Chief Engineer - PDU & Converter Intervter Product Lines

Eaton is seeking a Chief Engineer - PDU & Converter/Inverter Product Lines to join our Aerospace team! This hybrid role may be located within 50 miles of any Eaton Aerospace location. Up to 25% travel is required.

Position Overview:

Chief Engineer position responsible for ensuring/enhancing functional excellence and overall technical integrity of new product and technology development for Aerospace electrification portfolio in the area of power electronics and conversion. This is a global role aimed at providing high quality low voltage and high-power electronics design/development with adherence/compliance of Eaton procedures to align with industry standards like DO-254/160 and ARP4754A in Aerospace, or the equivalent Functional Safety standards for Electrical/Electronic systems in Hydraulics or Vehicle (e.g. IEC61508 and ISO26262) and MilStds

The successful candidate will need to have a wide range of knowledge and experience across the following domain disciplines:

• Power conversion and distribution, Digital and Analog Electronics; switch mode high power, high voltage, highly efficient, high power density DC-AC inverters, DC/DC, AC/DC converters with power factor correction with both analog and digital controls, HV power distribution systems
• Cradle to grave development experience on embedded controls products requiring high reliability and ability to withstand harsh environments.

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.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Senior level engineering technical role for Aerospace Fluid & Electrical Distribution Division will act as subject matter expert in Electronics with the flexibility to apply their expertise to different product lines including converters, inverters, power distribution, electric propulsion
• Generates technical solutions and has accountability for the integrity of design solutions on multiple large and small programs
• Administer electronics and electrical engineering principles to identify and understand issues, and to generate design solutions for various product development challenges associated with power conversion, inversion and distribution.
• Drives best practice methodologies for engineering with proven methods & tools and serves as the "surrogate customer" for quality acceptance of all products & technical deliverables by personally getting involved, designing, teaching coaching & mentoring
• Helps engineering teams and managers attain on-time program execution for many complex programs with electronics content to ensure programs meets internal and external customer needs via performance measures
• Maintains an awareness of research, trends/industry developments and utilizes domain expertise to drive strategic innovation and technology roadmap activities aligned to current and future customer needs
• Leads the Innovation activity around Electronics (includes Power Electronics) to support Eaton Aerospace organic growth objectives of revenue growth year over year. Innovation and Ideation are critical activities to fill the growth funnel with potential growth opportunities. Contributes to strategic direction and advancement of current product technology and development of new technology and product feature sets, to drive value propositions that command a premium for the associated products.
• Collaborates with customers and anticipates the future based on a deep understanding and familiarity of current technology trends and directions
• Serves as key technical lead to the Integrated Program Development Team, and to customers on large and complex programs
• Key interface to relevant professional organizations, standards bodies and university collaborations related to Electronics. Proactively represent and promote Eaton by taking an active role in external forums and drives for recognition as an SME.
• Helps engineering teams integrate Design for Six Sigma tools and approaches, engineering simulation & modeling software, and phase-gate development processes for design and development activities.
• Drives the use of tools such as DFMEA, DFT and DFM design techniques to ensure development of robust design specifications, design guidelines, model and drawing detailing, design validation plans that produce reliable and sound design solutions
• Facilitates and leads root cause and corrective action (RCCA) activities as needed
• Facilitates, Leads or Supports Non-Advocate Reviews as tasked
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or other STEM related discipline (e.g Physics, Computer Science, Electrical, etc.) from an accredited institution is required
• 10 years of experience with new product development specializing in electrical and electronic embedded components and systems
• 5 years of experience in Aerospace electronics or other field requiring high integrity/reliability in harsh environments
• Ability to travel internationally and domestically
• This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Green or Black Belt Certification
• Broad knowledge of other industries to "import" best in class ideas
• Master's or PhD degree in Engineering from an accredited institution

Position Criteria:

• Strong analytical skills covering multiple areas of engineering
• Ability to identify growth opportunities and nurse them through the Ideation Process or PROLaunch
• Ability to interact with business and technology leaders
• High level of creativity and strategic thinking
• Ability to work in a matrix environment, influence the organization, get results and drive change through others without direct reporting relationship
• Ability to run Tiger teams and crisis management
• Exposure to what excellence looks like and ability to articulate this vision
• Assist in the development of Eaton Aerospace electrification strategy, supporting more electric aircraft and personal air taxis (EVTOL, ECTOL) for best in class in electronics & electrical systems
• Demonstrated on-going Global and learning mindset.
• Possess a broad-strategic vision of the company's future products and services.

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Job: Engineering

Region: North America - US/Puerto Rico
Organization: AER FED Fluid Electrical Distribution

Job Level: Manager
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: Yes - Hybrid
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time