Senior Test & Controls Engineer

Eaton; Waukesha (WI); On-site; USD 93,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton is seeking a Senior Test & Controls Engineer for their Waukesha facility. The role includes designing test equipment, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and collaborating with various teams to optimize processes. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and significant experience in test systems.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience working with electrical test equipment.
• 5 years of experience in computer programming including Visual Basic, SQL, and Microsoft applications.
• Experience with PLC and HMI programming.

Responsibilities

• Specify, design, and implement new test equipment for Manufacturing Services projects.
• Ensure adherence to electrical safety practices and quality standards.
• Conduct root cause analysis to enhance testing efficiency.

Skills

Problem-Solving

Collaboration

Safety Compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Visual Basic

SQL

Python

MATLAB

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Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Senior Test & Controls Engineer.

This role is located in Waukesha, WI. Relocation assistance will be provided.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $93750.03 - $137500.04 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 Test Controls Engineer will be responsible for specifying, designing, and implementing new test equipment to support our Manufacturing Services projects. This role collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure test systems meet specifications and standards. It involves specifying test equipment for supplier quotes, coordinating with suppliers during design, overseeing installation, and conducting runoff tests both at the supplier’s site and Eaton's facility.

In This Role You Will

• Test Equipment & Compliance: Develops detailed specifications, ensuring adherence to electrical safety practices, OSHA requirements, and hazard mitigation. Supports commissioning, troubleshooting, and servicing of test equipment and electrical systems.
• Safety & Process Optimization: Enforces safety expectations, documents hazards, and ensures compliance with electrical safety and quality standards. Collaborates with manufacturing, engineering, quality, suppliers, and customers to enhance processes and product performance.
• Problem-Solving & Equipment Management: Conducts root cause and failure analysis, applying problem-solving skills to improve cost, quality, and efficiency while mentoring others. Guides capital equipment selection, evaluates Capital Appropriation Requests (CARs), and drives testing/control initiatives.
• Technology & Project Leadership: Leverages technology to enhance information systems, eliminate waste, and streamline factory floor test data flow. Leads projects by defining goals, budgets, and work structures while aligning cross-functional teams and executing communication plans.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• 2-3 years of experience working with and specifying electrical test equipment.
• Five (5) years of experience in computer programing software such as visual basic/studio, SQL, and other Microsoft applications. (i.e. Rockwell Software (RS and Factory Talk, RSLogix 5, RSLogix 500, RSLogix 5000, Studio 5000, FactoryTalk View ME, FactoryTalk SE, VB6, NI LabVIEW and NI TestStand, Python, Java, MATLAB)
• Five (5) years of experience with PLC, HMI programming and safety systems design.
• Must be eliglble to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.
• Relocation assistance will be provided for candidates that reside outside a 50-mile radius of Waukesha, WI.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management experience
• Machine safety guarding experience
• Demonstrated ability to interpret regulation and standards, and implementing Electrical Safe Work practices such NFPA 70E.
  
  
  

Additional Information

• Travel expected up to 50%
  
  
  

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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

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