Senior Applications Engineer - Aftermarket business

Eaton Corporation; Fayetteville (NC); On-site; USD 86,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation's ES AMER ARS PDCAD division is seeking a Senior Applications Engineer for the Aftermarket business, based at our Fayetteville, NC facility. The role involves providing applications engineering support for the product line, directing application engineers, and coordinating with customers and field sales.

The position emphasizes electrical, electro-mechanical, PLCs, and solid-state controls in motor control and electrical distribution systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of one year of engineering experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment.
• No immigration sponsorship for this position.

Responsibilities

• Provide applications engineering for product line support.
• Coordinate with application engineers and designers and with field sales.
• Work with electrical, electro-mechanical, PLCs and solid-state controls in motor control applications.
• Interpret customer diagrams and specifications to determine order requirements.
• Set up and program PLC, HMI and relays; generate electrical schematics and layouts.
• Collaborate with other product lines to ensure quality to end customers.

Skills

Electrical codes knowledge

Interpret drawings & specs

Motor control knowledge

Customer collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Eaton’s ES AMER ARS PDCAD division is currently seeking a Senior Applications Engineer - Aftermarket business. The position will be based at our facility in Fayetteville, NC. We are offering relocation assitance for candidates who reside within the U.S.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $86000 - $115,000.00 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 primary function of the Senior Applications Engineer is to provide applications engineering for product line support. This includes, but is not limited to: engineering designs, providing direction to application engineers and designers, and collaborating with direct customers/field sales.
• Emphasis on working with electrical, electro-mechanical, programmable logic controllers, and solid-state controls in motor control applications and electrical distribution systems.
• Maintain familiarity with communications protocols, variable speed drives and solid-state starters in order to maintain design standards.
• Manage large projects to completion within deadlines with little or no supervision.
• Interpret customer one-line diagrams and specifications to determine order requirements and apply Eaton designs to meet customer’s expectations.
• Perform standard engineering assignments often representing a significant portion of a larger project for Eaton. Coordinate with other Eaton product lines and business units as needed to ensure quality of products to end customer
• Set-up and programming of PLC, HMI/MMI applications and electronic relays.
• Generate electrical schematics and mechanical layouts based on information received from Sales and Marketing

Qualifications:

Basic REQUIRED Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of one (1) year of engineering experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment (internships and co-ops count towards this experience)
• 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:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from an accredited institution
• Previous experience and/or knowledge of electrical distribution equipment
• Proficient in AutoCAD and other engineering and design software programs

Skills:

• Working knowledge of N.E.C., IEEE, UL, and various local electric codes.
• Ability to interpret both customer specifications and electrical and mechanical drawings.
• Utilization of substantial motor control product knowledge for communication with field sales, customers, engineering, and manufacturing personnel

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