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Senior Compliance Engineer

Eaton
Eaton Salary
Raleigh, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 5/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/22/2026

Eaton's Electrical Critical Power Solutions Division is currently seeking a Senior Compliance Professional. This hybrid role is based in our Raleigh, NC office. Relocation benefits will be provided to Raleigh, NC from within the United States only. This role will require up to 50% travel.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $86000 - $126000 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.

Eaton’s Electrical Critical Power Solutions Division designs, manufactures, and services Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, batteries, 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.

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours.

Why Eaton?
  • Be a key member of a world-class organization that creates market leading UPS, distribution and energy transition products.
  • Work in a modern hybrid collaborative environment. Eaton is committed to fostering a successful work/life balance.
  • Competitive salary and benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, tuition reimbursement, paid holidays, vacation, paid parental leave.

Position Overview:
The Senior Compliance Professional is responsible for defining and managing the technical and regulatory requirements for Static Transfer Switches, Power Distribution Units, Remote Power Panels, and related Data Center End-of-Power-Chain equipment, ensuring compliance with geographic-specific standards. The individual will develop and communicate requirement plans to design teams and project leaders, actively contribute throughout the design process, and support validation and agency testing to confirm all criteria are met on schedule. Additionally, the role is responsible for maintaining up-to-date certifications and ensuring the business remains compliant with evolving safety and environmental regulations.

What you’ll do:

  • Interface with multifunctional teams consisting of individuals from product design, validation testing, manufacturing, and product engineering, acting as a consultant and reviewer in matters of agency compliance.
  • Develop unique ways of uncovering product compliance issues before products are built. Brings product design issues and solutions to the forefront of discussion during product design reviews.
  • Analyze new and proposed requirements from geographical, national, and local code writing organizations to determine how they could impact products and therefore recommend changes to them to stay in compliance.
  • Develop compliance test plans; reviews test facilities, setup and instrumentation; supervises agency tests conducted by others.
  • Analyze test data for determination of validity and product compliance to specifications.
  • Prepare and review test data materials for submittal to safety agencies.
  • Prepare detailed product construction reports for submittal to safety agencies.
  • Promote safety and environmental compliance in design.
  • Promote and teach safe working practices within the Engineering team based in Richmond.

Qualifications:

Basic (Required) Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
  • Minimum 2 years of experience working with accreditation agencies with electrical focus.
  • Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.
  • 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 of Science in Electrical Engineering accredited institution with 5 years of experience.
  • Knowledge of UPS, Power Conversion Equipment, and electrical distribution. equipment safety and legal requirements.
  • Knowledge and understanding of safety and legal requirements for information technology equipment, hazardous material handling and transportation.
  • Familiarity with the following regulatory standards:
  • Knowledge of emerging environmental, TSCA and ROHS requirements:

o UL62368-1
o UL1778
o UL 1998
o UL 991
o IEC 62040-1
o IEC 62477

Skills:

  • Ability to understand the needs of the business and ability to make wise decisions to maintain customer satisfaction and Eaton quality and profitability
  • Ability to work autonomously and shift to a team environment with the ability to work with other teams within Eaton
  • Performs work with a sense of urgency and high attention to detail.
  • Communication - discuss technical concepts and information to internal staff/peers and stakeholders, strong verbal and written documentation, and interpersonal communication skills.

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.

Salary : $86,000 - $126,000

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