Lead Electrical Test Engineer

Eaton Corporation • Austin, TX

13h • $97,000 - $149,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Eaton’s Electrical Critical Power Solutions Division is currently seeking a Lead Electrical Test Engineer to join our team in Austin, TX.
Relocation benefits will be provided within the United States only.
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.
This role will be responsible for supporting design testing, lab setup, and design validation for a wide range of energy storage power conversion and UPS products. This position will also be responsible for executing and creating test plans for the commissioning and engineering testing of energy transition products in the engineering lab along with contributing to the overall safety and functioning of engineering labs at Eaton Raleigh.
Eaton’s Electrical Critical Power Solutions Division designs, manufactures, and services Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, surge protection devices (SPD), batteries, Power distribution, monitoring/metering equipment and electronic-based products to ensure power reliability in the most demanding applications. Our employees deliver mission-critical solutions to our customers’ most challenging energy management
The expected annual salary range for this role is $97,000 - $149,000 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum of six (6) years’ electrical engineering work experience
• Minimum three (3) months experience working with high power testing, above 10KW
• Willingness to work in a high-power lab test environment at minimum 480Vac
• Minimum three (3) years working with electronics measuring systems and applications such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and variacs/autotransformers
• Position requires an individual who is self-motivated, self-managed, team-oriented, proactive, attentive to detail, task and safety oriented, and able to overcome obstacles to meet schedule requirements
• Working well with a cross functional team
• Excellent communications skills. Must have good written and oral communications skills and be proficient in preparation of formal test procedures and reports
• Ability to demonstrate process management and figure out processes necessary to get things done
• Ability to evaluate safety and risks associated with electrical products and electrical hazards
• Flexibility to work varying hours of time depending on duration of test

Nice To Haves

• Experience in testing electrical systems above 100kW.
• Experience with power electronics lab and hands on with high power equipment at 480Vac.
• Experience with 1500Vdc power equipment.
• Experience with Altium or other schematic capture and PCB layout
• Experience with writing quality control or safety processes

Responsibilities

• Participate in global test and design reviews
• Analyze test data for determination of validity and product compliance to specifications
• Implement, test, and troubleshoot high level controls and system interactions
• Perform tests on power converters above 100kW and system level controllers
• Define safety procedures and requirements in test cell, as instituted by Eaton EHS and local representatives
• Develop project test plans; prepare test facilities & required instrumentation
• Coordinate technician resources in support of project test plan
• Prepare test data materials for submittal to safety agencies
• Formally document product design issues & specification non-conformances along with subsequent corrective action taken; provide feedback to project teams on test activities, open issues, and project schedule
• Organize test data and prepare test reports.
• Support and perform minimum viable product testing and demonstrations in the lab or at customer sites
• Collaborate with cross functional teams within US and in EMEA and APAC
• Support prototype build, testing and delivery of products to the customer

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