Engineering Leader - New Product Development

Eaton Corporation; Asheville (NC); On-site; USD 165,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation seeks an Engineering Leader – New Product Development (NPD) for the PDCA portfolio. This role can be based in Arden, NC, Fayetteville, NC, Charlotte, NC or Greenwood, SC.

You will drive multi-year NPD strategy, own the integrated portfolio, and ensure technical readiness across high-value programs. Ideal candidates have 10+ years in engineering, leadership across sites, and strong stage-gate experience in electrical power distribution or control equipment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years engineering experience with at least 5 years leading engineering managers or teams.
• Proven new product development and stage-gate experience in electrical power distribution or control equipment.
• Experience with medium and low voltage switchgear, switchboards, assemblies or motor control centers preferred.

Responsibilities

• Set multi-year NPD engineering strategy for the PDCA portfolio.
• Own integrated NPD portfolio view across four product lines across multiple sites.
• Lead PROLaunch stage-gate execution on growth opportunities and ensure readiness at every gate.
• Develop and deploy common design processes, reviews, and cost-down methods across PDCA NPD teams.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stage-gate expertise

Cross-site collaboration

Electrical power distribution know-how

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Eaton Corporation is looking for an Engineering Leader – New Product Development (NPD) within their Electrical Sector. This position can be based in Arden, NC, Fayetteville, NC, Charlotte, NC or Greenwood, SC.

Position Overview:

Reporting to the Director Engineering for the Power Distribution and Assemblies Division (PDCA) business, this person will be responsible for new product engineering delivery across the entire PDCA portfolio: Medium Voltage Assemblies (MVA), Low Voltage Assemblies (LVA), Medium Voltage Control Assemblies (MVCA) and Motor Control Centers (MCC). The PDCA business is a $2 billion, 3,500 employee business across North America, with 8 manufacturing locations.

Essential Functions:

• Set the multi-year NPD engineering strategy for the PDCA portfolio in line with the division growth plan and the Director of Engineering's priorities.
• Own the integrated NPD portfolio view across all four product lines, balancing growth programs, technology development and capacity so the highest-value work is staffed first.
• Serve as engineering owner for PROLaunch stage-gate execution on growth business-opportunity cases, ensuring gate deliverables, technical readiness and risk closure at every gate.
• Lead technology exploration and PreLaunch activities, including NTI, to de-risk new technologies before they enter a committed launch schedule.
• Establish clear entry and exit criteria between technology development and product development so programs launch on mature, proven technology.
• Standardize NPD processes, tools and technical standards
• Define and deploy common design processes, design review practices and design-to-cost methods across all PDCA NPD teams and sites.
• Build and maintain the NPD resource and capacity plan across U.S., Mexico and India sites
• Partner with Systems Engineering so NPD programs follow agreed product architectures, requirements management and configuration governance.
• Own the NPD portion of the R&D budget, driving cost discipline and productive use of engineering spend.
• Coach and develop NPD managers and engineers and build succession plans for key NPD leadership and technical roles across all sites.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience, including at least 5 years leading engineering managers or engineering teams.
• Demonstrated new product development and stage-gate experience in electrical power distribution or control equipment.
• Experience with medium and low voltage switchgear, switchboards, assemblies or motor control centers is preferred
• Experience leading teams across multiple sites or locations
• Legally authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship

Eaton Leadership Attributes:

• Effectively drives and manages change, challenges the status quo and champions new and innovative ideas.
• Demonstrates professional presence, communicates articulately and confidently.
• Effectively leverages functional and cross-functional resources to solve problems, improve processes and meet objectives.
• Demonstrated written, verbal, and interpersonal communications skills.
• Demonstrated success in effectively and confidently providing "leadership" to employees in a constantly changing environment.

Education:

• An undergraduate degree is required. A Master's degree is preferred.

Compensation:

Eaton recognizes this role as a critical position within the corporation and will create a compelling package consisting of a base salary, employee incentive compensation and complete benefits.

Location:

• This position can be based in Arden, NC, Fayetteville, NC, Charlotte, NC or Greenwood, SC.

At Eaton, we strive to provide compensation and benefits that attract, engage, and retain the best talent. This includes competitive pay and a variety of benefit programs for eligible employees. The expected annual salary range for this role is $165000 - $242000 a year. This role is also eligible for a variable incentive program. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

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