Senior Mechanical Project Engineer - New Product Development

Eaton Corporation • South Milwaukee, WI • 3h ago

Eaton's ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Senior Mechanical Project Engineer - New Product Development.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $86000 - $126000 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:

Eaton's Power Reliability Division is currently seeking a Senior Mechanical Project Engineer - New Product Development to join our team. This position is based at our South Milwaukee, WI manufacturing facility.

Join us in a high-impact engineering role where your ideas shape the future of electrical power systems. As part of our team, you'll design and develop next-generation switchgear and sub-systems-bringing creativity and technical excellence together to solve real-world challenges.

This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies including polymers, vacuum interrupters, electromagnetic actuators, linear drive mechanisms, castings, and precision metal fabrications. You'll contribute to projects from concept to production, influencing everything from system architecture to detailed component design.

With five Eaton facilities and more than 1900 employees located in Southeastern Wisconsin, Eaton's local footprint enables our employees with state-of-the-art laboratories and access to manufacturing, all while providing ample opportunities for development and career growth within region.

What You'll Do

Own subsystem development: Support new product development for padmount and overhead reclosers by taking responsibility for specific subsystems within padmount and overhead reclosers, ensuring designs meet performance and manufacturability requirements. Develop technical expertise: Participate in design and technical reviews, apply best practices, and build knowledge in multi-component systems. Engineer with accuracy: Perform design calculations, create Free Body Diagrams, and develop analytical models to validate performance under guidance. Collaborate and learn: Work closely with suppliers and internal teams to develop components and assist in proto@type builds. Ensure product reliability: Support the development and execution of functional and reliability test plans using internal and external lab resources. Problem-solve effectively: Assist in root cause analysis for proto@type and production issues, and help implement corrective and preventive actions. Grow continuously: Learn new tools and processes, and share insights with peers to strengthen team capabilities. Communicate clearly: Provide timely, accurate updates and documentation to keep projects aligned.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

-Bachelor degree in Engineering from an accredited institution

-Minimum of five years of engineering experience

-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:

-Two or more years of experience within the high voltage or medium voltage Switchgear domain with experience in design and development of system architecture, component specifications of medium voltage Switchgear systems.

-Minimum of two years of experience working on large-scale design engineering projects.

-Experience in model-based design and simulation techniques for various aspects of system design including thermal management, dielectric, advanced mechanical systems and reliability

-Understanding of various aspects of switchgear systems and impact to the overall performance, familiarity of and application of available technologies, ability to develop trade-off analyses to enable realization of designs that meet performance requirements and cost objective solutions.

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates' privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

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 (https://www.youreatonbenefits.com/candidates) 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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