Lead, Embedded Linux Yocto Developer

Overview

Schneider Electric is the leading digital partner in sustainability and efficiency for businesses, communities, and individuals. Our goal is to enable all people to make the most of their energy and resources through the integration of processes, software, big data, and energy technologies that enable integrated management of buildings, industries, and cities. We operate in over 110 countries with more than 150,000 employees. If you want to accelerate 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 supporting internal teams and clients worldwide. The Department has six Digital Hubs located in France, China, India, USA, Mexico and Spain. The Barcelona Hub employs over 450 people working on strategic projects and roles in Data, Cybersecurity, ERP, Cloud, Infrastructures, IT Project Management, and Digital Marketing.

Join the Intelligent Edge teams and help shape the embedded Linux foundation behind next‑generation industrial and IoT solutions deployed at global scale.

We are looking for a Yocto/Embedded Linux Developer to help design, evolve, and industrialise a high‑impact embedded Linux distribution for a wide range of hardware platforms used across Schneider Electric products worldwide. This is a hands‑on technical role that combines low‑level Linux expertise, automation, and strong engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain Yocto recipes and layers for key open‑source components
• Integrate and validate Board Support Packages (BSPs) across ARM64, ARM32, and x86‑64 platforms
• Strengthen and scale the CI/CD pipeline to support reliable, industrial‑grade deliveries
• Design and maintain automated test infrastructures, including LAVA‑based validation
• Collaborate closely with product, system, architecture, and quality teams
• Drive high standards for software quality, security, and long‑term maintainability

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Embedded Linux / Yocto development
• Proven expertise in Yocto Project, BSP integration, and Linux build systems
• Solid understanding of ARM and x86 architectures
• Strong hands‑on experience with Git/GitHub, Shell scripting, and Python
• A strong engineering mindset with a focus on automation and quality
• Comfort working in an international, multicultural environment
• Availability to travel to France 1 week per month initially
• 3 days a week from the office in Barcelona are required

Benefits

• Work on a core platform used across Schneider Electric’s global product portfolio
• Influence the technical direction of a long‑term, strategic embedded Linux stack
• Collaborate with senior engineers and architects in a highly technical environment
• Be part of Schneider Electric’s digital transformation journey
• Thrive in a collaborative, innovation‑driven workplace
• Flexible schedule allowing adjustment of work hours to accommodate personal needs
• Hybrid work plan with the option to work from home
• Additional vacation days through the Holy Pack to recharge when needed
• Floating holidays that can be exchanged for days that better suit your plans
• Up to 2 months of unpaid sabbatical leave for personal projects or experiences
• Global Family Leave Policy providing flexible paid conditions for parental leave, bereavement, and caregiving
• Health and wellness platform with nutrition counseling, fitness classes, and more for you and up to five people you choose
• Access to thousands of gyms and sports centres through a Wellhub agreement
• On‑site medical service for close attention to any medical needs
• Career Hub AI‑driven professional development platform for job opportunities, projects, and mentors worldwide
• Stock ownership program allowing you to become a shareholder of Schneider Electric
• Recognition program that lets you give and receive points for achievements and redeem them for gift cards
• Life insurance protection
• Flexible Remuneration Plan with options such as health insurance, meal vouchers, childcare vouchers, transportation vouchers, training, and more
• Club Schneider discount network at stores, restaurants, travel agencies, and other external services
• Company‑subsidised volunteer programmes to contribute to the community

Additional Information

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.

At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders.

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.