Senior Electrical Engineer

What you’ll do:

As a Senior Electrical Engineer you will support our product development and design of our high-power three-phase UPS, Energy Storage, medium voltage product lines. The role includes all aspects of product design life cycle from concept to production as part of a global, dynamic, multi-disciplinary team. If you have a passion for hardware design of power electronics-centric products, this role is for you. Our growing team is expanding our product portfolio with next-generation technologies, and we are looking for engineers with a passion to ensure that we make what matters to our customers work.

In this function you will:

• Successfully develop new products from concept to production that meet customer requirements and Eaton safety, quality, reliability, cost and schedule commitments.
• Work with global cross-functional engineering team to design and develop new products which may include three-phase 480V UPS , 1MW and larger energy storage systems, or solid state transformer (SST) products for maintaining critical loads such as datacenters and hospitals.
• Create and maintain functional specifications aligned with customer and product management requirements.
• Review data and simulate power electronics, analog, logical, and digital circuits, including transient and state machine change analyses. Drive technical excellence and rigor through simulations and Design for Six Sigma concepts.
• Collaborate with the electrical lead in product development projects and be accountable for meeting cost, product performance, and schedule goals for areas of responsibility.
• Interface with vendors on component technical issues, including data sheet clarification, component performance, and design solutions.
• Support product DVT and validation testing in the lab with a team of engineers and technicians.
• Support prototype build, testing and delivery of products to the customer.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum three (3) years work experience in power electronic circuit design OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution with a minimum of one (1) year work experience in power electronic circuit design
• Must reside in the United States. Relocation is offered on the role. Must live, or be willing to relocate to the Raleigh, NC area

Preferred:

• Experience with Inverter design, knowledge of battery systems and protective devices including power distribution.
• Knowledge of three-phase power systems, power electronics utility interface, and power conversion topologies.
• Understanding of Power Electronic controls and the impact on system design
• Experience with Design for Six Sigma tools
• Experience interacting with Global teams
• Experience in development of medium voltage power conversion equipment

Position Criteria:

• Understanding of Magnetics Design for high frequency Power Electronics.
• Ability to simulate, analyze, troubleshoot using HIL systems.
• Competent with MATLAB/Simulink/PLECS and PSPICE.
• Analyze and simulate power electronics systems from board level to complex products.
• Familiarity with schematic entry and PCB design tools like Altium, Cadence, etc.
• Understanding of layout design principles.
• Excellent verbal/ written communications.
• Position requires an individual who is self-motivated, self-managed, team-oriented, proactive, attentive to detail, task oriented, and able to overcome obstacles to meet schedule requirements.
• Familiarity with common tools and methods to work in high power lab (480V) environment, oscilloscope, power analyzers and meters.
• Work in lab environment around high voltage where safety awareness is critical.

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Why Eaton

With datacenter industry thriving with AI deployments, there is no better place to be!