Mechanical Design Engineering Manager
About The Position
Eaton is seeking a dynamic Technical Leader to drive innovation, quality, and performance within our Switchboard Mechanical Engineering Team. This role is your opportunity to lead cutting-edge design and engineering efforts that power our hyperscale and base business customers. The manager provides technical expertise, resolves design-related issues, and drives continuous improvement initiatives to enhance product quality, reliability, and cost-efficiency. By managing documentation, supporting cross-functional teams, and facilitating training, they ensure seamless integration of standardized products into production.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
- Minimum 5 years of engineering work experience in a manufacturing environment
- Minimum 3 year of managing a team
- 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.
Nice To Haves
- Minimum 3 years of Custom Order Engineering experience
- Minimum 5 years of AutoCAD and 3D modeling software
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university
- Minimum of ten (8) years of experience in design and manufacturing processes
- Minimum of five (3) years of experience with power distribution equipment
- Design for Six Sigma with examples of practical application
- Product Life-cycle management systems and their structure
- Fabrication methods for sheetmetal, plastic, copper, and aluminum
- UL 50, UL 891, ANSI and NEMA standards
- Proper bus joint design
- BidManager, Mapics S/A S400, VISTA, OMS & Design Automation experience
Responsibilities
- Drive business objectives / improvements impacting product line-wide measures
- Drive continuous improvement across engineering and manufacturing processes to boost efficiency and reduce cycle time.
- Serve as a technical mentor and manager, guiding a high-performing team and fostering career growth.
- Monitor and analyze product warranty and service history trends. Conduct root cause analysis on systemic issues.
- Build/own COE Engineering processes for activities such as, change requests, design deviations, training, and design guides
- Product support for vendors, customers, sales, and manufacturing
- Manage communications with Product Line Engineering, BidMan Team, AE's, and product management
- Take ownership of engineering BOM of ETO (engineer to order) orders
- Collaborate cross-functionally to resolve factory and field service challenges with agility and precision.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Industry
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
