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Lead Application Engineer - Switchgear

Eaton Corporation
South Milwaukee, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 9/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/11/2026
Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Lead Application Engineer - Switchgear. 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 Power Systems Division is currently seeking a Lead Application Engineer. This position is part of a dynamic Switchgear marketing team and serves as a technical expert for the application of Underground Switchgear products. We understand the importance of work life balance: This role is located at our facility in South Milwaukee, WI with a hybrid schedule of 3 days in office/2 days remote (relocation offered to those currently residing in the U.S). This role is responsible for marketing, product, and application support in assigned territories. You will also define and service immediate customer requirements, identify opportunities for new product development, and promote existing products to drive profitable product line growth. In this role, you will build success through: Customer Relationships • Sales Growth: Proactively own assigned sales regions in collaboration with sales team to drive growth and establish priorities. • Application Support: Perform specification/application reviews to guide the Proposals team in preparing larger or more complex quotations. • Customer Relationships: Work with Eaton’s field sales team to cultivate customer relationships and specify appropriate products, solutions, and innovation ideas. Meet with customers at factory and at customer sites to discuss customer needs, sales opportunities, and product issues. • Customer Support: Support analysis and resolution of customer complaints. • Complex Problem Solving: Handles more complex technical issues and provides advanced solutions. Product Management • Industry Expertise: Collect voice of customer (VOC), develop product requirements, and prepare/present business cases for highly strategic projects. • Marketing Promotions: Develop promotional material, sales tools, and promotional programs. • Training and Development: Conduct sales force training advanced product applications and drive development of additional training materials. • Marketing New Products: Serve as marketing representative in new product project teams for highly strategic projects. • Lead Marketing Projects: Lead marketing projects such as marketing studies, competitive studies, and customer loyalty programs. Strategic Marketing • Advanced Technical Expertise: Monitor industry trends, application trends, competitive products, and new technology developments to become technical expert on Underground Switchgear products and markets. • Innovation: Identify and analyze opportunities for product innovation. • Strategy Development: Participate in developing long term strategies and marketing material for business reviews. • Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the marketing team. ## Qualifications: Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution. • Minimum of five (5) years of experience in marketing, engineering, sales, or product support. • 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 engineering is preferred. • Two or more years of experience working with electric power distribution switchgear, applications, systems, and standards is preferred. #LI-ML1 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. 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.

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