Hybrid Power Systems Controls Lead | PLC/HMI Expert

Eaton Corporation; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Paid overtime

Job summary

Eaton's Electrical Engineering Services & Systems (EESS) team seeks a skilled engineer to lead the development, testing, and implementation of power systems control solutions using PLCs, HMIs, and protection relays for diverse applications. This is a hybrid role with about 35% on-site work in Seattle.

You will collaborate across the PSC group to select components, prepare submittals and SOOs, provide direction to Electrical Designers, and ensure successful factory testing and field start-ups

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with power distribution controls experience or higher.
• 10 years of power distribution controls experience or Master’s degree with 5+ years experience.

Responsibilities

• Create, modify, test, and deploy software for PLCs and HMIs for Power Transfer applications.
• Follow customer specifications and internal specs for project implementation.
• Select components and create bill of materials.
• Provide sketches and direction to Electrical Designers for drawings.
• Prepare customer submittals, SOO, and test procedures.
• Assist with factory testing and field start-ups as required.
• Troubleshoot systems not functioning properly.

Skills

Power systems control

PLC programming

HMI development

Electrical design

Testing and validation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in Engineering

10 years of power distribution controls experience

Tools

Modbus

DNP3

IEC-61850

Job description

Eaton's Electrical Engineering Services & Systems (EESS) team seeks a skilled engineer to lead the development, testing, and implementation of power systems control solutions using PLCs, HMIs, and protection relays for diverse applications. This is a hybrid role with about 35% on-site work in Seattle.

You will collaborate across the PSC group to select components, prepare submittals and SOOs, provide direction to Electrical Designers, and ensure successful factory testing and field start-ups