Electrical Design Engineer

Eaton Corporation • Greenwood, SC

17h • $71,000 - $105,000

About The Position

The Electrical Design Engineer will be responsible for leading and supporting Medium Voltage Switchgear development projects. This role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with Eaton’s engineering and the operations teams to ensure successful product release and to support all industrialization requirements for customer orders. The ideal candidate will drive product realization, industrialization, and release activities for product assemblies, ensuring alignment with business and customer objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 1 years of engineering or design 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.
• 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.
• Strong collaborative orientation and proven ability to work effectively in a global, 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.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering from an accredited institution
• Experience with sheet metal enclosure and panel design for electrical assemblies.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Medium Voltage products (including RMU products) system architecture, component specification, or industrialization processes.
• Experience with product industrialization, including process validation, manufacturing support, and customer order fulfillment.
• Experience working with international engineering and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute design projects, ensuring compliance with internal processes and standards.
• 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.
• 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
• Support industrialization efforts by defining requirements, assisting with process validation, and coordinating with manufacturing and quality teams for RMU orders.
• Participate in and lead design reviews, technical discussions, and cross-functional meetings to ensure project objectives are met.
• Identify and implement best practices for design, leveraging global resources and partners as needed.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering processes and product quality.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level