Power Electronics Engineering Manager

Eaton Corporation; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 122,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton’s Power Electronics CoE in Raleigh seeks a seasoned Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers in developing power electronics platforms, building reusable hardware blocks, and guiding design methodologies across business units.

The role requires a strong technical leader with 10+ years in power electronics and 2+ years of people leadership, willing to travel up to 15% and collaborate with global teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience in power electronics design and product development.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience leading people.
• This position requires access to export-controlled information per U.S. regulations; must be a U.S. person.
• Eaton will not sponsor immigration for this position.

Responsibilities

• Leads and directs a team of engineers and projects to achieve goals.
• Designs and builds innovative power electronics solutions for conversion and protection.
• Collaborates with global teams and cross-functional leaders to drive platform adoption.
• Develops technical requirements and selects components for designs.
• Keeps engineering excellence and state-of-the-art design methods current.

Skills

Leadership

Power electronics

Team management

Cross-functional collaboration

Modeling/Simulink

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Matlab/Simulink

SPICE

PSIM

Job description

Eaton’s Corporate Sector division is currently seeking a Power Electronics Engineering Manager.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $122000 - $179000 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:

Eaton’s PE CoE accelerates the company’s growth through the development of power electronics technology platforms and common hardware building blocks that are scalable, cost-effective, and manufacturable as well as standardized design methodologies that can be adopted by multiple business units, which provides a foundation for our business to more rapidly develop innovative products.

This person will be responsible for not only leading and directing a team of engineers and internal projects but also performing designing and building innovative power electronics solutions for power conversion and protection. This position requires a technically strong engineer with leadership skills capable of leading a cross functional team and collaborating with global teams.

The position will be a key member of the global PE CoE and play a key role in driving the development of technology platforms, common building blocks, and design methodologies to be leveraged by multiple business units. Position has up to 15% travel domestic and international.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Leads and directs a team of engineers and projects to achieve stated goals and objectives
• Monitors and reports on overall performance of a team and projects. Creates performance-based culture encouraging the team to develop measurable goals and objectives that support PE CoE strategies.
• Performs design, modeling, simulation and implementation of power electronics circuits for power conversion and protection
• Develops the technical requirements for and identify components for the designs
• Creates technical reports and presentations
• Initiates and develops solid relationships with both engineering and business leaders within Eaton to drive adoption of platforms, common designs, and state-of-the art design methodologies like model-based control development using MIL and HIL.
• Drives engineering excellence both in PE CoE and the BU’s teams.
• Stays current with the latest power electronics technologies and business trends, applies knowledge to power conversion and protection applications, and creates new opportunities

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience in power electronics design and product development, which may include academic or research experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience leading people.
• This position requires access to export-controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158.
• 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

• Experience in Aerospace power electronics production development
• Significant modeling, simulation, and analysis experience with tools like Matlab/Simulink, SPICE, and PSIM
• Hands-on experience with power converter development and testing
• Broad knowledge in power electronics designs including topology, analog/digital circuit, thermal management, control, and firmware
• Experience in project management
• Demonstrated knowledge of engineering processes
• Design for Six Sigma certification

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