Senior Engineer - Medium Voltage

Eaton; Moon (VA); Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Eaton's ES AMER PCS division in Moon Township, PA, is seeking a Senior Engineer - Medium Voltage to lead design engineering from concept through production on the MV circuit breaker line. The role offers a hybrid schedule (3 days on-site weekly) with relocation assistance for qualified US candidates.

You will develop products, maintain third-party certifications, collaborate with manufacturing, quality, and marketing teams, and build MV vacuum circuit breaker expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or related engineering from an accredited institution.
• 3 years of experience in related field with focus on new product development and design.
• No sponsorship for CPT/OPT/STEM OPT or other visa programs.

Responsibilities

• Support business growth through team-based new product development and production launch to market.
• Develop strong technical knowledge of circuit breaker products and technology and regulatory standards.
• Lead conceptual and detailed design, development, prototyping, validation and documentation.
• Build prototypes and execute test programs to evaluate designs.
• Design for manufacturability with process controls for cost-effective production.
• Provide design documentation with tolerances and Bills of Materials.
• Lead stage-gate new product development activities and project reviews.
• Improve performance using Six-Sigma tools and simulation; drive product robustness.
• Secure and maintain third-party certifications.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and partners including standards bodies.

Skills

Travel 10-25% domest ic/international

Six-Sigma tools

Communication skills

Learning agility

Cross-functional teamwork

Written & verbal communication

Analytical problem solving

Continuous improvement mindset

Global collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or related engineering

Job description

Eaton’s ES AMER PCS division is currently seeking a Senior Engineer - Medium Voltage. This role will take place out of our Moon Township, PA office (Pittsburgh area) . The hybrid schedule is 3 days on-site each week minimum. We are able to offer relocation assistance for qualified candidates within the United States.

As the Senior Engineer for Medium Voltage you will execute design engineering projects for Eaton’s Medium Voltage (MV) Circuit Breaker product line. Responsibilities include new product development from inception through production implementation, maintaining third party certifications, supporting our manufacturing operations, enhancing performance and value of existing products and responding to application issues. The position works closely with the industrialization and product line marketing teams, in addition to plant manufacturing, and quality teams. This individual will have design responsibility for select products and projects, learn industrial circuit breaker technology, and is expected to develop MV vacuum circuit breaker technical expertise.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $86000 - $126000 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

• Support business growth through team-based new product development and production launch to market.
• Develop strong technical knowledge of circuit breaker products and technology, and the governing regulatory standards and customer requirements.
• Compile requirements, lead conceptual and detailed design, development, prototyping, validation, and documentation of product designs.
• Build prototypes and execute test programs to evaluate designs.
• Work with manufacturing process owners to design according to capabilities and to establish process controls for cost-effective, defect-free manufacturing.
• Provide accurate design documentation with tolerances and Bills of Materials.
• Lead stage-gate new product development activities including with required documentation for relevant projects. Participate in project reviews.
• Enhance performance margin using Design for Six Sigma quality tools, and simulation. Initiate changes to drive product robustness.
• Secure and maintain third-party certifications.
• Participate in process improvement to enhance effectiveness and quality, accelerate programs and reduce costs.
• Utilize communication skills to plan project activities, present in design reviews, clarify requirements, deploy instructions, lead teams and share application information.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, customers, and partner organizations in programs of mutual benefit, including standards-making bodies and certifying agencies.

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or related engineering discipline from an accredited institution.
• 3 years of experience in related field with focus on new product development and design.
• 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 cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 year of experience working with industrial components or electro-mechanical equipment.

Skills

• 10-25% annual travel domestic and occasionally international.
• Knowledge of (Design For) Six-Sigma quality tools, modeling, and simulation for engineering.
• Communication, presentation, customer engagement and related business skills.
• Learning agility.
• Cross-functional teamwork.
• Strong written & verbal communication skills.
• Methodical mechanical and electrical problem solver with strong analytical skills.
• Continuous-improvement mindset.
• Able to collaborate with teams on a global scale.

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