Job description

Eaton’s Power Components Division is currently seeking an Engineering Manager- Industrial Breakers. This is an on-site position based at our Moon Township, PA facility with approximately 25% travel. Relocation assistance will be provided to candidates currently residing within the US/PR. The expected annual salary range for this role is $130000 - $190000 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: The Engineering Manager will lead product design engineering for select power distribution circuit breaker product lines within Eaton’s Power Components Division. This role provides technical leadership, drives product innovation, and oversees engineering execution across new product development, design maintenance, technology exploration, and continuous improvement initiatives. Key Responsibilities: • Engineering Team Leadership: Build capabilities, mentor talent, foster a digital mindset, and grow expertise in industrial breaker design, testing, modeling, and standards. • Cross functional Product Design: Set goals, manage priorities, track performance metrics, and ensure alignment with divisional engineering strategy. • Oversee NPD: From concept and requirements through design, qualification, validation, and manufacturing transfer—ensuring cost effective, manufacturable solutions using Eaton’s PROLaunch process. • Product Line Performance: Provide engineering expertise to sustain production and customer applications, resolve product issues, and ensure compliance with certifications and industry standards. • Technical Documentation: Oversee creation and maintenance of drawings, BOMs, specifications, test procedures, DFMEAs, and product guides. • Product Technology Development: Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and emerging technologies to influence product strategy. Champion innovation, technology development, and intellectual property generation. • Global Collaboration: Partner with engineering teams across APAC, EMEA, and other expert groups to support worldwide product and technology initiatives. What will make you successful? An ideal candidate is a proven leader who develops high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. You combine strong business acumen with excellent communication and presentation skills to align engineering priorities with organizational objectives while effectively influencing stakeholders across the business. You have a demonstrated track record as a change agent and excel in cross-functional and global collaboration to deliver customer-focused solutions and sustainable business results. 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 Engineering discipline from an accredited institution • Minimum 9 years of experience in electromechanical product and/or system design • Minimum 4 years of experience directly or indirectly supervising or leading teams • 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: • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution • Experience developing team capabilities through knowledge, accountability, and continuous process improvement • Directly and indirectly leading business growth through strategic innovation • Experience collaborating within globally distributed teams • Experience with electromechanical circuit protection component or systems product design, with knowledge industrial low- or medium-voltage products & technology preferred All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws. 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. Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws. You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number. 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. 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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.
Engineering Team Leadership: Build capabilities, mentor talent, foster a digital mindset, and grow expertise in industrial breaker design, testing, modeling, and standards.
Cross functional Product Design: Set goals, manage priorities, track performance metrics, and ensure alignment with divisional engineering strategy.
Oversee NPD: From concept and requirements through design, qualification, validation, and manufacturing transfer—ensuring cost effective, manufacturable solutions using Eaton’s PROLaunch process.
Product Line Performance: Provide engineering expertise to sustain production and customer applications, resolve product issues, and ensure compliance with certifications and industry standards.
Technical Documentation: Oversee creation and maintenance of drawings, BOMs, specifications, test procedures, DFMEAs, and product guides.
Product Technology Development: Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and emerging technologies to influence product strategy. Champion innovation, technology development, and intellectual property generation.
Global Collaboration: Partner with engineering teams across APAC, EMEA, and other expert groups to support worldwide product and technology initiatives.
What will make you successful?
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline from an accredited institution
Minimum 9 years of experience in electromechanical product and/or system design
Minimum 4 years of experience directly or indirectly supervising or leading teams

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Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution
Experience developing team capabilities through knowledge, accountability, and continuous process improvement
Directly and indirectly leading business growth through strategic innovation
Experience collaborating within globally distributed teams
Experience with electromechanical circuit protection component or systems product design, with knowledge industrial low- or medium-voltage products & technology preferred

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