Senior Manager, Engineering Process Excellence & AI Automation

Eaton Corporation•Beachwood, OH

42d•$162,750 - $238,700

About The Position

Eaton's corporate Engineering Excellence team is seeking a Sr. Manager with a focus on Engineering Process and AI automation. The preferred locations for this role are major hubs in the US including Beachwood, OH, Moon Township, PA, Raleigh, NC, Milwaukee, WI, but it could be based at another Eaton location within the US. Travel is expected to be up to 25%. Relocation assistance is not available for this position. The expected annual salary range for this role is $162749.97 - $238699.96 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program. 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 Engineering's competitive edge starts with strong, consistent standard work. This role owns and evolves our enterprise engineering process (e.g., PROLaunch 2.0) and drives continuous improvement across businesses. As the next phase of that journey, you will embed AI enabled capabilities into our business processes-automating routine work, strengthening governance, and improving speed and quality. You'll partner closely with IT and collaborate with Digital Engineering (which owns design automation) to keep scope crisp and interfaces tight.

Requirements

Master's degree in Engineering or related from an accredited institution.
Minimum 10 years of professional product engineering experience
Minimum 5 years of experience leading projects/programs/transformations within a complex, multinational company setting
International and domestic travel will be required
For candidates in the US: 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 5 years leading programs or enterprise initiatives across the end to end process (VOC, business case, development/verification, New Product Development, sourcing/APQP, launch, VA/VE).
Proven outcomes in AI/automation of business processes (intelligent workflow, agentic orchestration, or similar), with governance experience.
DFSS Black Belt or Master Black Belt preferred.
Certification in AI/automation of business processes (intelligent workflow, agentic orchestration, or similar) preferred
Record of multi site/global deployment with measurable enterprise impact (productivity, quality, speed).
Minimum of 10 years of experience engineering product development of systems relevant to Eaton (electro mechanical, power electronics, embedded/software, or industrial systems)

Responsibilities

Own the standard process. Maintain and improve enterprise standard work for product development execution (e.g., Eaton PROLaunch 2.0), including governance structures (steering committees, standard work councils), decision rights, training, and readiness/audit mechanisms.
Lead continuous improvement. Use Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Advanced Product Quality Planning / Production Part Approval Process (APQP/PPAP), Product Design Scorecard (PDSC), and data driven methods to raise capability, yield, and speed; standardize what works and retire what doesn't.
Embed AI as the next phase. Drive an AI capability lifecycle (discover → design → pilot → scale → improve) for business processes (plan/review workflows, quality artifacts, knowledge retrieval, governance reporting), with clear guardrails for safety, risk, cost, and value-in tight partnership with IT. Scope excludes design automation (CAD/FEA/simulation), owned by Digital Engineering; ensure robust collaboration/handshakes.
Create what markets don't provide. When needed, design lightweight tools (e.g., Product Design Scorecard, Activity Matrix) to close process/governance gaps and scale across businesses.
Connect to portfolio & profit planning. Tie process excellence to budget priorities; partner with Program/Portfolio management to prioritize initiatives and make benefits realization visible.
Align with the digital thread. Synchronize process changes with PLM (Enovia)/EIM/MBSE roadmaps; quantify productivity impact from data/automation.
Lead through influence. Stand up communities of practice; coach functional leaders; mentor EFE team members in Pune; drive communications and change management for adoption and sustainment.

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. Click here 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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