Sustaining Engineer

Eaton Corporation; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 86,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Eaton Corporation’s Power Distribution and Control Assemblies (PDCA) Division seeks a Sustaining Engineer for sustainment and maintenance of line at our Omaha, NE manufacturing facility. Relocation assistance is available.

You will lead product updates, execute design verification plans, manage cost targets, and collaborate with manufacturing, quality, and supply chain to meet performance and manufacturability goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of three years of engineering experience.
• Minimum of 1 year of customer exposure in an engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Support updates to existing products and new product development including schedule, scope, resource management and budgets.
• Delegate design/drafting responsibilities and manage release of models/documents via change management.
• Develop and execute design verification test plans and reports.
• Collaborate with supply chain and purchasing to identify suppliers for new designs.
• Coordinate prototype builds and testing and interface with standards agencies as needed.
• Provide technical training and application support for end users.

Skills

Project management

Technical writing

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Job description

Eaton's Power Distribution and Control Assemblies (PDCA) Division is currently seeking a Sustaining Engineer for Sustainment & Maintenance of Line for our growing Omaha, NE manufacturing facility. Relocation assistance is available.

In this role you will:

• Support updates to existing products and new product development projects, including developing and maintaining detailed project schedule and scope while incorporating resource management, maintaining a budget, and meeting milestone deliverables.
• Delegate design and drafting responsibilities to team and manages the release of engineering models & documents through change management practices.
• Develop and execute design verification test plans and reports.
• Support the quality team in determining root cause for warranty and quality issues, and recommend potential solutions.
• Collaborate with supply chain and purchasing to identify and select suppliers to support new designs.
• Initiate and prepare specifications for products, equipment, and processes while maintaining awareness and control of costs.
• Support creation of applications notes, marketing literature, and technical papers.
• Work with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and field sales on meeting new design manufacturability, product performance and cost goals.
• Coordinate prototype builds and testing. Writing and implementation of design verification test plans (electrical, thermal, and mechanical). Coordinating design verification test plans when necessary with the applicable standards agencies (UL, CSA, KEMA, ANSI, etc.).
• Provide technical training for both internal and external audiences. Provides application support for end users.
• Developing/Maintaining a design automation system for all drawings/designs/BOM/ECN.

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum of three (3) years of engineering experience
• Minimum of 1 year of customer exposure in an engineering environment
• 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 (Dual Major) in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution or a Minor in Mechanical Engineering
• Three (3) years of engineering experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment
• Product engineering experience on Medium Voltage Assemblies (AC CLAD Switchgear, XGIS and RMU switchgear)
• Experience in new product development
• Product knowledge of components used in the Electrical Switchgear industry. (Breakers, Switches, Transformers and their applications)
• Working knowledge of industry standards: ANSI, IEEE, IEC, UL, CSA
• Experience working with global suppliers or vendors for design/manufacturing/supply chain/quality
• Experience with approval process (PPAP), capability studies and testing assistance is preferred

Position Criteria:

• Project management or team leadership experience
• Strong technical writing skills and verbal communication & presentation skills
• Strong understanding of technical applications. Ability to communicate technical information to cross functional teams
• Applicant must be able to create specifications, bills of material, schematics, and wiring diagrams to align with optimal manufacturing processes

The expected annual salary range for this role is $86000 - $126000 a year. Relocation benefits are available from within the United States. 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.

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