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Eaton's ES AMER ARS division is currently seeking a Lead Mechanical Design Engineer. This role is based at our Moon Township, PA facility and offers a hybrid working schedule. Relocation assistance is available to candidates currently residing in the US.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $97000 - $143000 a year. Please note the salary information shown is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
The Lead Mechanical Design Engineer is responsible for the creative design and development of Residential Miniature Circuit Breakers. This position will lead and contribute to the overall mechanical design of the product with involvement from project initiation through manufacturing launch, plus ongoing improvements and support. Functional responsibility includes concept ideation, design, testing of the components plus systems as well as product qualification for performance, reliability, DFMA, and cost optimization. This position will work in a cross-functional team and work closely with the Engineering Manager, Program Manager, other Mechanical Engineers, Electrical/Firmware Engineers, Product Line Marketing Manager, Supply Chain team members, and Manufacturing personnel to develop the products in an organized and expedient fashion.
What you'll do:

• Participate in and help drive cross-functional new product development projects, innovation, idea creation, and implementation.
• Serve as the mechanical design owner, make engineering decisions based on technical analysis, product performance test results, inspection reports, tooling assessments,
• DFMA considerations, product cost metrics and team input.
• Perform mechanical engineering duties including creating CAD solid models, performing design simulations, and assisting in the development of product specifications.
• Provide leadership to the Mechanical Engineering team including design oversight and mentoring of less experienced team members. Work with the Engineering Manager to identify and drive continuous improvement activities for the mechanical team including tools, training, and processes.
• Support project management and engage with multi-disciplined teams to achieve goals using ProLaunch new product development process and other project management tools.
• Organize and coordinate work with team peers, extended internal team members and external developers.
• Leverage Eaton business standard processes for product development assignments (i.e. design standards, ECO processes, product safety assessment, FMEA, BOM structure, manufactured product cost estimations, project timeline and milestone planning).
• Provide assistance with 3rd party certifications and regulatory compliance initiatives.
• Ensure timely completion and accurate results delivered to project commitment dates.

Qualifications:
Basic (required) Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electromechanical engineering from an accredited institution.
• Four (4) years of experience in product development and design of electromechanical products/systems.
• One (1) year of experience with CAD/SolidWorks/CREO solid modeling experience and the ability to develop 2D drawings and assembly documentation including design intent.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Seven (7) years of experience in the product development of electro-mechanical products including designing plastic / metal parts, packaging of electronic PCBAs, mechanism design and analysis.
• Hands on experience with any finite element analysis software.
• Previous experience with root cause analysis and troubleshooting engineering systems.
• Previous experience with design ideation and new concept generation.
• Previous experience as a lead or mentor of less experienced engineers.

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