Lead Engineer

Eaton Research Labs, part of Eaton's Chief Technology Office, drives innovation and commercialization across Eaton's global operations.

Job Responsibilities:
• Serve as a technical and/or project researcher in technology development, validation and demonstration.
• Work and track on project milestones. Take and possibly assign roles and responsibilities for the project team members.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions contributing to technology strategy development.
• Contribute to the value proposition development for technical projects and programs.
• Contribute to government proposal preparation and/or assist with project execution. May serve as technical lead in proposal preparation and/or owner of work package during project execution.
• Support building business relationships by presenting ideas and projects, participating in ideation events and acquiring resources and funding needed.
• Assist in the identification of leading external partnerships, outside technologies and best practices to bring to Eaton.
• Participate in external open innovation events with universities and research institutes.
• Develop as a subject matter expertise through active participation in conferences, seminars and/or consortium meetings in relevant industry to network and stay current on topics in their field.
• Actively contribute to IP generation through authoring/co-authoring disclosures and patents.
• Effectively apply appropriate processes, systems, and tools.
• Mentor junior staff and consult internal business and engineering customers.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:
• Ph.D. degree, OR in lieu of Ph.D. M.S. degree plus 3 years of industrial or research experience.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Golden, CO will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future.
Preferred qualifications:
• Industrial experience on grid protection and control
• Experience with simulation tools
• Experience with lab and equipment testing and validation
• Familiarity and experience with corporate research and development work-style, technical presentation, idea proposing and project execution.
Position Criteria:
• Knowledge and experience with power grid protection and fault management
• Additional expertise in at least two of the following areas required:
Distribution grid operation and control
Power system modeling and simulation
Grid automation and communication
AI / Machine Learning applied to power grids
Signal processing, data mining and data analytics
Distributed control and agent-based solution applied to power grid
CYME and other planning software
Cyber resilience
• Up to 10% travel required

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on 8.28.2025.

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Client-provided location(s): Golden, CO

Job ID: Eaton-48322Golden

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-08-23T18:36:30