Hardware Engineer

About the role

Eaton’s Power Components Division is currently seeking a Hardware Engineer to join the team. This is a hybrid position (3 days on-site, 2 days remote per week) based at our Moon Township, (Pittsburgh) PA location. Relocation assistance will be provided to candidates currently residing within the US/PR.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop electronic hardware for circuit breaker electronics, protection systems, metering, communication, and control products.
• Design, analyze, test, and troubleshoot analog, digital, mixed-signal, and power electronic circuits.
• Develop products using microcontrollers, embedded systems, communication interfaces, and sensing technologies.
• Utilize schematic capture, PCB layout, simulation, and laboratory test equipment to develop and validate designs.
• Develop hardware requirements, specifications, design documentation, and validation plans.
• Support compliance and certification activities for UL, CSA, IEC, NEMA, and other applicable standards.
• Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, FMEA activities, design verification, and product validation efforts.
• Investigate production, field, supplier, and customer issues using structured root-cause analysis methods and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with firmware, systems, mechanical, quality, manufacturing, sourcing, and marketing teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Manage multiple tasks and project priorities while meeting schedule, quality, and performance objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in electronic hardware design or product development.
• Experience with analog and digital circuit design, testing, troubleshooting, or validation.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools such as Altium Designer or equivalent.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline (preferred).
• Experience with EMC/EMI design and compliance testing.
• Experience with UL, CSA, IEC, NEMA, or similar regulatory standards.
• Experience with power distribution, circuit protection, metering, industrial controls, or related electronic products.
• Experience with root-cause analysis, design verification, FMEA, and reliability testing.

Benefits

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