Senior Manager, Hardware Engineering

Schneider Electric•Sherwood Park, AB

1d•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a highly experienced Technical Manager to lead the hardware development of our Industrial Automation offers. This role is ideal for a senior technical leader with a strong background in electronics and mechanical system design, deep experience in safety‑critical, standards‑driven environments, and a proven track record of delivering industrial or automotive products from concept through customer release.

Requirements

Proven track record of driving end‑to‑end hardware product development, from concept and system architecture through customer release and field deployment
Strong hands‑on expertise in electronics engineering, including analog and digital design, power electronics, embedded hardware, EMC/EMI, signal integrity, and power integrity
Good background in mechanical engineering, including thermal management, structural design, and design for manufacturability, assembly, and serviceability
Deep understanding of electromechanical system integration for industrial environments
Demonstrated strength in systems engineering, including requirements definition and traceability, system architecture, interface management, design tradeoffs, and risk analysis (FMEA, FMEDA, fault tree analysis)
Extensive experience developing products in safety‑critical and highly regulated environments, with strong working knowledge of relevant IEC, ISO, UL, CE, EMC, environmental, and reliability standards (functional safety experience is a plus)
Practical experience with modelling, simulation, and verification methodologies, including use of structured or model‑based systems engineering (MBSE) approaches
Strong understanding of hardware verification and validation strategies, including reliability, stress, and compliance testing
Experience or demonstrated leadership in applying AI and data‑driven techniques across hardware development, including requirements analysis, design reviews, schematics/layout checks, test generation, and defect or anomaly detection
Proven ability to drive automation of engineering workflows while ensuring explainability, auditability, and regulatory compliance
Strong people‑leadership skills, with a history of mentoring senior engineers, building technical capability, and developing future technical leaders
Demonstrated ability to break down organizational silos and collaborate effectively across product lines, software, systems, safety, manufacturing, quality, and other CoEs
Strategic systems thinker with strong engineering judgment, capable of balancing technical depth, business priorities, and execution rigor
Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to lead through authority, expertise, and collaboration
Passion for engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and safety‑critical product integrity
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
15+ years of experience in hardware product development within industrial automation, automotive, aerospace, or other safety‑critical regulated industries
5+ years of experience in a senior technical leadership or engineering management role, leading electronics and mechanical engineering teams

Nice To Haves

functional safety experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Driving strong system engineering practices
Guiding the teams in risk analysis, modelling, simulation and automation of design and verification
Champion design for cost, safety, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability.
Drive knowledge reuse, standardization, common architectures, design principles, and reusable platforms to continuously improve standardized hardware development processes and time-to-market.
Provide technical and people leadership across the full product development lifecycle from Concept and feasibility to Customer release and field support.
Ensure compliance with industrial and/or automotive standards (e.g., functional safety, EMC, environmental, reliability).
Lead development in safety‑critical environments with strict regulatory oversight.
Ensure strict compliance with relevant standards (e.g., IEC, ISO, UL, SIL, CE)
Drive a strong culture of engineering rigor, quality, and documentation.
Drive the application of AI, automation and data-driven methods across requirements, system design, schematics and layout, and verification testing to improve quality, safety, and speed‑to‑market in regulated industrial automation products.
Lead, mentor, and develop multi‑disciplinary hardware teams (electronics, mechanical, systems)
Define and drive clear, measurable goals aligned with the Hardware CoE mission
Foster strong collaboration with product management, firmware, software, safety, validation, manufacturing and supply chain teams.
Foster a culture of engineering rigor, systems thinking, continuous improvement, and collaboration across globally distributed teams.