NPI Engineering Supervisor - Switching Devices

Eaton’s ES AMER ARS division is currently seeking a NPI Engineering Supervisor - Switching Devices in Cleveland, TN. We are able to offer relocation assistance for qualified candidates within the United States.

In this role you will supervise New Product Introduction (NPI) team members, manage resource allocation and department finances. Lead design activities, manage regulatory requirements and compliance, and provide testing and verification oversight for development and industrialization of low-voltage distribution equipment or switching devices (SWD) at the Cleveland, TN and Juarez, MX manufacturing facilities.

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 leadership, coaching, recruiting and career development for new product team members.
• Execute design, development, and related technical tasks required to advance the product line.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight for the development of low-voltage and switching device products. Specific focus on materials, kinematics, and arc separation of switches. Leading engineers and/or designers in new product development projects.
• Mentor other Six Sigma candidates.
• Mentor less experienced engineers and designers in the US, India, and Mexico
• Coordinating with Sales, Marketing, and customers to determine design specifications for future and existing products.
• Writing design verification test plans (electrical, thermal, and mechanical).
• Orchestrating all necessary product approvals & certifications with the applicable standards agencies (UL, CSA, KEMA, ANSI, etc.)
• Initiating and promoting generation of new ideas and documenting them appropriately for possible patent application and protection.
• Coordinating design activities within project scope, budget, and schedule constraints.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Technical Science degree from accredited institution.
• Minimum of 10 year's experience in product design or sustainability in Electro-mechanical design / Electrical design / Mechanical design.
• 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

• DFSS Blackbelt
• 5 years experience in supervision of people role.
  
  
  

Skills

• Experience with CAD systems.
• Experience in design of switching devices.
• Experience with drawing vault software (Enovia).
• Design and testing to IEE, UL, CSA, or IEC standards.
• Design verification through analysis and test.
  
  
  

Soft Skills

• The ability to clearly and effectively communicate technical information, whether written or verbal to other functional departments throughout the organization and to upper management.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze product failure issues sufficiently to drive them to root cause via various problem solving methods.
• Manage engineering of multiple projects simultaneously. The ability to create and present group presentations.
  
  
  

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