Power Electronic Engineering Specialist

Eaton Corporation•Coraopolis, PA

7d•$122,000 - $179,000

About The Position

Eaton is seeking a Power Electronic Engineering Specialist for its Advanced Technology team within the Electrical Sector’s “Protection, Control and Solutions” group. The expected annual salary range for this role is $122,000 to $179,000 per year. We are seeking an innovative problem-solver to develop power electronics switching topologies used in low voltage and medium voltage circuit breakers for its Protection, Control and Solutions (PCS) Business. You will have the opportunity to work with an Advanced Technology team to design power electronic switching devices and their associated gate driver circuits. You will work with a team of dedicated engineers and experience the excitement of bringing new products to life from design concept through to production launch. The primary function is to deliver power electronics switching technology platform for circuit protection products. This includes developing in-depth technical understanding of power electronics technology and creating functionality related to power electronics hardware, its control, and circuit protection in both AC and DC power systems.

Requirements

MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent field of study with a minimum of 10 years of related experience; OR BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent field of study with 15+ years of relevant experience; OR PhD in Electrical Engineering or equivalent field of study with 8+ years of relevant experience.
Strong understanding and experience in DC microgrid circuit protection applications
Knowledge and experience in Codes and Standards development related to Semiconductor Circuit Breakers
Significant hands-on experience with analog, digital, and power circuits development and testing
Familiar with test equipment and procedures such as capacitor bank test system, oscilloscopes, signal generators, power supplies and other standard EE lab equipment
Proficient in design & simulation tools such as Altium Designer, PSIM, ANSYS Simplorer, LT SPICE, MATLAB Simulink, and C language programming
Strong experience with DFSS tools
Good communication and presentation skills
Self-motivated and goal oriented individual.
Ability to learn new skills, knowledge, industry, or products
Collaborative orientation, the ability to succeed in a highly team oriented, global, and diverse environment.
Consistently acts in an ethical, open, honest, trustworthy and truthful manner
Desire for innovation, new product development, program management … to make what matters work!

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience in development of hybrid and solid state circuit interrupter/breakers
Strong understanding of electrical power systems
PCB layout experience and knowledge of PCB assembly process
Experience in designing electronics with thermal and reliability
Experience working in diverse cultural situations with global customers and team members
Certified black belt for DFSS

Responsibilities

Lead the development of a power electronics technology platform for power electronics-based protection and motor controls.
Develop power electronics switching topology based on system and functional requirements
Provide technical design direction to design engineers
Coordinate validation efforts with test engineering team
Lead formal design and quality reviews
Build and maintain subject matter expertise on power electronics for solid state and hybrid circuit breaker
Collaborate with global resources to develop and maintain common platforms
Collaborate with Eaton Codes and Standards team as a technical expert in standard development related to power electronics based circuit protection products
Provides domain expertise to product support personnel to solve field issues
Performs and contributes to technical research and investigations
Actively participate and support Codes and Standards development in
Collaborates with teams from Corporate Research & Technology, Electrical Sector Center of Excellence, and external technology resources (National Labs and Universities) for technology and product innovation