Lead Product Line Support Engineer

About the role

Eaton's EPG CPCD Controls Power Conversion Division is looking for a Lead Product Line Support Engineer. The role provides sustaining engineering, Design and Release and Product Line Support (PLS) for industrial control products such as push buttons, selector switches, contactors, starters, overloads, variable frequency drives and reduced voltage soft starters. It covers the full product lifecycle, from new product introduction and line extensions to engineering changes, VAVE/cost out, obsolescence management and product stewardship.

Key responsibilities

• Provide engineering lead support for new and existing products, evaluating and implementing design changes that improve manufacturability, reduce cost and improve quality and reliability.
• Troubleshoot product issues, support manufacturing and maintain product technical integrity.
• Create, maintain and release technical documentation (drawings, BOMs, specifications, engineering changes) using engineering and PLM systems.
• Perform or coordinate engineering analysis, design reviews and DVP&R, and coordinate reliability, performance and environmental testing with internal and external laboratories.
• Lead root-cause investigations and implement validated corrective design solutions.
• Support VAVE and cost-out initiatives, and manage product deviations, engineering changes and configuration updates.
• Support certification and regulatory compliance (UL, CSA, IEC, RoHS, REACH).
• Collaborate with design centers, plant operations, quality, marketing, supply chain, test engineering and suppliers, and support supplier and component lifecycle activities.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in mechatronic, mechanical, electronic, electromechanical engineering or a similar engineering career.
• 5 to 7 years of experience in similar positions.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.
• Preferred: Yellow Belt DFSS or DMAIC Lean Six Sigma certified, and knowledge of Minitab, 6 Sigma and ISO9001.

Required skills

• CAD/SolidWorks/CREO modeling, 2D drawing and assembly documentation, and drawing interpretation.
• Minitab, MS Office, Altium Designer, AutoCAD or equivalent.
• Materials knowledge with emphasis on plastic injection molding and metal stamping.
• Mechanical simulation (Ansys, Creo, SolidWorks) or electrical simulation (LTSpice).
• PLM systems such as Enovia and production environments such as Mapics/AS400.