Senior Systems Engineer

Eaton Corporation; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Eaton Corporation’s Electrical division seeks a Senior Systems Engineer in Raleigh, NC for a hybrid role (3 days in office, 2 days remote). The engineer will provide sustaining engineering support for released power conversion products, analyze complex issues, document engineering changes, and guide cross‑functional teams in manufacturing, supply chain, and service to maintain performance and availability.

Qualifications include a Bachelor’s (3+ years) or Master’s (2+ years) in Electrical

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with ≥3 years of experience supporting electrical or electromechanical products or Master’s degree with ≥2 years experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide sustaining engineering support for released electrical and electromechanical power conversion products and accessories.
• Independently analyze complex technical issues related to performance, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability and quality.
• Evaluate, document, and support engineering changes for released products.
• Review and maintain advanced engineering documentation including drawings, specifications, and bills of materials.
• Support component obsolescence management and technical evaluation of replacements.
• Perform testing to confirm performance meets specifications.
• Support Value Analysis/Value Engineering activities and design-for-manufacture improvements.
• Provide technical guidance to cross-functional teams across manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and service.
• Participate in root‑cause analysis and corrective action for complex issues.
• Document analyses and recommendations in internal systems.

Skills

Sustaining engineering

Power electronics

Root cause analysis

Engineering documentation

Jira

Cross-functional collaboration

Reliability engineering

Design for manufacture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscope

Power analyzers

Meters

Network analyzers

Jira

Job description

Eaton’s Electrical division is currently seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our team in Raleigh, NC. This role will be hybrid (3x2). Relocation assistance available within the US.

The Senior Systems Engineer provides advanced engineering support for released critical power and power conversion products and their accessories throughout their lifecycle. This role applies independent technical judgment to complex sustaining issues involving product reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, configuration control, and engineering change implementation. The position operates as a senior individual contributor and interfaces with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, service, and product management teams to support continued product performance and availability.

Expected annual salary range: $94,000 - $138,000 a year. Note that this 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:

• Provide sustaining engineering support for released electrical and electromechanical power conversion products and their accessories.
• Independently analyze complex technical issues related to product performance, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability and quality.
• Evaluate, document, and support implementation of engineering changes for released products.
• Review and maintain advanced engineering documentation including drawings, specifications, and bills of material.
• Support component obsolescence management, including technical evaluation of replacement components or design alternatives.
• Perform testing on products and components to confirm performance meets the specifications.
• Support product VAVE (Value Analysis/Value Engineering) activities, including cost‑reduction initiatives, component alternates, and design‑for‑manufacture improvements while maintaining performance and compliance.
• Provide technical guidance to cross‑functional teams for manufacturing, supply chain, quality and service‑related initiatives.
• Participate in root‑cause analysis and corrective action activities for complex field or factory issues.
• Support product requalification or validation activities resulting from design or component changes.
• Document technical analyses and recommendations within internal issue tracking systems.
• Position requires an individual who is self‑motivated, self‑managed, team‑oriented, proactive, attentive to detail, task‑oriented, and able to overcome obstacles to meet schedule requirements.
• Familiarity with common tools, equipment (oscilloscope, power analyzers and meters) processes and PPE to safely work in high‑power lab (480V) environment.

Required Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution with minimum 3 years work experience supporting electrical or electromechanical products OR Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution with a minimum 2 years work experience supporting electrical or electromechanical products.

We will not consider candidates who:

• 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.

Keys to role success:

• Experience supporting released products in a sustaining, lifecycle, manufacturing support, or reliability engineering role.
• Demonstrated experience independently evaluating engineering changes and technical tradeoffs for complex systems.
• Experience reviewing and maintaining engineering documentation such as drawings, specifications, and bills of material.
• Knowledge of power electronics systems and principles like AC/DC, DC‑DC, and DC/AC converters.
• PCBA/Circuit creation, analysis and troubleshooting to the component level.
• Proficient in the use of various measurement devices including oscilloscopes, network analyzers, and power analyzers.
• Understanding of design evaluation techniques such as reliability analysis, statistical tolerance stack‑up, Failure Mode and Effect analysis (FMEA).
• Demonstrated knowledge of engineering processes and experience with issue tracking software such as Jira.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Collaborative orientation, the ability to succeed in a highly team‑oriented, global, and diverse environment.
• Experience interacting with Global Engineering team.

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