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Electrical Design Engineer - Power Distribution

Eaton
Eaton Salary
Austin, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 2/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/27/2026
Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Electrical Design Engineer - Power Distribution. The Project Operations Team provides comprehensive engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services throughout the entire project lifecycle. Our team specializes in handling both greenfield and brownfield turnkey electrical projects and has expertise in designing and constructing high and medium-voltage substations and developing power distribution solutions for utilities, government, data centers, industrial, and commercial facilities.This is a fully remote position with 10% travel, must have experience with MV Power Distribution to be considered.

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

  • Provide design engineering services instrumental to the completion of turnkey projects.
  • Provide engineering guidance to teams of designers/discipline specific engineers to create complete designs including both electrical and civil packages.
  • Responsible for leading design deliverables to maintain project schedule, design budget, design accuracy, and submittal completeness working in concert with a broader execution team.
  • The LDE is charged with value added engineering to provide a quality product while driving efficiencies.
  • Ability to lead medium/high voltage designs for both substations and MV power distribution
  • Participate in site walk downs to assist in developing proposals for new work
  • Develop engineering estimates to develop scope, budget, and review technical documents
  • Ability to develop and maintain schedule/budget
  • Ability to work with and mentor other engineers on team


Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

  • BS in engineering from an accredited institution with minimum of 3 to 7 years of electrical engineering or electrical design experience OR AS in Engineering from an accredited institution with minimum of 7 - 10 years of electrical engineering or design experience; OR In lieu of degree, minimum twelve 10-12 years of electrical engineering or design 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.
  • Experience with AutoCAD and/or MicroStation
  • Must be located in one of the desired locations to be considered including (AL, GA, MS, TX, OK, NM, NC, SC, TX, FL, LA and TN). No relocation offered


Preferred Qualifications

  • Professional Engineer qualification
  • Field experience in testing/commissioning medium voltage equipment
  • Working knowledge of NERC/FERC, NESC, NEC, ANSI, NETA


Skills

  • Equipment Specifications
  • Single line/Three line drawings
  • Schematics/Wiring/Interconnection diagrams
  • General arrangement drawings
  • Conduit/cable plans
  • Grounding drawings
  • AC/DC control power drawings
  • SCADA design
  • Equipment Testing Procedures/Commissioning plans


The application window for this position is anticipated to close on 02/10/2026

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.

Salary : $97,000 - $143,000

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