Hybrid Supplier Development Engineer - Casting & Forging

Eaton Group; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer - Casting & Forging in a hybrid role that can be located at Beachwood, OH; Charlotte, NC; Detroit/Jackson, MI; Menomonee Falls, WI; Moon Township, PA; or Raleigh, NC. This position focuses on developing supplier capability, capacity, and readiness to support current and future business needs.

The role partners with multiple functions to drive improvements in supplier performance, capacity planning, and new product launches, with up to 50% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality or other related technical discipline from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of five (5) years experience in Supplier Development, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, or other related field.
• Experience with sand, investment, or die casting and hot or cold forging processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead structured supplier development activities to identify and close manufacturing, process, capacity, and operational capability gaps. Establish development plans with clear objectives, actions, owners, timing, and measurable outcomes.
• Assess supplier manufacturing processes and drive improvement using process capability analysis, Lean methodologies, structured problem solving, material flow, process controls, and applicable advanced quality tools.
• Assess supplier capability and manufacturing controls for circuit breakers and protection devices, with specific emphasis on bi-metal materials and thermal trip systems, including material composition and properties, strip thickness, forming and dimensional controls, joining processes, thermal response and calibration, magnetic trip components, contacts and operating mechanisms, insulation systems, electrical and mechanical testing, traceability, process validation, and change management to ensure consistent protection performance and robust, repeatable, and compliant manufacturing processes.
• Assess supplier production-rate readiness and capacity against current and future business requirements. Identify constraints and risks and drive mitigation, recovery, or expansion plans to demonstrate sustainable capacity.
• Proactively assess and develop supplier readiness to support business growth, new product introductions, supplier transfers, localization, volume increases, and capacity expansions. Identify supplier risks early and drive mitigation actions before they impact operations.
• Lead the supplier-development workstream when supplier quality, delivery, or operational performance issues are driven by deeper manufacturing, process, capacity, or systemic capability gaps. Partner with the SQE and appropriate cross-functional resources while maintaining defined responsibilities through the RASIC.
• Participate in Supplier Site Assessments and other risk-based supplier assessments as required. Evaluate manufacturing capability, operational maturity, process controls, capacity, and readiness, and drive supplier-development actions resulting from identified gaps.
• Support APQP and supplier-readiness activities by evaluating manufacturing capability, capacity, scalability, operational risks and driving development actions within the SDE scope.
• Coach and support suppliers in structured problem solving, Lean, 8D, root-cause analysis, process capability, material management, and other applicable methodologies to achieve sustainable performance improvement.
• Partner with Supplier Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, COE, and other stakeholders in accordance with established standard work and RASIC responsibilities. Support critical supplier situations based on business risk and technical need.
• Establish measurable success criteria for supplier-development engagements. Verify that development objectives have been achieved, improvements are effective, and capability is sustained before closing the development activity.

Skills

Supplier Development

Manufacturing

Process capability

Lean

APQP

PPAP

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master’s degree

Job description

Eaton is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer - Casting & Forging in a hybrid role that can be located at Beachwood, OH; Charlotte, NC; Detroit/Jackson, MI; Menomonee Falls, WI; Moon Township, PA; or Raleigh, NC. This position focuses on developing supplier capability, capacity, and readiness to support current and future business needs.

The role partners with multiple functions to drive improvements in supplier performance, capacity planning, and new product launches, with up to 50% travel.