Electrical Test Engineer

Eaton’s Electrical Critical Power Solutions Division is currently seeking a Test Engineer to join our team in Austin, TX.

Relocation benefits and sponsorship will be provided within the United States only.

This role will be responsible for supporting design testing, lab setup, and design validation for a wide range of energy storage power conversion and UPS products. This position will also be responsible for executing and creating test plans for the commissioning and engineering testing of energy transition products in the engineering lab along with contributing to the overall safety and functioning of engineering labs at Eaton Raleigh.

Eaton’s Electrical Critical Power Solutions Division designs, manufactures, and services Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, surge protection devices (SPD), batteries, Power distribution, monitoring/metering equipment and electronic-based products to ensure power reliability in the most demanding applications. Our employees deliver mission-critical solutions to our customers’ most challenging energy management requirements.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $83,250 - $122,100 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

• Develops project test plans; prepare test facilities & required instrumentation.
• Coordinate technician resources in support of project test plan.
• Analyze test data for determination of validity and product compliance to specifications.
• Prepare test data materials for submittal to safety agencies.
• Formally document product design issues & specification non-conformances along with subsequent corrective action taken; provide feedback to project teams on test activities, open issues, and project schedule.
• Organize test data and prepares test reports.
• Participate in global test and design reviews.
• Define safety procedures and requirements in test cell, as instituted by Eaton EHS and local representatives
• Perform tests on the power converters (Greater than 100kW) and system level controllers
• Implement, test, and troubleshoot high level controls and system interactions
• Support and perform minimum viable product testing and demonstrations in the lab or at customer sites
• Collaborate with cross functional teams within US and in EMEA and APAC
• Support prototype build, testing and delivery of products to the customer.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering from an accredited institution with a minimum five (5) years work experience in a high power lab testing products focused on firmware
• Experience and willing to work in a high-power lab test environment at minimum 480V ac
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience high power testing of electrical systems.
• Experience with power electronics lab and hands on with high power equipment at 480Vac.
• Experience with 1500Vdc power equipment.
• Experience with setup and test for product certifications
• Working knowledge of typical electronics measuring systems and applications such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, data-loggers, dielectric analyzers, etc
• Experience working with contractors and suppliers for test facilities, including commissioning and implementation of equipment
  
  
  

Skills

Position Success Criteria:

• Working well with a cross functional team
• Excellent communications skills. Must have good written and oral communications skills and be proficient in preparation of formal test procedures and reports
• Ability to demonstrate process management and figure out processes necessary to get things done
• Ability to evaluate safety and risks associated with electrical products and electrical hazards
• Position requires an individual who is self-motivated, self-managed, team-oriented, proactive, attentive to detail, task and safety oriented, and able to overcome obstacles to meet schedule requirements
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 lbs
• Flexibility to work varying hours of time depending on duration of test
  
  
  

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