Overview
Product Application Engineer - Protection Systems role at Schneider Electric. Location: Brisbane or Melbourne, Australia. This is a specialist role focusing on protection relays and systems across Australia, partnering with customers, partners, and internal teams to deliver solutions.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Serve as the technical authority on Schneider Electric’s protection relay portfolio across Australia
- Partner with sales, presales, and channel teams to deliver best-in-class solutions to customers
- Provide technical support, design consultation, and compliance guidance for pre-sales and tender opportunities
- Lead technical training sessions, workshops, and product demonstrations for internal teams and external stakeholders
- Interpret single-line diagrams, coordinate protection studies, and develop optimized relay settings
- Support solution proposals with accurate, well-documented technical material
- Stay current with local and international standards (IEC, ANSI, AS) and contribute to market strategy
- Provide feedback to product development teams to ensure solutions meet local market needs
What We’re Looking For
- A degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
- Minimum 5 to 8 years’ experience in protection systems, ideally in the Australian market
- Strong knowledge of IEC, ANSI, and Australian protection standards
- Practical experience with Schneider Electric protection relays (or equivalent platforms)
- Ability to read and interpret technical documentation and system design layouts
- Excellent communication skills and stakeholder engagement experience
- Ability to align technical solutions with customer needs, support value-based selling and contribute to commercial success
- Willingness to travel across Australia for client and site support
Why Schneider Electric
At Schneider Electric, you’re more than an engineer — you\'re a driver of energy innovation. You’ll be part of a collaborative and inclusive team that thrives on solving real-world energy challenges. We offer flexible work arrangements, ongoing professional development, and a global platform to grow your career. This role gives you the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a more digitized, decarbonized, and electrified energy future.
All applicants must have working rights in Australia at the time of application and will be required to provide documented evidence if selected for interview.
Schneider Electric does not accept unsolicited resumes/candidate profiles from external agencies or suppliers via any method. If any candidates are submitted in an unsolicited manner, we will consider this as a direct candidate application to Schneider Electric and no fee will be payable.
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia — Melbourne area postings are active; this position will be posted until filled.
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
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