Eaton's Electrical Sector - Energy Solutions and Services (ESS) division is seeking a Hardware Engineering Manager to join our Distributed Information Technology (D-IT) Business Unit. This is a vital role as our teams continue to develop new digital technologies in our products and services portfolios. The preferred location for this position is Woodridge, IL (Chicago area). Relocation assistance is available. Minimal travel is expected (~10%).

The expected annual salary range for this role is $113000 - $165000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you'll do:

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Hardware Engineering, you will lead a technical team that focuses on Datacenter Power Supply, Single Phase UPS, PDU and Cloud Connectivity platforms. You will be responsible for product architecture, technology selections, and will have a global impact while working with teams in APAC and EMEA, as well as across different Eaton divisions. As a leader in the D-IT Chicago engineering department, you will manage a team of engineering professionals that includes electrical engineers and PCB designers. You will work closely with D-IT engineering leaders, staff and engineering leaders from other Eaton divisions. Coaching, hiring, and other leadership responsibilities will fall under your scope.

In this role, you will:
• Oversee and manage the day-to-day activities of a hardware development team.
• Ensure that product lines are competitive on a global basis with respect to cost, performance, quality, and reliability.
• Work effectively with all business functions as well as key customers to identify voice of the customer, new products and services opportunities, and technical issues that need to be addressed. Assesses trade-offs between business needs, technology requirements, cost, and risk.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Sales organizations to gain an insight into global power quality markets as it relates to D-IT's products and services. Coordinate technical support to Product Management and inside sales organizations, ensuring proper product application and technical understanding.
• Manage team to provide hardware manufacturing support to internal manufacturing teams and contract manufacturers to ensure high quality and trouble-free production. Monitor production yields and rework to identify opportunities for Design-For-Manufacturing improvement.
• Manage and develop people: identify, attract and develop key engineering talent for the organization.
• With the rest of the Division's Engineering management, champion continuous process improvements. Improve and develop quality processes for job functions within the department.
• Administers performance management process and plans for team's career development.
• Learn, champion, and promote our Eaton Business System, Eaton Lean System, and Eaton Quality System.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum 7 years of professional experience within product-focused engineering teams
• Experience with highly technical products involving hardware and firmware.
• Experience designing electronics hardware
• 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:
• Minimum 3 years experience managing hardware engineers
• Experience with both early design phase and production launch of leading-edge technology products
• Experience working with power electronics, high speed digital design, regulatory standards and requirements, and product development methodologies
• Master's degree in engineering from an accredited institution
• Experience with project management methodology, e.g., gate review process, and software (e.g., Microsoft Project).
• Time spent in sophisticated, global, matrixed organizations within a world class engineering function

Skills:
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence peers and colleagues
• Passion for learning
• Strong written and oral communication/presentation skills
• Passionate leader who embraces a diverse, global workforce and will further foster a collaborative culture

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The application window for this position is anticipated to close on 10/16/26.

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.