Mechanical Design Engineer - Switchgear

Eaton is leading the way in delivering intelligent, scalable, and sustainable power solutions for mission-critical environments. With a strategic focus on Data Centres, Utilities, and Industrial segments, we are transforming infrastructure through Low and Medium Voltage switchgear, modular systems, and advanced transformer technologies-building on a long-standing legacy in Low Voltage Switchgear across global markets.

Our R&D division has opened an new opportunity for a mechanical design engineer.

Role location: On-site in Hengelo, The Netherlands

Our Hengelo site is now located at the heart of the The Green Box cleantech campus, a unique location with multiple companies who all work towards future clean technology. Eaton has offices, test, storage and production facilities for electrical equipment, which is essential for charging electric cars, temporarily storing electricity.

Job responsibilities:

The R&D Mechanical Design Engineer performs design and technical tasks for the ESS product line. This involves development of new ESS switchgear products in line with customer requirements in the market of Energy Transition within IEC Assemblies. The design work has both mechanical and electrical power engineering aspects and involves 3D construction, Design for Manufacturing, Design for Robustness, Design to Cost.

We are looking for a pro-active person with strong technical skills, interest and ambition, who enjoys collaboration in a creative, open and transparent international environment. The engineer will interact close with our customers and translate their needs into a service product and/or solution.

At Eaton, we are dedicated to improving people's lives and the environment with power management technologies that are more reliable, efficient, safe and sustainable. That's what really matters and we are here to make sure it works.

Your main duties:

• Developing of electro/mechanical designs for product/ retrofits/ updates/new functionalities - 3D CAD design in line with design standards.
• Participating in communication with customers referring to specific project design assignments or meetings.
• Working according to a structured stage-gate process for the developments, applying Design for Six Sigma tools, such as Pugh Matrix, DFMEA's, DFA, Tolerance Studies, Error Proofing, P-Diagrams.
• Ensuring components and assemblies adhere to applicable industry and business standards.
• Collaborating in multidisciplinary teams for identifying and tracking compliance to specification, for evaluating designs, manufacturability, serviceability, and product cost.
• Proactively identifying risks and look for solutions within the design including reaching out to peers and subject matter experts and validates new designs with calculations, evaluations, models, prototypes and testing.
• Coordinating physical testing on prototypes and leads design reviews and verification, modify design as necessary.
• Controling the release of parts and assemblies for production in cooperation with the production facility.
• Reinforcing Kaizen culture where change is part of the daily business

• We are looking for a candidate with MSc / BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering and interest to design and making constructions.
• Basic knowledge of switchgear design and fabrication processes preferred.
• Competent in working with 3D Design Software and general Microsoft Office tools.
• Experience as a mechnical engineer in relevant business.

• Design for Six Sigma Green belt certification (or ambition to achieve it)
• Team player and keen to learn new disciplines with digital mind, learning agility
• Ability to plan, schedule, coordinate and problem solve effectively.
• International travel occasionally.
• Good communication skills incl. proficiency in English and basic/verbal Dutch language.

• A competitive salary.
• 40 vacation days.
• Possibility to work from home (max 2 days per week).
• Company fitness / bike plan.
• A good pension scheme.

• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
• We make your aspirations matter - Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible
• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term - not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University
• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving people's lives and the environment through power management technologies.
• We make your wellbeing matter - We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, it's about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen