Power Engineering Senior Specialist
Listed on 2026-02-28
-
Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineer, Electronics Engineer
Eaton’s Protection, Control & Solutions group is currently seeking a Power Engineering Senior Specialist. This is a hybrid position (3 days on‑site, 2 days remote per week) based at our Moon Township, PA location. Relocation assistance will be provided to candidates currently residing within the US/PR.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $137,000 - $201,000 a year. Please note that 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 DoWe are seeking an innovative problem‑solver to develop and design circuit protection and its selective coordination topologies for low voltage and medium voltage direct‑current (DC) power distribution systems for Eaton’s Protection, Control and Solutions business. In addition, you will have the opportunity to work with the Advanced Technology team to develop ultra‑fast switching systems and lead engineering sample testing for DC circuit protection.
You will work with a team of dedicated engineers and experience the excitement of bringing new products to life from design concept through to production launch.
The primary function is to deliver DC protection and selectivity topologies for power electronics‑based circuit protection products. This includes creating functionality related to hardware/firmware drivers, protection, metering, communication, and user interface.
Key Responsibilities- Lead the development of top‑level circuit protection architecture and functional requirements for DC power systems
- Leverage model‑based design to define selective coordination of protection
- Provide technical design support and direction to product design engineers
- Coordinate validation efforts with end‑to‑end DC system team
- Contribute to ultra‑fast switching system development, design, prototyping and testing
- Build and maintain subject matter expertise for circuit protection and coordination in DC power distribution systems
- Lead formal design and quality reviews
- Lead and coordinate engineering sample test plan development and related tests
- Provide domain expertise to product support personnel to solve field issues
- Perform and contribute to technical research and investigations
- Collaborate with teams from Corporate Research & Technology, Electrical Sector Center of Excellence, and external technology resources (National Labs and Universities) for technology and product innovation
- Generate value added intellectual property
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Applied Physics from an accredited institution
- Minimum of 10 years of experience developing circuit protection products for both LV and MV applications
- 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.
- PhD in Electrical Engineering or Applied Physics from an accredited institution
- Experience with power systems
- Experience with LV, MV or HV circuit breakers
- Experienced in arc or vacuum arc management
- Experience working in diverse cultural situations with global customers and team members
- Experience with new product development phase‑gate processes
- Experience with DFSS tools
- Experience with model‑based design (utilizing MATLAB and Simulink)
- Self‑motivated and goal‑oriented
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Collaborative orientation - the ability to succeed in a highly team‑oriented, global, and diverse environment
- Consistently acts in an ethical, open, honest, trustworthy and truthful manner
- Occasional domestic and international travel required as needed (10%)
- Demonstrate problem‑solving capability
- Ability to learn new skills, knowledge, industry, or products
- Desire for innovation, new product development, program management … to make what matters work!
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…
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).