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What you’ll do:

Eaton’s Engineering Service & Systems Division is seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer to join our team.    
The Switchgear Modernization division of EESS designs and manufactures custom solutions that allow for the modernization of both LV and MV equipment. The Lead Electrical Engineer is responsible for supporting design development, implementation, and design validation for a wide range of Switchgear Modernization products.  
 
 
In this role you will:

• Lead and execute design projects, ensuring compliance with internal processes and standards
• Aid in the creation and approval of electrical drawings, including electric schematics, wiring diagrams, and three-line diagrams for distribution and control products to include medium & low voltage assemblies, RPR2, components, and all associated components.
• Work closely with the engineering team to coordinate design activities, resolve technical issues, and facilitate knowledge sharing for products
• Collaborate with the operations team to support seamless product release and industrialization for customer orders, addressing manufacturability and assembly requirements
• Participate in and lead design reviews, technical discussions, and cross-functional meetings to ensure project objectives are met
• Guide engineering teams in interpreting complex customer requirements and translating them into existing or new designs.
• Schedule and perform design verification/validation testing adhering to low and medium voltage standards
• Creates technical reports, functional specifications and presentations for design solutions
• Support prototype build, testing and delivery of products to the customer
• Drive and manage product releases in product lifecycle management software, ensuring accurate documentation, configuration control, and timely delivery of product data to downstream teams
• Drive implementation of systems and design automation updates to facilitate generation of customer order documentation needed for operations and supply chain to schedule, build and ship product
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering processes and product quality
• Coordinates all UL design and certification testing
• Stays current with the latest technological trends and applies knowledge to the development of low and medium voltage products
• Provide support to management on technical direction of projects and processes
• Coach and develop engineering talent; deliver technical training across departments
• Identify and implement best practices for design, leveraging global resources and partners as needed

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related discipline from an accredited institution
• Minimum of five (5) years electrical industry work experience
• No relocation is being offered. Candidate must reside within a 50 mile radius of Greenwood, SC to be considered. Active duty military candidates are exempt from this restriction  
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
• 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:

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering or related discipline
• Five (5) years industry work experience in electrical product development
• Experience with product lifecycle management (PLM) systems, specifically Enovia
• Minimum Three (3) years of engineering experience with new product development or design, preferably in Medium Voltage products
• Experience in model-based design and simulation techniques for various aspects of system design
• Experience with product industrialization, including process validation, manufacturing support, and customer order fulfillment
• Ability to read schematics and interpret the behavior of electronic systems
• Ability to analyze and troubleshoot analog and digital control circuitry
• Familiarity with common tools and methods to work in high power lab

Skills:

Position Success Criteria:
•    Ability to lead electrical engineer aspects of projects from inception to qualification.
•    Cross functional team development experience.
•    Experience developing electrical systems.
•    Strong collaborative orientation and proven ability to work effectively in team-oriented environment.
•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally with management, engineering peers, and operations personnel.
•    Goal-oriented and self-motivated, able to drive projects to completion with minimal supervision.
•    Technical expertise in electrical engineering design, product release processes, and industrialization support for switchgear or similar products.
•    Proficient in 3D modeling software (e.g., AutoDesk Inventor) and PLM tools.
•    Experience with mechanical hardware associated with electrical equipment