Product Design Engineer

What you'll do:

Company: Eaton Corporation

Location: 3990 Old Tasso Road NE, Cleveland, TN 37312
Position Title: Product Design Engineer (Req# 50520)

Job Description:

Lead design activities, manage regulatory requirements and compliance, and provide testing and verification for development and industrialization of low-voltage distribution equipment or switching devices (SWD) at Eaton manufacturing facilities. Provide leadership, coaching, recruiting and career development for maintenance of line team members. Execute design, development, and related technical tasks required to maintain the product line. Lead sustaining engineering activities over specific products related to electrical switch designs and breaker enclosures. Evaluate quality metrics related to product designs and develop plans to mitigate potential product issues. Lead communication and meetings with production, operations, and quality to review production issues related to product design. Initiate and prepare specifications for products, equipment, and processes while maintaining awareness of and control of costs according to project scope. Maintain design engineering cost budget for each project and track project costs (material, services, and labor) to plan. Assume responsibility for appropriate testing and evaluation of products, parts, equipment, tools, and systems along with necessary corrective follow-up. Lead completion of pFMEA's, Special Characteristic identification, relevant ISO procedures, engineering work instructions as well as Eaton's Environmental Health and Safety Process (MESH) associated with design introduction and changes. Prepare and write articles for technical publications and prepare patent disclosures for identified IP in product designs. Participate as a key member on facility and product engineering teams. Represent Eaton with standards organizations (UL, CSA, NEMA) to understand and effect changes to the standard that support Eaton initiatives and values - as directed by the engineering manager. Supervise maintenance of line team members in the US, India and Mexico. Lead and assure the on-time and smooth implementation of the changes in existing products. Work independently and in collaborative teams with other industrial engineers, design engineers, technicians, manufacturing leaders, contract engineering and other functions with Eaton facilities domestic and international. The occupation requires travel up to 10% of the time. The travel is primarily domestic with occasional travel internationally to Mexico. The purpose of this travel is to issue product, supplier and customer support as well as for testing.