The expected annual salary range for this role is $97000 - $143000 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:Eaton's ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Lead Design Engineer. The Project Operations Team provides comprehensive engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services throughout the entire project lifecycle. Our team specializes in handling both greenfield and brownfield turnkey electrical projects and has expertise in designing and constructing high and medium-voltage substations and developing power distribution solutions for utilities, government, data centers, industrial, and commercial facilities. This position is remote within the United Sattes.
In this position you will:
- Provide design engineering services instrumental to the completion of turnkey projects.
- Provide engineering guidance to teams of designers/discipline specific engineers to create complete designs including both electrical and civil packages.
- Responsible for leading design deliverables to maintain project schedule, design budget, design accuracy, and submittal completeness working in concert with a broader execution team.
- The LDE is charged with value added engineering to provide a quality product while driving efficiencies.
- Ability to lead medium/high voltage designs for both substations and MV power distribution
- Participate in site walk downs to assist in developing proposals for new work
- Develop engineering estimates to develop scope, budget, and review technical documents
- Ability to develop and maintain schedule/budget
- Ability to work with and mentor other engineers on team
- Submit to periodic customer required background and drug screenings
- Ability to travel 10% of the time
Qualifications:Basic Qualifications:
- BS in engineering from an accredited institution with minimum of 3 years electrical engineering or electrical design experience OR AS in Engineering from an accredited institution with minimum of 7 years of electrical engineering or design experience
- In lieu of degree, minimum of 10 years of electrical engineering or design experience.
- 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.
- Candidate must reside within the United States to be considered
Preferred Qualifications:
- 7+ years experience in eletrical engineering or design
- Professional Engineer qualification
- Field experience in testing/commissioning medium voltage equipment
- Working knowledge of NERC/FERC, NESC, NEC, ANSI, NETA
- Experience with AutoCAD and/or MicroStation
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Skills:- Equipment Specifications
- Single line/Three line drawings
- Schematics/Wiring/Interconnection diagrams
- General arrangement drawings
- Conduit/cable plans
- Grounding drawings
- AC/DC control power drawings
- SCADA design
- Equipment Testing Procedures/Commissioning plans
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The application window for this position is anticipated to close on September 9th, 2026 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.
