Schneider Electric
Global leader in electrification, automation and digitization for industries, infrastructure and buildings.
10 days ago
Expert & Leadership (13+ years)
Full Time
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Office Full-Time
Company Size
159,002 Employees
Service Specialisms
Sector Specialisms
Description
r&d setup
team coaching
platform development
feasibility projects
supplier partnerships
ip creation
The role provides leadership, vision, and guidance to the engineering team at the Bangalore R&D center, focusing on creating profitable and innovative offers. It ensures the R&D environment is properly set up with the right team competencies, tools, processes, and clear deliverable definitions, enabling efficient delivery.
The leader acts as a change agent, encouraging disruption and fostering a culture that is business‑driven, customer‑centric, innovative, and agile. Emphasis is placed on platform development, reuse, and efficiency‑improvement strategies.
Technology anticipation and feasibility projects are driven in strategic alignment with the offer management team, while enhancing partnerships with strategic suppliers and global partners. The role also nurtures potential inventions and supports intellectual‑property creation.
- Lead and guide the Bangalore R&D engineering team to develop profitable, innovative offers.
- Establish and maintain the R&D setup, including team competencies, tools, processes, and deliverables.
- Equip the team with appropriate methodologies and tools for efficient delivery.
- Build and coach a high‑performance team, providing technical and leadership training.
- Foster strong team engagement to ensure high‑quality outcomes.
- Champion a culture of business‑driven, customer‑centric innovation and agile practices.
- Drive platform‑based development, reuse, and efficiency‑improvement strategies.
- Collaborate with marketing, project management, and global functions to align business strategy and workforce planning.
- Lead technology‑anticipation and feasibility projects in sync with offer management.
- Strengthen partnerships with strategic suppliers and global partners.
- Promote invention development and support intellectual‑property creation.
Requirements
ee/cs
10+ years
8+ years
system engineering
ci/cd
test automation
Collaboration with marketing, execution teams, and project management ensures a unified business strategy and effective workforce planning for current and future needs. Strong collaboration skills are required to achieve shared goals across local and global functions.
Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science (Master’s preferred), with at least ten years of system or intelligent electronic device development experience and eight years of people‑management experience. Domain knowledge in system engineering, V&V, CI/CD, test automation, agile delivery, and strong problem‑solving, learning agility, teamwork, coaching, and fluent English are valued.
- Require a Bachelor’s (Master’s preferred) in EE or CS, with at least 10 years of system or intelligent device development experience.
- Minimum 8 years of people‑management experience.
- Preferred expertise in system engineering, V&V, CI/CD, test automation, and agile delivery.
- Strong problem‑solving, fast learning, teamwork, coaching, and fluent English communication skills.
Benefits
A high‑performance team is built through continuous coaching, feedback, and on‑the‑job training that covers both technical and leadership skills. Maintaining excellent team engagement is essential to drive high‑quality outcomes.
Training + Development
Interview process
Visa Sponsorship
Security clearance
Overview
€38 billion
Annual Revenue
Generated through a blend of hardware, software, and services across electrification, automation, and IoT.
- Evolved from a steel and armaments business into a leading digital energy solutions provider.
- Pioneered programmable logic controllers and circuit breakers, growing through iconic acquisitions like Square D and APC.
- Typical projects include intelligent buildings, smart factories, resilient infrastructure, and future-proof data centres without specific numerical data.
- Its EcoStruxure platform delivers AI-enabled digital twins and lifecycle management.
- Expertise spans electrification, automation, digitization, smart industries, buildings, and data centre cooling.
- Unusual ventures include offshore cruise-ship charging systems and innovative tax-credit swaps to fund solar projects.
Culture + Values
- “Strong values, team spirit, and local autonomy within a global framework.”
- Emphasis on management based on strong values, team spirit, and local autonomy.
- Encouragement to go “beyond comfort zones” and understand on-the-ground realities.
Environment + Sustainability
71% Reduction
Emissions Cut
Achieved a 71% reduction in Scopes 1 & 2 emissions between 2017 and 2023, from 699,079 tCO₂e to 202,232 tCO₂e.
800Mt CO₂ Avoided
Customer Savings
Aims to help customers save or avoid 800 million metric tons of CO₂ by 2025 through EcoStruxure solutions.
50% Supplier Reduction
Operational Carbon
Seeks to reduce operational carbon emissions by 50% in top 1,000 suppliers by 2025, with 27% achieved by end-2023.
90% Renewables Target
Electricity by 2025
Committed to 90% renewable electricity by 2025, aiming for 100% by 2030; reported approximately 85% self-reported renewables in 2022.
- Joined RE100: aiming for 90% renewable electricity by 2025, 100% by 2030; reported ~85% self-reported renewables in 2022.
- Committed to a 25% absolute reduction in value-chain emissions by 2030 (from 2021 baseline), alongside a 90% reduction in operations by 2030.
Inclusion & Diversity
50% Women
Leadership Parity
Target to achieve gender parity with 50% women in top leadership roles by a specified year.
X% Exec
Women in Leadership
Percentage of women occupying executive positions in the latest reporting year.
Y% STEM
STEM Representation Target
Target to increase women's representation in STEM roles to Y% by year Z.
- Launched programs to ensure equitable recruitment, career progression, and pay across genders.
- Implemented gender pay equity audits with measurable adjustments made to close identified gaps.