Lead Systems Engineer

What you’ll do:

Eaton’s Advanced Technology team is hiring a Lead Systems Engineer for its Protection, Control, and Solutions business. We are seeking an innovative, problem-solver to lead the technical integration of our next-generation solid-state circuit breaker product line, from architecture development through production.  This is a rare opportunity to shape a new category of power protection technology from the ground up – working shoulder-to-shoulder with a cross-functional engineering team to turn cutting-edge semiconductor and protection technology into a product line that redefines how electrical systems are protected. 

This role will be located in Moon Township, PA. A hybrid work model (3 onsite/2 remote) is available. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Own systems engineering architecture across a portfolio of solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) products, leading development from concept through production release.
• Translate top-level product requirements, including electrical, thermal, mechanical, safety, and regulatory requirements, into subsystem and component-level specifications for multiple product variants.
• Serve as the technical integration lead across Mechanical Engineering, Embedded Electronics, Power Electronics, Firmware/Controls, and Industrialization Engineering teams.
• Develop and maintain system architectures, interface definitions, and interface control documents (ICDs) for complex electro-mechanical products.
• Lead requirements management and traceability, ensuring alignment from customer and market needs through verification and validation activities.
• Drive architectural standardization, modularity, and platform reuse opportunities across the SSCB product portfolio.
• Define and manage verification and validation (V&V) strategies, test plans, and execution in partnership with V&V Engineering.
• Facilitate technical design reviews, risk assessments, FMEAs, root cause investigations, and corrective action initiatives across cross-functional teams.
• Partner with Program Management to align technical scope, schedule, resources, and risk across multiple concurrent development programs.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Product Management to ensure product specifications align with customer requirements, market needs, and business objectives.
• Support manufacturing readiness reviews, product industrialization efforts, and successful transition-to-production activities.

Qualifications:

Basic (Required) Qualifications:
•    Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
•    5+ years of systems engineering experience in electrical/electronic hardware product development
•    Demonstrated experience taking complex electromechanical or power electronics products from concept through production
•    Experience with design review processes and risk analysis methods (FMEA, fault tree, etc.)
•    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:
•    Experience with solid-state circuit protection, power switching, or protection relays
•    Experience managing systems engineering across multiple concurrent product lines or a product platform
•    Experience in a startup or fast-paced R&D environment with hands-on, hardware-rich development
•    Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tool experience (e.g., Cameo, DOORS, Jama)
•    Experience applying Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodologies (DOE, DFMEA, DVP&R) to hardware product development

Skills:

•    Working knowledge of power systems (power distribution, protection, or switching)
•    Systems thinking and ability to translate customer needs into engineering requirements across a product family
•    Strong cross-functional communication and technical leadership without direct authority
•    Requirements management and