Engineer - Mechanical / Electrical (VAVE)

Eaton Corporation; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation in Pune, Maharashtra, is seeking a Product Design engineer with 3-6 years of experience in switchgear. The role focuses on cost-out initiatives, design optimization, and ensuring compliance with global standards, while collaborating with international teams on project execution.

Responsibilities include system sizing, simulation, and testing for LV switchgear, plus applying changes through a formal Change Management process and DFMEA review.

Qualifications

• BE or M.Tech in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• 3-6 years in product design, preferably in switchgear.
• Experience with NTI/NPI/Sustaining projects; VAVE exposure.

Responsibilities

• Work on cost-out projects for LV switchgear products.
• Collaborate with global stakeholders on project execution.
• Ensure product compliance with IEC/UL/CSA/NEMA standards.
• Perform design, sizing, simulation, and testing for LV switchgear.
• Modify products through Change Management processes.
• Review DFMEA and analyze test results; take corrective actions.

Skills

Switchgear Experience

VAVE Projects

Team Player

Communication Skills

Education

BE / M.Tech - Mechanical / Electrical

Tools

UG-NX

SolidWorks

Enovia

SAP

Job description

What you’ll do:

• "- Work on cost-out projects for Low Voltage Switchgear and Circuit protection devices products: Contactor/ Switch Disconnector/ Motor Protection Circuit Breaker/ Push buttons
• \- Work with global stakeholders for project execution through idea generation, design, testing and implementation phase
• \- Ensure product compliance to global design standards like IEC,UL,CSA, NEMA or any other compliance standard.
• \- Complete system / component sizing, designing , simulation and testing activities to meet Low Voltage Switchgear requirements
• \- Modify existing products to support customer, manufacturing, applicable regulatory and industry standard, and market requirement through Change Management process"
• "- Should have worked on Cost-out/ VAVE projects for Circuit Protection Devices like RCB,MCB, MCCB, ACB, Relay & Low Voltage Switchgear products: Contactor/ Switch Disconnector/ Motor Protection Circuit Breaker/ Push buttons
• \- Experience in current path design, mechanism design and arc quenching principles
• \- Knowledge of plastic material, their use based on properties and requirement. Should be conversant with GD&T principles and clearance & creepage calculations
• \- Experience of different manufacturing processes pertaining to contacts and plastic material (Bending, riveting , welding , brazing , injection molding)
• \- Knowledge of low voltage switchgear standards in accordance to IEC/UL/CSA/CCC codes which will allow development of test plans.
• \- Experience in execution of tests for EN60947 / UL60947 ( Temperature rise , Short circuit , Make/Break, sequence tests etc.)
• \- Assess test results, perform root cause analysis through test findings/failures and take corrective/preventive actions
• \- Responsible for design engineering analysis on current path, mechanism, spring, bimetals, housing, actuator circuit , arc chamber, coils etc.
• \- Review reliability predictions, conversant with Design Failure Modes and Effects analysis (DFMEA) and read structural/thermal/CFD/MBD results
• \- Complete design (2D drawings / 3D Models) in UG-NX or Solid works.
• \- Knowledge on PLM systems ( Enovia , SAP) will be desirable
• \- Should have an innovation mindset"

Qualifications:

BE / M.tech - Mechanical Engineering / Electrical Engineering

3-6 yrs. Product Design

Skills:

Experience in switchgear industry having worked on NTI/NPI/Sustaining projects for Contactor, Switch Disconnector, Motor Protection Circuit Breaker or similr products. Exp. in VAVE projects will be an advantage.

Team player, Good communication skills, Ability to work in global and virtual environment