Power/Control Electronic Engineer - Pacy-sur-Eure, France - F/H

We are passionate about Innovation and Technology for a more Sustainable World. Drives’ Activity is the specialist and world leader in providing reliable and efficient solutions for the control of electric motors. Our innovation, simplicity, and operational excellence have a noticeable impact on reducing the energy consumption of electrical motors, hence reducing CO2 emissions. Drives are key equipment to enable the electrification of many highly carbonized industrial processes. The Drives Domain integrates various technologies and associated challenges that align with the Schneider Electric Strategy, such as:

• Power Conversion and Motor Control enabling Energy Efficiency
• Application Control or Functional Safety enabling Solutions for customers
• Ethernet, Web Servers, and DTM enabling Digitization and Services
• AI for predictive and preventive maintenance

Your role:

Reporting to the Hardware manager of the Drives activity of Industrial Control and Drives (Mohamet Thiam) and within the R&D perimeter in the Hardware team of 15 people, you will be responsible for electronic design during the innovation, development, and evolution phases of our products.

Your missions:

• Actively contribute to our technical Roadmaps, considering the standardization of our design rules and strategy,
• Advise and share knowledge internally, help in making decisions on technical projects,
• Define the architecture in the microcontroller environment while ensuring interfacing with analog electrical signal measurements and communication systems,
• Evaluate the architecture scenarios in terms of cost, compliance with requirements, and risk,
• Develop simulation models, write technical specifications for the selected architecture,
• Write and maintain electronic specifications and design rules for our products,
• Master technical specifics, ensure knowledge and know-how capitalization, and keep up with technological advancements,
• Select and size active and passive components and justify the design,
• Conduct design tests on models/prototypes, debug for compliance,
• Perform verification tests and debug boards,
• Be responsible for investigating and resolving potential design issues,
• Support the validation team during the test execution,
• Participate in our digital transformation by working closely with engineers working on multiphysics simulation,
• Participate in the maintenance and evolution of our products.

Your profile:

• A PHD or a Bac+5 degree such as an engineering or master's degree in electronics
• At least 5 years of experience as an Electronics Designer.

Your competences:

• Experience in digital electronic design, including the design of programmable components such as FPGA and CPLD,
• Solid experience in analog design, modeling, and simulation of electronic systems,
• Knowledge of industrial communication bus technologies such as Ethernet, I2C, SPI, UART, USB, among others, and wireless communication,
• Ability to choose and evaluate µC and signal measurement chain architectures,
• In-depth knowledge of components associated with this technology,
• Ability to work on power electronics topics,
• Understanding of EMC phenomena and mitigation solutions,
• Knowledge in electrotechnics and rotating machines,
• Knowledge of international standards (UL, CE, IEC, etc.),
• Strong mastery of laboratory instrumentation,
• Analytical skills and good methodology during investigation phases,
• Knowledge of 1D simulation tools (Matlab/Simulink, PLECS, Spice) is a plus,
• Good organization and ability to manage multiple tasks in parallel,
• Analytical mind, flexibility, and ability to act independently and under your own responsibility,
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams, with multiple nationalities,
• Proficiency in English, French is a plus.

We know that skills manifest themselves in many ways and can be based on your life experience. If you don't necessarily meet all the requirements listed, we still encourage you to apply.

Let us learn about you! Apply today.