Position Overview: The
Early Career Leadership Development Program - Information Technology is designed for those who want to use technology to solve real business challenges and make an impact from day one. In this program, you'll explore how data, AI, digital tools, and connected systems help teams work smarter, make better decisions, and improve how products are made and delivered. You'll gain hands-on experience at manufacturing sites, learn directly from business and technology leaders, and see how IT plays a critical role in powering innovation across Eaton. This program is a great fit for curious problem-solvers who enjoy learning in fast-moving environments, working with others, and turning ideas into practical solutions.
Participants will complete three manufacturing or business based rotations, with 1-2 relocations expected during the program. These relocations help to broaden experience across systems, technologies, and deployments as business needs evolve, placing you at the center of Eaton's digital growth journey.
The program is structured as follows:
Rotation 1: Discover the business - Step into one of our key manufacturing or hub locations to understand how products are made, how information moves, and how technology helps teams work smarter. You'll be tasked with helping to map process, understand pain points, and make recommendations of improvements based on stakeholders
Rotation 2: Build real solutions - Put your skills to work by helping deliver a digital, data, AI, or application solution that improve decisions, workflows and visibility for manufacturing leaders
Rotation 3: Lead with impact - Own a digital initiative implementation for a manufacturing site or functional team, aligning cross-functional stakeholders to deliver measurable business outcomes, showing your ability to drive technology-enabled transformation.
Program graduates can expect opportunities to move into leadership-track roles such System/Business Analyst, Data Engineers, or Site Integration roles. Longer term career path includes roles like IT Product Owners, Program Managers, System Leaders and more.
Required (Basic) Qualifications:- Bachelor's or master's degree in a STEM or business field from an accredited institution, with graduation date before August 2027
- Minimum of one internship/co-op experience or an equivalent 3 months of IT work experience completed at the time of this application
- Minimum overall cumulative GPA of 2.8
- Must be geographically flexible to relocate within the United States
- 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 or master's degree in information systems, computer science/engineering, data analytics, industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, supply chain, business analytics or a related field
- Overall cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher
- Previous internship or co-op experience in manufacturing operations, systems integration, data, AI, product ownership, application delivery, process improvement or business-facing technology roles
- Experience through internships, co-ops, projects, research or leadership activities that demonstrate problem solving, collaboration and execution
- Demonstrated leadership experience within campus and/or the community
Position Criteria:- Passion for how products are designed, built, and delivered, with enthusiasm for partnering directly with operations teams and business leaders in a dynamic manufacturing environment where ideas become reality
- Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to listen first, collaborate effectively, and work across technical, operational, and business functions
- Hands-on problem solver who seeks to understand the work, identify root causes, and connect business needs with practical technology solutions, including data, AI, applications, and digital tools
- Process-oriented thinker with strong prioritization skills, a focus on measurable outcomes, and the ability to improve how work gets done through execution and continuous improvement
- Highly adaptable and learning agile, with openness to relocation, travel, changing business needs, and fast-paced environments that require ownership, follow-through, and credibility through results
- This role may include travel (up to 25%) within a local region and/or internationally as determined by the Information Technology assignment manager
- Demonstrate geographic flexibility to relocate within the United States during and after the rotational program to an Eaton facility, including but not limited to Beachwood, OH; Raleigh, NC; Asheville, NC; Greenwood, SC; El Paso, TX, and Milwaukee, WI
