What you’ll do:

The Senior Design Engineer will be responsible for developing, designing, testing vacuum interrupters, and advancing its associated vacuum arc interruption technologies.

In this function, you will:

• Lead effort in developing new vacuum interrupter products by leveraging the voice of customers (VOC) and design tools such as CREO.
• Drive technology innovation and generate value-added intellectual properties.
• Employ effectively Eaton's new product development Prelaunch and ProLaunch processes to drive VI NPD and support VI business growth.
• Become familiar with relevant IEEE and IEC standards and participate in IEEE Switchgear Committee activities as needed.
• Master the knowledge of the VI manufacturing process so they can better perform the following functions.
• Actively contribute to plant cost-out initiatives.
• Actively engage in manufacturing trouble shootings, and new process developments.
• Understand customer products and applications in order to provide timely support to quality-hold resolution and customer failure analysis.
• Understand functions and characteristics of key VI components in order to provide timely support to new material or new source development needs from the Supply Chain.
• Collaborate with Power Component Division multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, and globally distributed teams to achieve project goals.
• Collaborate with teams from Eaton Research Labs, Electrical Sector Center of Excellence, and external technology resources (National Labs and Universities) for technology and product innovation.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum of four (4) years of related engineering experience in designing, developing, and testing vacuum interrupters or vacuum interrupter-based MV breaker/switchgear.

Preferred Qualifications:

• B.S. in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or equivalent:
• Seven (7) years of related engineering experience in designing, developing, and testing vacuum interrupters
• Hands-on experience in developing and testing vacuum interrupters/breakers and MV switchgear
• Familiar with relevant code & standards MV breaker/switchgear
• Basic knowledge of program management and use of Eaton Prelaunch and Prolaunch processes for VI NPD
• Strong understanding of electrical power systems
• Enthusiastic, creative, and self-motivated individual
• Experience in product thermal and reliability design
• Experience working in diverse cultural situations with global customers and team members
• Demonstrated knowledge of engineering processes
  

Skills:

• Self-motivated and goal-oriented individual.
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Collaborative orientation, the ability to succeed in a highly team-oriented, global, and diverse environment.
• Consistently acts in an ethical, open, honest, trustworthy, and truthful manner.
• A desire for innovation, new product development, and program management to make what matters work!
• Occasional domestic and international required as needed