Sustaining Senior Product Engineer

Eaton Corporation•Syracuse, NY

11h•$86,000 - $126,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Eaton’s Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions (GEIS) division is currently seeking a Sustaining Senior Product Engineer to join the team. This position is accountable for providing continuous product development and sustaining engineering support to ensure the manufacturability, safety, quality, and marketability of Eaton Crouse Hinds products. The role supports hazardous and ordinary location electrical products, including luminaires, power distribution and control systems, enclosures, commercial and industrial fittings, cable tray systems, and related components. The Sustaining Engineer independently leads complex sustaining projects and initiatives, creates, maintains, and updates engineering documentation such as CAD drawings and models, technical specifications, bills of material (BOMs), engineering change orders (ECOs), work instructions, and standard operating procedures. The incumbent collaborates closely with manufacturing, production, sourcing, marketing, test lab and quality teams across multiple manufacturing sites and office locations to ensure product continuity, compliance, quality, and manufacturability. The role requires the ability to exercise sound engineering judgment when addressing product and process issues, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and recommend effective solutions aligned with preferred manufacturing methods and processes. This position requires advanced knowledge of engineering processes, manufacturing techniques, quality systems, and information systems, and operates with broad latitude in decision making and independent execution. Key skills include advanced product design principles, engineered material selection, design to cost analysis, project management, cross functional team collaboration, technical report writing, computer assisted design (CAD), and proficiency with standard PC based spreadsheet and word processing tools.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline from an accredited institution
Minimum 3 years of related engineering experience
Advanced knowledge of engineering processes, manufacturing techniques, quality systems, and information systems
Advanced product design principles
Engineered material selection
Design to cost analysis
Project management
Cross functional team collaboration
Technical report writing
Computer assisted design (CAD)
Proficiency with standard PC based spreadsheet and word processing tools
Highly detail-oriented
Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities and deadlines
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
Electrical products knowledge
Knowledge of Manufacturing processes and Quality systems
Proficiency with Engineering software (Solid Works and AutoCAD preferred)
Proficiency with Product Data Management systems (preferably SAP, Enovia)
Project Management experience

Responsibilities

Providing continuous product development and sustaining engineering support to ensure the manufacturability, safety, quality, and marketability of Eaton Crouse Hinds products.
Supporting hazardous and ordinary location electrical products, including luminaires, power distribution and control systems, enclosures, commercial and industrial fittings, cable tray systems, and related components.
Independently leading complex sustaining projects and initiatives.
Creating, maintaining, and updating engineering documentation such as CAD drawings and models, technical specifications, bills of material (BOMs), engineering change orders (ECOs), work instructions, and standard operating procedures.
Collaborating closely with manufacturing, production, sourcing, marketing, test lab and quality teams across multiple manufacturing sites and office locations to ensure product continuity, compliance, quality, and manufacturability.
Exercising sound engineering judgment when addressing product and process issues.
Performing root cause analysis (RCA) and recommending effective solutions aligned with preferred manufacturing methods and processes.