Electrical Engineering Senior Specialist, Power Electronics - Military Veterans

Our eMobility Division is currently seeking an Electrical Engineering

Senior Specialist to join our team. This position is based at our Southfield,

MI; Marshall, MI; or Galesburg, MI facility. Relocation assistance will be provided.

We make the electric revolution work. Every day,

we work to improve people’s lives and the environment by making power

management technologies that are more reliable, efficient, safe and

sustainable. 

Preparing for the electrified

future of mobility takes the passion of every employee around the world. We

create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become

reality, each and every day. It’s

where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full

potential—and where you can help us reach ours. 

Eaton’s eMobility segment is collaborating

with companies around the globe to innovate the

transportation technologies of the future, creating efficient vehicles

that travel faster, farther, higher and safer at a lower overall cost to

the consumer and the environment. 

In this role, the Electrical Engineering Senior Specialist is

responsible for conceptualizing, lead the design, development, testing,

technical documentation, and production launch of new products for electric

motor drives and associated embedded controls.

You will work with customers, vendors, other groups within

Eaton on conceptualizing Electronic Circuits powering hybrid vehicles and EV

Vehicles. This requires the understanding of firmware and hardware

architectures which are flexible and extensible across a broad scope of

products. You will also participate in system-level requirements analysis and

cost estimation, design reviews and other team development processes. Success

will require keeping abreast of new and emerging technologies, components and

materials. Along with utilization of appropriate CAD tools to design and

analyze product functionality and integrity in order to facilitate rapid

deployment.

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every

employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention

and discovery become reality, each and every day. It’s where bold, bright

professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us

reach ours.

• Realize
  
  product requirements in coordination with the Power Electronics Team, for
  
  the design and development new and innovative Traction Inverter products
• Investigate
  
  and analyze new materials, components, technologies, applications and
  
  their appropriate use within our product lines
• Conduct
  
  testing of all new products in accordance with CPD standards and customer
  
  requirements
• Provide
  
  supervision and support to internal and external design resources when
  
  appropriate (e.g. PCB layout, software development, other engineers, test
  
  laboratories)
• Review
  
  and conduct analyses (FMEA, simulations, modeling, etc.) on new products
  
  to ensure their integrity and use the results to optimize designs
• Successfully
  
  lead contractors and other resources either co-located or at international
  
  locations
• Establish
  
  and maintain a collaborative working relationship with key customers and
  
  vendors 

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds

that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are

stronger.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an accredited
  
  institution required
• A minimum of five (5) years’ Electrical/Electronic
  
  hardware experience - power electronics/inverters for industrial or
  
  aerospace or military drives, battery electric and hybrid electric vehicle
  
  systems
• A minimum of ten (10) years’ in the automotive industry
• Experience with CAD tools: circuit and behavioral
  
  simulation (SPICE, Simplis, Ansys, Matlab/Simulink) PCB layout guidance
• Experience performing design verification testing

Preferred

Qualifications:

• Master’s
  
  Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• 15
  
  years’ plus experience Electrical/Electronic hardware - power
  
  electronics/inverters for industrial or aerospace or military drives,
  
  battery electric and hybrid electric vehicle systems
• Knowledge
  
  using DFSS and DFx practices: Manufacturing, Test, Repair, Quality, etc.
• Experience
  
  with model-based design methods
• Firmware
  
  design
• Working
  
  knowledge of automotive serial data protocols (CAN, CANFD, J1939, Flex
  
  Ray) and tools (CANape, CANalyzer, CANopen, etc.)
• Supervising
  
  other engineering tasks (assembly drawings, PCB layout, software
  
  development, validation testing)
• PCBA
  
  and Final Product Testing experience

• Good
  
  understanding of vehicle markets and the environmental requirements and
  
  related qualification testing required
• Good
  
  interpersonal skills, particularly with respect to written and oral
  
  communication
• Ability
  
  to operate with minimal supervision
• Ability
  
  to work in a hands-on laboratory environment with common lab equipment
  
  (O-scopes, DMMs, Network and Spectrum analyzers, Dynamometers, mechanics
  
  tools, etc.)

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

We make what matters work. Everywhere you look—from the technology and machinery that surrounds us, to the critical services and infrastructure that we depend on every day—you’ll find one thing in common. It all relies on power. That’s why Eaton is dedicated to improving people’s lives and the environment with power management technologies that are more reliable, efficient, safe and sustainable. Because this is what matters.

We are confident we can deliver on this promise because of the attributes that our employees embody. We’re ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and we’re committed to learning. These values enable us to tackle some of the toughest challenges on the planet, never losing sight of what matters.

Job: Engineering

Region: North America – US/Puerto Rico
Organization: VEH EMB eMobility

Job Level: Individual Contributor
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: No
Does this position offer relocation?: Relocation from within hiring country only
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Eaton is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Eaton is 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.