Lead Mechanical Engineer

Eaton’s ES AMER ARS division is currently seeking a Lead Mechanical Engineer based at our Moon Township, PA facility and offers a hybrid working schedule.

The Lead Mechanical Engineer is responsible for the creative design and development of intelligent circuit protection, power management products, and cutting-edge home energy management products and system solutions. This position will lead and contribute to the overall mechanical design of the product with involvement from project initiation through manufacturing launch, plus ongoing improvements and support. Functional responsibility includes concept ideation, design, testing of the components plus systems as well as product qualification for performance, reliability, DFMA, and cost optimization. This position will work in a cross-functional team and work closely with the Engineering Manager, Program Manager, other Mechanical Engineers, System Architects, Electrical/Firmware Engineers, Product Line Marketing Manager, Supply Chain team members, and Manufacturing personnel to develop the products in an organized and expedient fashion.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $97000 - $143000 a year. Please note the salary information shown 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:

• Participate in and help drive cross-functional new product development projects, innovation, idea creation, and implementation.

• Serve as the mechanical design owner, make engineering decisions based on technical analysis, product performance test results, inspection reports, tooling assessments, DFMA considerations, product cost metrics and team input.

• Perform mechanical engineering duties including creating CAD solid models, performing design simulations, and assisting in the development of product specifications.

• Provide leadership to the Mechanical Engineering team including design oversight and mentoring of less experienced team members. Work with the Engineering Manager to identify and drive continuous improvement activities for the mechanical team including tools, training, and processes.

• Support project management and engage with multi-disciplined teams to achieve goals using ProLaunch new product development process and other project management tools.

• Participate in Voice of the Customer (VOC) product, market requirements research and competitive benchmarking.

• Organize and coordinate work with team peers, extended internal team members and external developers.

• Leverage Eaton business standard processes for product development assignments (i.e. design standards, ECO processes, product safety assessment, FMEA, BOM structure, manufactured product cost estimations, project timeline and milestone planning).

• Provide assistance with 3rd party certifications and regulatory compliance initiatives.

• Ensure timely completion and accurate results delivered to project commitment dates.

Qualifications:

Basic (required) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electromechanical engineering from an accredited institution.

• Four (4) years of experience in the design and product development of electromechanical products/systems.

• Four (4) years of experience with CAD solid modeling and the ability to develop 2D drawings and assembly documentation including design intent.

• 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.

• No relocation is offered. Candidates must currently reside within a 50-mile radius of Moon Township, PA to be considered. Active-Duty Military are exempt from this geographical limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Seven (7) years of engineering product development experience in electro-mechanical products including designing plastic / metal parts, packaging of electronic PCBAs, mechanism design and analysis.

• Strong ideation and new concept generation experience.

• Two (2) years in a lead mechanical engineering role or providing mentoring of less senior mechanical engineers.

• Previous experience with root cause analysis and troubleshooting engineering systems.

• One (1) year of hands-on experience with any finite element analysis software.

• Experience working in a global business environment with remote teams to deliver the best results while leveraging very diverse experiences within the team.

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