Associate Engineer - Electrical (Cost Out)

Eaton Corporation; Pune District; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation in Pune seeks an Electrical Engineer to identify and drive cost-out projects across electrical products and related systems within the Direct Material Productivity (DMP) team.

You will collaborate with Global Procurement, product line managers and divisions to generate cost-out opportunities, VA projects and execute category strategies, while improving data libraries for LV/MV components and associated assemblies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (preferred with cost-out experience).
• 1–3+ years of relevant cost-out experience.
• Experience with electrical components and automotive/electrical product domains.

Responsibilities

• Identify, drive and execute cost-out projects for electrical products and related systems.
• Collaborate with Global Procurement, product line managers and divisions to generate cost-out opportunities.
• Improve engineering data for electrical components and sub-assemblies; contribute to data libraries.
• Spend data analysis and ideation for cost-out opportunities; support negotiations and VAVE.
• Work with cross-functional teams to deliver cost-out projects and maintain a robust pipeline.
• Understand electrical design basics and supplier qualifications; provide solutions to constraints.

Skills

Electrical components

Cost-out

VAVE

Data analysis

Supplier collaboration

Cross-functional work

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Job description

What you’ll do:

• The primary responsibility of this role is to identify, drive and execute various cost out projects related to Electrical products like Electrical Wires, and electronic systems, Automotive products, EV, HEV battery systems, UPS, terminals, connectors etc as a part of Direct Material Productivity (DMP) team.
• This involves close collaboration with Global Procurement Organization, Product line managers & Product divisions to generate cost out opportunities, VA projects and execution of category startegies.
• The incumbent would be responsible for Engineering data improvement for various Electrical components or sub assemblies asscoiated with LV, MV products and contribute in data libraries development.
• Spend Data Analysis-Ideation for cost out opportunities- Resolurcing, negotiation and VAVE.
• Cross function team collaboration for project execution.
• Electrical productsdesign and manufacturing processes concept knowledge and understanding of SCM tools
• Flexible to work on various aspects of Direct Material Productivity to deliver significant cost out opportunitiesand to createa robust pipeline of executable cost out projects.
• Capability to analyse commodity spend data & leverage data analytics & ideation principles to create new project opportunities.
• Willingness to address supplier and internal customer related queries, constraints and able to provide suitable solutions to contribute towards process improvement, alternatives and cost out benefits.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (preferred with cost out experience).
• 1-3+ year’s relevant experience.

Skills:

• Experience on Electrical Components, Wires, electronic systems, Automotive products, EV, HEV battery systems, UPS, terminals, connectors etc and awareness of supplier qualifications for technical aspects.
• Should be capable of applying the electrical design basics, product concepts for new cost out opportunities.
• Experience to work with suppliers or supplier identification.
• Preferred to have experience in product process, testing and validation activities.
• Preparation of technical compliance agreements with supplier or customers.
• Awareness of material concepts, part application and tools used for relevant product base.
• Awareness of application standardsIEC/UL of variety of electrical products.
• Good interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.