Senior Application Engineer

• Maintain trusted advisor relationship with several, key consultants in the market
• Demonstrate advanced commercial skills. Proficient is negotiating pre-sales and post-sales topics. Is comfortable interacting with end users, consultants, contractors and inspectors. Interacts effectively across all levels of clients organizations. (Electrical Designer → Dept Mgr. / Owner)
• Maintain a strong, positive working relationship across the District/Region. A Sr Application Engineer is a respected member of the local sales team and sales leadership.
• Mentor sales engineers (formal and informal)
• Participate in local trade organizations (IAEI, IEEE, etc..)

2. The Senior Application Engineer is expected to share their application, product and market knowledge and opinions proactively across our businesses.
• Demonstrate a broad strategic understanding of the US Power Distribution market and our competitors.
• Actively participate in Outlook/Sharepoint application discussions.
• Participate in multiple division/PL led strategy sessions each year. Examples include: roadmapping sessions, design bursts, PL councils.
• Be a "Linked AE" to a major, strategically important product line, to provide market input and to act as a communication focal point between the AE's and the PL's.
• Proactively communicate opportunities and threats to product line and business leaders, and assist in the development of vision/strategy to respond to opportunities/threats.
• Provide local, strategic leadership to sales leadership for annual operating plans.

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3. The Senior Application Engineer is expected to provide their application and market knowledge to help develop and deploy marketing support tools and training for Consultants and Design Engineers
• Create consultant-focused, educational marketing tools. This includes videos, Lunch 'n Learns, whitepapers, etc...
• Lead, and/or participate in, the development and implementation of formal Consultant training sessions. (Local, Regional, National)
• Actively participate in AE Steering Committee which will develop and maintain a strategic plan for supporting consultants/engineers in designing power distribution systems using Eaton's products.
• Participate and/or lead consultant tools initiatives that have application beyond the local district: Example: CAG committee. PSG committee. Seismic. (Future electronic tools committee)

4. The Senior Application Engineer is expected is to participate in Local, Regional and/or National trade organizations that impact Eaton's business. Examples include:
• Local and Regional IAEI organization
• IEEE chapters
• NEC code making panels
• EUSERC
• State or City standards organization (CEC, NYC Electric Board, etc...)

5. The Senior Application Engineer is expected to be a role model and mentor for others in our organization
• In all communications, both within and beyond our organization, the Senior AE is expected to demonstrate professional and positive conduct as a representative of the NAS AE community.
• Provide both formal and informal mentoring of others within our organization.

Skills:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum nine (9) years of electrical sales and/or electrical engineering experience
• Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver's license
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• A Professional Engineer (PE) License
• Extensive electrical experience
• Knowledgeable of Codes and Standards, Eaton Electrical products, services and competitors

The compensation range for this full-time position includes base pay and target sales performance incentive. This position has a target total compensation range of $165,000.00 - $242,000.00.

Base salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on 11/6/2022.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Client-provided location(s): Omaha, NE

Job ID: Eaton-53099Omaha

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-11-01T18:37:38