Embedded System Architect

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At Schneider Electric, we are the leading digital partner in sustainability and efficiency for businesses, communities, and individuals. Our goal is for all people to be able to make the most of our energy and resources through the integration of processes, software, big data, and energy technologies that enable integrated management of buildings, industries, and cities. We are present in over 110 countries with a diverse and disruptive team of over 150,000 people. If you are seeking an opportunity to propel your career and challenge your creativity, we want to meet you!

Schneider Digital is the digital department of Schneider Electric, leading the digital transformation in the company by giving support globally to our internal teams and our clients. Schneider Digital consists of 6 Digital Hubs worldwide which are strategically located to ensure a 24 / 7 support across the company (France, China, India, USA, Mexico and Spain). Our Digital Hub in Barcelona is formed by +450 employees working in strategic projects and different roles such as Data, Cybersecurity, ERP, Cloud, Infrastructures, IT Project Management or Digital Marketing.

This position is opened within the Architecture team within Intelligent Edge organization of Schneider Digital, which supports innovation and platforming program for Schneider Electric Business Units and Lines of Business on their Industrial IoT offers.

“EdgeOS Server” is a strategic technology disruption within the Intelligent Edge platforms. It enables a “Software Defined” approach at Edge level for simplifying the design and commissioning of a customer’s OT system, as well as its maintenance and evolution once operational.

A server-grade product built on top of “EdgeOS Server” can rely on “Virtualization” approach to deploy and execute real-time and best effort workloads in parallel. “Virtualization” refers here to both virtual machines and container-based approaches, used separately or in combination, depending on use cases and corresponding requirements.

What will you do?

The EdgeOS Server Platform Architect is part of Intelligent Edge’s EdgeOS Server team. They will be providing architecture guidelines, identify technical solutions and write technical requirements, answering to the functional requirement of the EdgeOS Server platform.

They will be working closely with subject matter experts of the Intelligent Edge anticipation team to benefit from the explorations performed in the context of the “Software Defined Edge Control (SDEC)” program.

They will be working also with various “client programs" within Energy Management business unit to define together the end-to-end architecture and select accordingly the appropriate technologies to integrate within the EdgeOS Server platform.

They will be working also with POs and Architects of Edge System Management and EdgeOS MPU (mostly Execution Environment layer) platforms to ensure the proper landing of Virtualization technology within his platform : ensure the full consistency and complementary with what is already in place within EdgeOS MPU, define how to integrate Virtualization technologies as well as what and when, enable deployment of Virtual Machines and Containers and their monitoring, both locally and remotely from an on-premise or cloud-based Edge System Management.

The ideal candidate will come with a strong expertise on virtualization and networking technologies - with a focus on the Linux execution environment - in the context of mixed critical systems combining both real-time / safety and best effort applications.

What qualifications will make you successful for this role?

• Graduate or Post-graduate degree in computer science and system engineering.
• 10+ years of work experience within complex industrial systems with real-time and / or safety constraints
• Excellent knowledge in the field of embedded software development (RTOS, Linux)
• Strong knowledge in Linux hypervisors and virtualization
• Strong knowledge of system engineering best practices and related methodologies & tools
• Strong knowledge of components used in digital platforms (microprocessors and microcontrollers, memories, etc.) as well as the architectures and internal functioning of processors
• Strong C / C++ development skills
• Strong networking experience
• Experience on cyber security, in particular in the industrial domain (e.g. IEC 62443) would be appreciated
• Experienced in creating and assessing reference architectures.
• Knowledge of industrial application level standards, such as IEC 61850 and OPC UA

Soft Skills

What will you get?

We adapt to you :

With our flexible schedule, you'll have the freedom to adjust your work hours to accommodate your personal needs and responsibilities.

We know how great it is to work from home. With our hybrid work plan, you can enjoy working from the comfort of your home.

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