Lead Product Design Engineer

Job Description

Eaton’s Power Components Division is currently seeking a Lead Engineer to join our team. This position is based at our Moon Township, PA location.

Position Overview:

Look around. Everything we touch, everything we do, everything we experience in our modern world is made possible by power. Eaton is committed to positively impacting the environment while helping to solve the world's most pressing power management challenges. This is what truly matters. And with dedication, smart thinking and new, innovative approaches to some really big problems, we can make it work.

Are you passionate about innovation? Are you a self-starter seeking a new challenge? Can you question the status-quo and challenge industry paradigms? Eaton is revolutionizing the way the world sees power. Will you lead the charge?

We are an industry leader that provides critical energy management, power-system protection and device communications. Our team develops cutting-edge designs for advanced power distribution systems that protect sensitive equipment, keep maintenance personnel safe and ensure that critical systems are running in hospitals, data centers, utilities and commercial buildings. We are a fast-paced, agile, engineering organization with a strong culture of innovation.

We are seeking a highly motivated engineering leader with experience in developing electronic products and software applications. You will lead the development of devices such as protective relays, meters, and communication gateways and software applications for configuring and managing the devices. You will be responsible for defining requirements, complex system architectures and communications schemes for innovative products and market-changing solutions.

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours.

In this function you will:

• Industrialize the system electronics development of Energy and Power Quality Metering along with Power Distribution Communication Products.
• Lead device configuration software application development.
• Design and develop specifications and essential performance for the system.
• Work with electronic suppliers and development partners in the management of outside design & manufacturing activities.
• Handle multiple projects and priorities, with the ability to switch focus as priorities change.
• Partner with marketing, project manager and other team members to provide feedback and estimates on specifications for product or process systems from customer requirements.
• Coordinate activities with other functional areas, suppliers, contractors and consultants.
• Partner with the team, suppliers and others to establish project schedules and budgets. Establish and review plans for multiple activities/projects; monitor and take corrective action as schedule impacts occur.
• Design and develop specifications and essential performance for the products.
• Manage design controls, develop and define requirements, & testing protocols.
• Apply knowledge of electrical engineering disciplines such as analog and digital circuit design, microprocessors, firmware development, and digital signal processing.

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 5 years work experience in electrical product design and software combined.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of the work location will be considered. Active Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of designing and testing analog and digital circuits
• Knowledge of architecture and designs with multi-processors and processors with multi-cores
• Experience with developing firmware development, hardware bring-up an BSP development
• Experience in designing products to meet UL safety requirements and working with UL for certification
• Knowledge of RTOSs
• Experience with industrializing products with international-based contract manufacturer
• Understanding of cybersecurity in general

Position Criteria:

• Willingness and ability to travel internationally on specific per-project assignments if necessary, to complete industrialization and new product introduction tasks with manufacturing partners.

What you’ll get from us:

We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being. Listed below are programs that are offered globally, but program availabilities may vary by site.

• Flexible work options to help balance work/life demands (at participating Eaton sites)
• Healthcare/retirement savings programs
• Competitive compensation packages to reward skills and performance
• Tuition assistance or financial help for ongoing learning and development
• Health, Dental, Vision & Wellness programs
• Donation matching (U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico)

Eaton also considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with local laws. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application or interview process, please call 412-893-3600 or send an email to: [email protected]

We make what matters work. Everywhere you look—from the technology and machinery that surrounds us, to the critical services and infrastructure that we depend on every day—you’ll find one thing in common. It all relies on power. That’s why Eaton is dedicated to improving people’s lives and the environment with power management technologies that are more reliable, efficient, safe and sustainable. Because this is what matters.

We are confident we can deliver on this promise because of the attributes that our employees embody. We’re ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and we’re committed to learning. These values enable us to tackle some of the toughest challenges on the planet, never losing sight of what matters.

Job: Engineering

Region: North America – US/Puerto Rico
Organization: EPG CPD PCD Power Components Division

Job Level: Individual Contributor
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: No
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time