Mechanical Engineer for Solar Services

You will be part of the R&D organization where you will collaborate with a very diversified, highly international and dedicated team of specialists who drive a wide range of activities from supporting central inverter hardware, via maintaining our digital solutions for Monitoring and Power Plant Control to addressing PV installation and grid system interface related issues.

You will evolve in an international environment, covering EMEA, NAM and APAC regions, and will be in close contact with different internal areas as well as have frequent interaction with customers who turn to us for help to troubleshoot and optimize their PV assets. You will be playing a significant role in the future expansion and diversification of our solar service business into new areas while taking active part in facilitating the successful transition into a future entirely powered by renewables.

Responsibilities:-

• Participates in the sustaining work for the installed PV inverter base and future expansions
• Troubleshoots issues from the field and provides validated solutions to address the topics in the optimal way
• Documents all details about the field escalations and associated resolutions in our systems so that they are easy to find and retrieve for future reuse
• Assists in the preparation and review of service documents and training materials for use by the Field Service Representatives
• Creates, modifies and optimizes mechanical designs and drawings
• Cooperates with Supply Chain on addressing sourcing issues and proposing alternatives
• Remains abreast of the latest developments in engineering specialty to guide future development efforts on our solar service offering

Qualifications and Experience:-

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 5+ years proven experience developing and sustaining PV inverters
• Detailed design sense in creation and maintenance of CAD models and drawings of electrical enclosures and hardware design/placement
• Maintenance of mechanical designs of sheet metal parts, injection molded parts, machined parts and harnessing for prototypes, volume production and one-off jigs for testing and manufacturing
• Experience in handling BOMs, ECOs, PDM system for mechanical parts and assemblies

Skills and abilities:-

• Structured and analytical mindset
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrated collaborative teamwork capabilities
• Effective time management and organizational skills; ability to become involved in a number of projects in a fast-paced work environment
• Availability and willingness to travel internationally
• Problem solving hands-on attitude and customer centricity
• Energetic, determined and agile
• Capable of working autonomously and adapting to multiple time zones
• Open to distance management
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken

Location:-

• Bangalore, India.

Company Overview:-

Schneider’s purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. At Schneider, we call this Life Is On.

We believe access to energy and digital is a basic human right. Our generation is facing a tectonic shift in energy transition and industrial revolution catalysed by accelerated digitisation in a more electric world. Electricity is the most efficient and best vector for decarbonisation; combined with a circular economy approach, we will achieve a climate-positive impact as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.