STEM OPT Process Engineer Jobs
Process Engineer roles in manufacturing, chemicals, and semiconductors sit squarely within STEM OPT eligibility, giving you up to 24 additional months of work authorization after your initial OPT year. Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify, and your engineering or applied sciences degree must align with the SOC code on your I-20 STEM designation.
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As a key member of the P-GIS (Primary-Gas Insulated) Industrialization team within the Power Systems organization in North America (NAM), you will be responsible for the development and qualification of assembly and testing processes for new product lines.
Your expertise will ensure the manufacturing feasibility and operational efficiency of our Medium Voltage Offer while adhering to Schneider Electric's Performance System (SPS) principles. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions that enhance product quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness.
Key Responsibilities:
- Specify, implement, and qualify assembly technologies, processes, and testing equipment for production lines.
- Conduct manufacturing feasibility studies, utilizing Design for Assembly (DFA) methodologies in collaboration with product design teams.
- Ensure the testability of new product offerings and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives for assembly processes and testing equipment.
- Develop assembly process line architecture in alignment with SPS and Lean manufacturing principles.
- Optimize industrial performance by promoting digitization, late differentiation of products, and standardization.
- Lead technical trials and tests to validate assembly technologies and support the installation and commissioning of equipment in manufacturing factories.
- Collaborate with suppliers for equipment development and ensure compliance with Schneider global standards.
- Perform risk analysis, FMEA, and detailed technical specifications for assembly processes.
- Drive improvements in energy efficiency and minimize CO2 footprint within manufacturing processes.
- Share technical expertise with local industrialization and manufacturing teams, promoting best practices and innovative solutions.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree (preferred) in mechanical, electronic, or digital engineering, or a Bachelor’s degree with substantial experience in production methods and industrialization.
- Strong knowledge of SPS, Lean Manufacturing, and assembly technologies.
- Proven leadership skills to drive transformation and innovation, including risk analysis and decision-making.
- Proficiency in project management processes.
- Curiosity for new technology and Industry 4.0.
Bring your engineering expertise to a team that values results and innovation — apply today!
Local Benefits:
At Schneider, we believe that every employee is a talent who deserves equal opportunities. This means you matter. Every individual needs to feel valued, supported, and treated fairly to do their best work.
Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: “We see you. We value you”. It’s more than just pay and benefits - it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed for you to perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential to shine as an impact maker.
For this U.S. based position, the expected pay range is USD 101,600 - USD 152,400 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives. The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the pay range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Schneider Electric is there when it matters most to you
Our Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you’ll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team:
Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks, flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well-being programs, 12 holidays per year, and 15 days of paid time off per year.
Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs including base salary, incentives, company share ownership, and 401(k) with match.
Grow Your Skills and Career. We support development through performance discussions, global opportunities, the Schneider Career Hub, and learning platforms like Coursera.
Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage collaboration, recognition, sharing your voice, and an inclusive workplace.
Support Your Community. We make a difference through volunteer leave, programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation, youth education initiatives, and military leave benefits.
Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?
When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!
€40 billion global revenue
+9% organic growth
150,000+ employees in 100+ countries
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. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here.
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.
Role Overview:
As a key member of the P-GIS (Primary-Gas Insulated) Industrialization team within the Power Systems organization in North America (NAM), you will be responsible for the development and qualification of assembly and testing processes for new product lines.
Your expertise will ensure the manufacturing feasibility and operational efficiency of our Medium Voltage Offer while adhering to Schneider Electric's Performance System (SPS) principles. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions that enhance product quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness.
Key Responsibilities:
- Specify, implement, and qualify assembly technologies, processes, and testing equipment for production lines.
- Conduct manufacturing feasibility studies, utilizing Design for Assembly (DFA) methodologies in collaboration with product design teams.
- Ensure the testability of new product offerings and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives for assembly processes and testing equipment.
- Develop assembly process line architecture in alignment with SPS and Lean manufacturing principles.
- Optimize industrial performance by promoting digitization, late differentiation of products, and standardization.
- Lead technical trials and tests to validate assembly technologies and support the installation and commissioning of equipment in manufacturing factories.
- Collaborate with suppliers for equipment development and ensure compliance with Schneider global standards.
- Perform risk analysis, FMEA, and detailed technical specifications for assembly processes.
- Drive improvements in energy efficiency and minimize CO2 footprint within manufacturing processes.
- Share technical expertise with local industrialization and manufacturing teams, promoting best practices and innovative solutions.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree (preferred) in mechanical, electronic, or digital engineering, or a Bachelor’s degree with substantial experience in production methods and industrialization.
- Strong knowledge of SPS, Lean Manufacturing, and assembly technologies.
- Proven leadership skills to drive transformation and innovation, including risk analysis and decision-making.
- Proficiency in project management processes.
- Curiosity for new technology and Industry 4.0.
Bring your engineering expertise to a team that values results and innovation — apply today!
