Senior Hardware Engineer

Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Hardware Engineering Specialist. This role will be based out of our Plymouth, MN site with a hybrid work schedule of three days in office/two days work from home. Relocation offered.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $109000 - $159000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What You’ll Do

As a specialist hardware Engineer, you will be part of an agile team who develops intelligent embedded electronic devices for high performance, real-time controls and protective relays used for smart grid applications in the electrical power distribution industry. You will collaborate with a multi-discipline engineering team (software, hardware, and test), distributed around the world, to define requirements between hardware and software subsystems.

• Own end‑to‑end electronic hardware architecture, design, and verification for embedded products (digital/analog, power, high‑speed interfaces, microcontrollers/microprocessors, PMICs, sensors, comms, etc.), from requirements through validation and production release.
• Lead hardware requirements flow‑down, design tradeoffs, derating, simulation/analysis, design reviews and DfX (DFM/DFA/DFT).
• Champion product compliance/readiness for utility environments (e.g., IEC 61850‑3, IEEE 1613), working with codes & standards and test labs.
• Collaborate with firmware & software Systems, Marketing, Test, Manufacturing/Quality, Product and Supply Chain teams to ensure platform reuse, manufacturability, and robust V&V plans across the lifecycle.
• Develop test script for board bring up and design verification, document test plan, test criteria and conduct test for circuitry design

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• Support and resolve engineering problems found during production and field
• Understand logic and algorithms for signal processing, real-time control algorithms, and high-speed communication interfaces
• Mentor/lead engineers’ team, facilitate communities of practice, guide technical reviews and coaching plans. Align behaviors to the Eaton Leadership Model (ELM).
• Influence/lead capacity planning and skill development; help shape staffing plans and competency assessments used by managers.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Basic (Required) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer science from an accredited institution
• Minimum 7 years of experience in electronic design or developing embedded communication or control devices

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• 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

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering from an accredited institution
• Experience developing control algorithms, experience developing signal processing algorithms
• Experience in FPGA design simulation (i.e. MATLB and Simulink)
• Experience with embedded hardware electronic peripherals
• Proficiency in Altium Designer, signal integrity tools, and simulation platforms.

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• Familiarity with Agile development, DFSS, PPAP
• Knowledge of power systems, switchgear and regulator controls products/applications is an added advantage
• Knowledge in manufacturing and product test process.
  
  
  

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