Lead Field Application Engineer

Eaton; Krakow (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton is seeking a Lead Field Application Engineer to provide customer application and technical support for Passive Electronics, including magnetics, circuit protection, capacitors, and sensors. The role involves design assistance, close customer collaboration, and frequent travel across regions to support design discussions and issue resolution.

You will work with Sales, Marketing, and R&D to translate customer needs into product improvements and contribute to the roadmap.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering is required.
• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Willingness to travel frequently and work with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide application and technical support to customers for Eaton’s Passive Electronics product lines across the EMEA region.
• Translate customer needs to Commercial and R&D teams to improve product design and roadmaps.
• Deliver training programs on product technology, applications, and roadmaps to customers and partners.
• Gather feedback to Product Management to enhance marketplace acceptance and roadmap development.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Sales to identify new opportunities and contribute to pipeline targets.
• Prepare technical literature, application notes, and sales tools.

Skills

Power Management

Customer collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (preferably electrical engineering – power)

Job description

What You’ll Do

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As a Lead Field Application Engineer, your primary responsibility will be to provide customer application and technical support, as well as design assistance for Eaton’s Passive Electronics product lines (magnetics, circuit protection, capacitors, and sensors) across the EMEA region. This role requires frequent travel to various locations and close collaboration with customers on product and project design and development.

You will visit customers and distributors independently or alongside sales teams to support regular technical discussions, with a particular focus on troubleshooting and resolving technical issues for key accounts.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide application support to OEMs, Distributors and EMSs. Design assistance includes system analysis and proposals, product selection, layout, technical comparison, elevation drawings, configuration, custom design etc.
• Effectively translate customer needs to Commercial and R&D teams to facilitate product design and specification improvements, increasing the NBO success rate.
• Deliver training programs to customers and distributor partners, including product technology, applications, and regular product roadmap updates.
• Gather customer feedback and provide input to Product Management to improve product acceptance in the marketplace and drive roadmap development.
• Work with Marketing and Sales teams to identify new opportunities and be a key contributor in achieving/exceeding NBO pipeline targets.
• Prepare technical literature, application notes, technical sales tools, training materials, etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (preferably electrical engineering – power)
• 10+ years of relevant experience

Skills

Sound technical background with strong application knowledge in Power Management for the following industries:

• Automotive & Transportation
• Industrial Segment
• Energy Segment

Additional Requirements

• Initiative and positive attitude
• Ability to work independently as integral part of a professional team
• Frequent travel is required
• Ability to work under pressureGood presentation skills
• Willingness to learn and self development

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Flexible working solutions
• Excellent working environment – safety and ethics are important for us
• Culture & Values – we are more than the products we invent and produce – the way we do business is just as important. At Eaton, our values and culture define who we are – both individually and as an organization – and direct our activities every day
• Learning & Development - we invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities, made available through Eaton University