloud communication using MQTT(s), HTTP(s), WebSockets, or other messaging protocols.

• Ensure software is secure, reliable, and optimized for resource-constrained edge environments.

• Design and optimize Linux-based networking for edge devices, including network configuration, VPNs, firewalls, and traffic shaping.

• Implement and manage Linux pro...