Hardware Engineer

Eaton Group; Moon Township (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Eaton’s Power Components Division is seeking a Hardware Engineer for a hybrid role based in Moon Township, PA. Relocation assistance available for US residents. Salary range $86,000 to $126,000 per year, depending on skills and experience.

The Hardware Engineer will design and validate electronic hardware for circuit breaker and protection systems, collaborating with firmware, mechanical, and manufacturing teams across the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in electronic hardware design or product development.
• Experience with analog and digital circuit design, testing, troubleshooting, or validation.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools such as Altium Designer.
• immigration sponsorship not offered for this position.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop electronic hardware for circuit breakers, protection systems, metering, and control products.
• Develop hardware requirements, specifications, design docs, and validation plans; support standards like UL/IEC/NEMA.
• Investigate production and field issues with root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate across firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, quality, sourcing, and marketing teams throughout product lifecycle.

Skills

Analog circuit design

Digital circuit design

PCB design (Altium)

Embedded systems

Schematic capture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Eaton’s Power Components Division is currently seeking a Hardware Engineer to join the team. This is a hybrid position (3 days on-site, 2 days remote per week) based at our Moon Township, (Pittsburgh) PA location. Relocation assistance will be provided to candidates currently residing within the US/PR.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $86000 - $126000 a year.

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.

What you’ll do:

The Hardware Engineer is responsible for the design, development, validation, and support of electronic products used in Eaton's circuit breaker and protection systems. The position contributes to hardware engineering projects from concept development through production launch and product lifecycle support while working closely with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, quality, sourcing, and marketing teams. The role supports new product development, regulatory compliance, production issues, and customer application needs for electronic trip units and related electronic products.

Essential Functions:

• Product Development and Design: Design and develop electronic hardware for circuit breaker electronics, protection systems, metering, communication, and control products. Design, analyze, test, and troubleshoot analog, digital, mixed-signal, and power electronic circuits. Develop products using microcontrollers, embedded systems, communication interfaces, and sensing technologies. Utilize schematic capture, PCB layout, simulation, and laboratory test equipment to develop and validate designs.

• Product Requirements: Develop hardware requirements, specifications, design documentation, and validation plans. Support compliance and certification activities for UL, CSA, IEC, NEMA, and other applicable standards. Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, FMEA activities, design verification, and product validation efforts.

• Production Support: Investigate production, field, supplier, and customer issues using structured root‑cause analysis methods and implement corrective actions. Coordinate activities with suppliers, contract manufacturers, test laboratories, and certification agencies. Support manufacturing transfer, industrialization activities, production test development, and design‑for‑manufacturing improvements.

• Project Execution: Collaborate with firmware, systems, mechanical, quality, manufacturing, sourcing, and marketing teams throughout the product development lifecycle. Manage multiple tasks and project priorities while meeting schedule, quality, and performance objectives.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline from an accredited institution.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in electronic hardware design or product development.

• Experience with analog and digital circuit design, testing, troubleshooting, or validation.

• Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools such as Altium Designer or equivalent.

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.

• Experience with EMC/EMI design and compliance testing.

• Experience with UL, CSA, IEC, NEMA, or similar regulatory standards.

• Experience with power distribution, circuit protection, metering, industrial controls, or related electronic products.

• Experience with root‑cause analysis, design verification, FMEA, and reliability testing.

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

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Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.