Local Benefits:
At Schneider, we believe that every employee is a talent who deserves equal opportunities. This means you matter. Every individual needs to feel valued, supported, and treated fairly to do their best work.
Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: “We see you. We value you”. It’s more than just pay and benefits - it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed for you to perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential to shine as an impact maker.
For this U.S. based position, the expected pay range is USD 101,600 - USD 152,400 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives. The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the pay range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Schneider Electric is there when it matters most to you
Our Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you’ll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team:
Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks, flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well-being programs, 12 holidays per year, and 15 days of paid time off per year.
Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs including base salary, incentives, company share ownership, and 401(k) with match.
Grow Your Skills and Career. We support development through performance discussions, global opportunities, the Schneider Career Hub, and learning platforms like Coursera.
Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage collaboration, recognition, sharing your voice, and an inclusive workplace.
Support Your Community. We make a difference through volunteer leave, programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation, youth education initiatives, and military leave benefits.
Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?
When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!
€40 billion global revenue
+9% organic growth
150,000+ employees in 100+ countries
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. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here.
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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization as a Process Engineer
Verify your CIP code before applying
Check your degree's Classification of Instructional Programs code against the USCIS STEM OPT designated degree list. Chemical, mechanical, and industrial engineering CIP codes qualify, but interdisciplinary programs sometimes don't, so confirm with your DSO before targeting Process Engineer postings.
Screen employers for E-Verify enrollment upfront
Before submitting any application, confirm the company is actively enrolled in E-Verify, not just registered. Ask your recruiter directly or search the E-Verify employer search tool. A lapsed enrollment disqualifies the employer even if they're willing to hire you.
Target industries with consistent STEM OPT hiring histories
Semiconductor fabrication, petrochemical processing, and pharmaceutical manufacturing file LCAs for Process Engineers at higher rates than general manufacturers. Use the OFLC Wage Search to filter by SOC code 17-2199 and identify which subsectors post the most certified applications in your target metro area.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified Process Engineer roles
Search Migrate Mate to surface Process Engineer postings at employers with confirmed E-Verify enrollment. The platform filters by STEM OPT eligibility so you're not wasting applications on companies that can't legally onboard you under your current work authorization.
Build your I-983 training plan before the offer stage
Draft the learning objectives and performance evaluation criteria for your I-983 before your final interview. Process Engineer roles map well to measurable outcomes like yield improvement, cycle time reduction, and SOP development, which satisfies USCIS's requirement that training relate directly to your STEM degree.
Understand cap-gap coverage if your OPT expires during H-1B selection
If your employer files an H-1B visa petition on your behalf before your OPT EAD expires and you're selected in the lottery, cap-gap automatically extends your work authorization through September 30. Confirm your employer will file before April 1 and that your EAD is still valid at the time of filing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Process Engineer role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Yes, provided your degree falls under a STEM-designated CIP code and the role aligns with that field of study. Most Process Engineer positions map to SOC code 17-2199 (Engineers, All Other) or a related engineering code. Your DSO will confirm the match when endorsing your I-20 for the STEM OPT extension. The role itself must also involve practical application of your STEM training, which standard Process Engineer responsibilities in manufacturing or chemicals typically satisfy.
What does E-Verify enrollment mean for my STEM OPT employer?
E-Verify is a federal web-based system that confirms employment eligibility by cross-referencing your Form I-9 data against DHS and SSA records. For STEM OPT, your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify at all work sites where you'll be employed before your training begins. A company that is registered but has an inactive or terminated E-Verify account does not meet the requirement. Verify enrollment status directly with HR before accepting an offer, since this disqualifies you from the extension if overlooked.
How do I complete the I-983 training plan for a Process Engineer position?
The I-983 requires you and your employer to document specific learning objectives tied to your STEM degree, identify a supervisor, and outline how the role advances your practical training. For Process Engineer roles, objectives typically include skills like statistical process control, root cause analysis, and process optimization methods. USCIS requires that the training relate directly to your degree field, and your employer must complete a six-month evaluation. Submit the signed I-983 to your DSO before your STEM OPT start date.
Can I work at a client site or third-party facility as a Process Engineer on STEM OPT?
You can, but the E-Verify enrollment requirement applies to your direct employer of record, not the client site. If your employer places you at a third-party facility, your employer must still be enrolled in E-Verify and must supervise your training plan, even if day-to-day oversight comes from the client. USCIS scrutinizes staffing arrangements under STEM OPT, so your I-983 must clearly identify your actual employer and describe how they'll evaluate your progress regardless of where you physically work.
Where can I find Process Engineer jobs that accept STEM OPT students?
Migrate Mate lists Process Engineer roles at employers confirmed to be enrolled in E-Verify, so you can filter for positions where your STEM OPT authorization is actually usable. Beyond the platform, you can cross-reference employers by searching OFLC Wage Search for recent LCA filings under the Process Engineer SOC code, which shows companies actively seeking workers in that occupation and signals familiarity with work authorization requirements.