Lead Mechanical Engineer
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- Qualifications Required (Basic): Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline from accredited institution. Minimum 5 years of mechanical engineering experience in product development, manufacturing engineering, systems integration, industrial equipment, energy storage, electromechanical products, or related engineering fields. Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. (This is a note about immigration sponsorship; we need to preserve substantive info: they will not sponsor immigration. Should we include? It's a requirement/restriction. It's substantive. We'll include under Requirements maybe.
- Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline from accredited institution.
- Skills: list many bullet points: Experience with supercapacitor modules or battery modules, battery systems, energy storage systems, or high-voltage electrical equipment. Experience designing products operating up to 1500 VDC or used in medium-voltage energy storage systems. Knowledge of high-voltage mechanical packaging, insulation, creepage, clearance, grounding, bonding, and touch-safe design. Experience with supercapacitors, battery module design, cylindrical cell design, pack design, rack design, or industrial cabinet design. Experience designing mechanical assemblies for vibration, shock, transportation loads, or harsh operating conditions. Experience with wiring, connectors, cable routing, and wire harness integration. Basic familiarity with manufacturing equipment, automation systems, control systems, and PLC-based equipment. Experience selecting materials and manufacturing processes during the product design phase. Experience with thermal management for energy storage or power electronics systems. Experience working with global suppliers, contract manufacturers, and customers. Familiarity with applicable UL, IEC, CE, or other safety and compliance standards.
- Key Competencies: list many bullet points: Willingness to travel up to 15%, including domestic and international travel. Hands-on mechanical design capability. EDLC module and internal component design. Full product lifecycle ownership. System-level engineering mindset. High-voltage packaging awareness. Strong DFx and manufacturability mindset. Practical materials and process selection experience. Medium- and high-volume manufacturing experience. Supplier, customer, and global engineering communication. Strong CAD and engineering documentation discipline. Prototype build and manufacturing transfer experience. Cross-functional problem solving. Basic understanding of wiring, connectors, harnesses, controls, and manufacturing equipment interfaces.
- Additional paragraphs: 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.
We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The above includes EEO statements, etc. Those should be removed. Also the accommodation request phone number maybe considered part of benefits? It's a procedural detail; but it's not a benefit. It's more like application instruction? It's about accommodation request. Might be considered boilerplate? It's not exactly EEO but still a procedural note. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The accommodation request is not exactly application instruction but could be considered a procedural detail. Safer to remove it? It's not a benefit; it's about accommodation request. Might be considered legal boilerplate. I'd remove it.
Also the sentence about "We know that good benefit programs are important..." and "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." This is benefits info but generic; we need to include Benefits section only if posting has real specific content. This is vague; not specific benefits like health, dental, 401k, etc. It says "various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work." That's somewhat specific but still generic. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Also "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". The benefits description is somewhat vague but still mentions health, welfare, retirement, paid/unpaid time off. That's somewhat specific. Might be okay to include Benefits section with that content.
Pay: we have salary range $117000 - $172000 a year. That's specific. So include Pay section.
Schedule: not mentioned explicitly; only travel up to 15% but not schedule like full-time, etc. Not given. So we should not include Schedule section.
Now we need sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Use
for each section heading. We need to preserve all substantive info; not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include details from the posting. We need to use
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for prose. We need to decide what goes into each section. About the role: likely a brief description of the role, location, relocation assistance, primary focus. Could be a paragraph. Responsibilities: list of key responsibilities bullet points. Requirements: maybe basic qualifications (Bachelor's degree, 5 years experience, no immigration sponsorship). Could also include "Must be able to travel up to 15%"? That's more a competency. But we can include travel requirement under Responsibilities or Skills? Probably under Requirements? The posting has "Key Competencies" includes willingness to travel up to 15%. We could put that under Skills or maybe under Requirements? The instruction: Use sections as per headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content. Qualifications: maybe preferred qualifications (Master's degree). Could also include basic qualifications? But we already have Requirements for basic qualifications. Qualifications could be preferred qualifications. Skills: list of skills/experience. Benefits: the generic benefits statement. Pay: salary range. We need to avoid duplication. Ensure we don't repeat same info in multiple sections unnecessarily, but we can if needed. Let's extract. About the role: - Eaton’s ES AMER Sector Integration division seeking a hands-on Lead Mechanical Engineer. - Focus: development of advanced EDLC supercapacitor products, primary focus on EDLC modules and internal mechanical components; also cylindrical EDLC cells, module packs, module rack systems up to 1500 VDC, series-combined into medium-voltage energy storage systems. - Location: office in Pleasanton, CA. Relocation assistance for qualified candidates within the United States. - Role involves owning full mechanical product design cycle from customer requirements through concept development, detailed design analysis, material selection, DFx, prototype builds, product release, manufacturing development, transfer to mass production. - Work globally with internal engineering teams, suppliers, manufacturing partners, customers; travel up to 15%. That seems good for About the role. Responsibilities: list from "Key Responsibilities". We'll need to capture each bullet. Let's list them: - Lead hands-on mechanical design and development of EDLC modules and internal components, packs, and high-voltage module rack systems operating up to 1500 VDC. - Own the full mechanical product development cycle, including customer requirements, concept development, mechanical architecture, detailed design analysis, material selection, DFx, prototype builds, validation support, engineering release, manufacturing development, and transfer to mass production. - Develop 3D CAD models, 2D drawings, assembly drawings, BOMs, specifications, and release documentation using SolidWorks and ENOVIA or similar PLM systems. - Design module-level mechanical components such as cell holders, retention systems, compression features, module frames, housings, covers, brackets, busbar supports, insulation barriers, thermal features, and service-access features. - Design and specify wiring, connectors and wire harnesses. - Collaborate with cross functional teams to integrate sensors, monitoring electronics, manufacturing equipment interfaces, automation equipment, and PLC-controlled equipment as needed. - Support high-voltage and medium-voltage system integration, including mechanical packaging for creepage, clearance, insulation, grounding, bonding, touch-safe design, serviceability, thermal management, and structural integrity. - Apply DFx principles to create robust, cost-effective, manufacturable, and serviceable designs suitable for medium- and high-volume production. - Select materials and manufacturing processes during the design phase, considering performance, reliability, manufacturability, cost, tooling, process capability, yield, and long-term product quality. - Work with suppliers and manufacturing teams to develop fabricated semi-finished goods and components used in EDLC cell, module, pack, and rack assemblies. - Lead prototype builds and engineering builds. Support pilot builds, production launch, manufacturing process development
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