Senior Engineer II, Design for Safety & Reliability

• Partner with R&D, Product Management, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, Testing Labs, and Regulatory teams.
• Review product designs for safety, reliability, thermal performance, dielectric robustness, mechanical endurance, and compliance.
• Support qualification, verification, validation, and industrialization activities.
• Analyze field failures, warranty claims, and customer feedback to drive continuous improvement.

Technical Leadership

• Mentor engineers on DfSR methodologies and best practices.
• Support competency development and deployment of DfSR standards across projects.
• Act as a subject matter expert for safety and reliability engineering.

Final Distribution Products Expertise

Strong technical knowledge and development experience in:

• Miniature Circuit Breakers (MCB)
• Residual Current Circuit Breakers (RCCB)
• RCBOs
• Isolators and Switch Disconnectors
• Distribution Boards
• Surge Protection Devices (SPD)
• Arc Fault Detection Devices (AFDD)
• Contactors and Modular DIN Rail Products

Knowledge of:

• Overload, Short-Circuit, Earth Leakage, Arc Fault and Surge Protection
• Selectivity, Discrimination and Cascading
• Breaking Capacity, Current Limitation and I²t Performance
• Thermal-Magnetic Tripping Systems
• Residual Current Detection Technologies
• Contact Systems, Arc Chutes and Operating Mechanisms
• Reliability challenges such as contact wear, welding, insulation degradation, thermal aging, corrosion, fatigue, and EMI/EMC effects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Mechatronics, or Reliability Engineering.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Product Development, Quality, Reliability, or Safety Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Final Distribution Products.

Technical Competencies

• DFMEA, AFMEA
• Reliability Engineering & Statistical Analysis
• Root Cause Analysis (8D, FTA, Fishbone)
• Reliability Demonstration & Accelerated Life Testing
• Product Risk Assessment
• IEC Standards Interpretation & Product Certification
• Minitab, ReliaSoft Weibull++

Standards Knowledge

Working knowledge of:

• IEC 60898
• IEC 61008
• IEC 61009
• IEC 60947
• IEC 61439
• IEC 60529
• IEC 60664
• CE / UKCA and Global Compliance Requirements

Desired Behaviors

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective stakeholder management
• Technical leadership and mentoring capability
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills
• Customer-focused and results-oriented mindset

Ideal Candidate: A recognized technical expert in Final Distribution Products with strong experience in safety engineering, reliability engineering, risk management, and product compliance, capable of influencing product architecture decisions and delivering safe, reliable, and robust products for global markets.

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Client-provided location(s): Bangalore, India

Job ID: Schneider_Electric-132993

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-09-09T19:57:52