Development Program: Power System Controls Engineer

Eaton Corporation; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 74,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base pay with premiums

Mentorship and career growth

Company vehicle

Tuition assistance

Leads program with bonus

Regional opportunities across 32 sites

Job summary

Eaton Corporation’s Early Career Program offers hands-on engineering experience across power distribution. You’ll rotate with seasoned leaders, contributing to PLC, SCADA, and HMI projects in real systems.

As a new engineer, you’ll follow a structured training curriculum, participate in startup and commissioning efforts, and build leadership skills while solving real-world challenges in critical infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree from an accredited institution required.
• GPA 2.8 minimum.
• At least one internship/co-op or 3 months field experience.

Responsibilities

• Program Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC's).
• Write and deploy complex power transfer and control schemes.
• Validate systems with meters, automation equipment, relays, and SCADA per drawings.
• Support customer-facing system startup and commissioning.

Skills

PLC programming

HMI software

Automation testing

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering

Tools

PLC hardware/SCADA

HMI packages

Job description

We Make What Matters Work. You want to make an impact in the world. At Eaton, we’re solving some of the toughest challenges on the planet. Our Early Career Programs open up an exciting world of opportunities for you to make a difference on a global scale. Your assignments are more than tasks and busy work; they're your chance to drive innovation in intelligent power management and shape the future of our company. You'll team up with seasoned leaders, gaining diverse experiences that'll drive you forward to define and reach your career goals.

We Make What Matters Work. You want to make an impact in the world. At Eaton, we’re solving some of the toughest challenges on the planet. Our Early Career Programs open up an exciting world of opportunities for you to make a difference on a global scale. Your assignments are more than tasks and busy work; they're your chance to drive innovation in intelligent power management and shape the future of our company. You'll team up with seasoned leaders, gaining diverse experiences that'll drive you forward to define and reach your career goals.

What Sets Our Early Career Programs Apart

• Personalized Program Experience: We’re committed to energizing your career and empowering your impact. No two participants share the same experience or set of responsibilities.
• Global Perspectives: Diverse work locations and comprehensive customer portfolios are a required part of the adventure, enhancing your learning and maximizing program benefits.
• Role Exploration: Gain insight into various careers within Eaton through extensive services that ensure safe, efficient, and reliable power systems at every stage.
• Strategic Networking: Benefit from networking and mentorship opportunities within one of North America's largest and most experienced power distribution service organizations.
• Tangible Learning: See firsthand how Eaton is powering the future of Power Distribution through real world application and customer service.
• In a Power System Controls role, you’ll develop automation and control solutions for systems powering critical infrastructure, from concept through commissioning. You’ll work on complex control architectures and real-world applications, building technical expertise in programming, system design, and implementation.

Eaton provides a competitive total rewards package commensurate with applicable skills, knowledge, and experience and consistent with internal and external market practices. The annual salary for this role is $82,000 with a one-time $6,000 signing bonus.

What You’ll Do

Position Overview:

Eaton's Electrical Services & Systems team offers a comprehensive portfolio of services tailored for every stage of a power system’s life cycle—whether it’s design, build, or support. Our services integrate and optimize the elements of a power system to make sure it’s aligned with business goals. We can help keep your power system safe, efficient, reliable, and up-to-date.

The Power Systems Solution group is a full-service systems integrator with the capabilities to integrate the necessary equipment and technologies, to provide a complete, power automation solution. This team of engineers and technicians brings extensive skills and experiences with a variety of leading HMI software packages enabling us to design graphically rich, easy-to-use operator interfaces that take advantage of the latest standalone or web-based technologies. Our experience transcends a multitude of equipment manufacturers, software packages, and network architectures, including all major OEMs HMI’s and components. We offer single point responsibility, a high level of engineering and systems integration expertise, and a unified focus on cost effective solutions, seamless integration, HMI development, energy management tools, and professional turnkey system design and implementation.

In This Role, You Will

• Program Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s)
• Write and deploy complex power transfer and other control schemes including Main-Tie-Main transfer schemes, load shedding/ peak shaving schemes, breaker control schemes, SCADA system development, and generator control.
• Validate system contains proper controls, metering and monitoring. Controls include Power meters, automation equipment (PLC/HMI), protective relays, load sharing, synchronization, etc. per approved drawing package while in factory setting.
• Support customer-facing system startup and commissioning efforts.

This role is designed to prepare you for both technical and future leadership roles at Eaton. As a new engineer, you will be provided with a structured training and development curriculum; a blend of instructor-led, virtual classrooms, eLearning courses, and on-the-job training provided by expert mentors and team members to assist you in developing your career.

Team Benefits

• Guaranteed 40-hour base pay, eligible for premium pay and travel premiums
• Career growth, mentorship and safety training
• Company vehicle, toolkit, and phone
• Tuition assistance for ongoing learning
• Leads program with bonus pay
• Opportunities across 32 service branches

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution, with graduation date before August of 2027
• Minimum overall cumulative GPA of 2.8
• Minimum of one internship/co-op experience or an equivalent 3 months of experience in a technician or maintenance role working on or with machines, vehicles or large equipment
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• Must be geographically flexible to relocate within the United States
• Must have a valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in technical engineering (Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Mechanical Engineering) from an accredited institution
• Overall cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher
• Prior work experience within the electrical/power industry
• Experience in testing, troubleshooting, evaluating, and servicing electrical distribution and control systems
• Experience programming PLCs
• Demonstrated leadership experience within campus and/or community

Skills

Position Success Criteria:

• Location will be in one of five major regions within the United States (i.e. Central, Northeast, Southeast, Gulf