Eaton's Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions (GEIS) division is currently seeking a Sustaining Senior Product Engineer to join the team. This is a hybrid role based at the Syracuse, NY location.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $86000 - $126000 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:This position is accountable for providing continuous product development and sustaining engineering support to ensure the manufacturability, safety, quality, and marketability of Eaton Crouse Hinds products. The role supports hazardous and ordinary location electrical products, including luminaires, power distribution and control systems, enclosures, commercial and industrial fittings, cable tray systems, and related components.
The Sustaining Engineer independently leads complex sustaining projects and initiatives, creates, maintains, and updates engineering documentation such as CAD drawings and models, technical specifications, bills of material (BOMs), engineering change orders (ECOs), work instructions, and standard operating procedures. The incumbent collaborates closely with manufacturing, production, sourcing, marketing, test lab and quality teams across multiple manufacturing sites and office locations to ensure product continuity, compliance, quality, and manufacturability. The role requires the ability to exercise sound engineering judgment when addressing product and process issues, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and recommend effective solutions aligned with preferred manufacturing methods and processes.
This position requires advanced knowledge of engineering processes, manufacturing techniques, quality systems, and information systems, and operates with broad latitude in decision making and independent execution. Key skills include advanced product design principles, engineered material selection, design to cost analysis, project management, cross functional team collaboration, technical report writing, computer assisted design (CAD), and proficiency with standard PC based spreadsheet and word processing tools.
What will make you successful?The successful candidate is highly detail-oriented and combines excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities with strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively support business objectives and collaborate across teams. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities and deadlines. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint enables you to analyze data, develop insights, and present information clearly to stakeholders. We are looking for candidates who are diverse in their backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, and who can bring fresh and innovative ideas to our team.
Qualifications:Required (Basic) Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline from an accredited institution
- Minimum 3 years of related engineering 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.
- No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Syracuse, NY will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
Preferred Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical products knowledge
- Knowledge of Manufacturing processes and Quality systems.
- Proficiency with Engineering software (Solid Works and AutoCAD preferred
- Proficiency with Product Data Management systems (preferably SAP, Enovia)
- Project Management experience
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