Product Engineer

About This Role

This Product Engineer role focuses on metering and monitoring products within the Power Components Division. The engineer serves as the technical authority for meters, translating product and application knowledge into customer-facing documentation, engineering support, and cross-functional guidance. The position supports business growth and drives successful product lifecycle management, with a strong emphasis on application support, technical content development, customer problem resolution, and new product support.

Responsibilities

• Develop technical thought leadership content, including white papers and application-focused materials, to communicate product capabilities, technical considerations, and industry insights
• Lead application-based technical analysis and provide guidance on the correct use of meter products in customer and market applications
• Create, review, and maintain technical documentation, including instruction manuals, operating manuals, maintenance manuals, and other product literature
• Support technical discussions with internal and external stakeholders regarding product application, performance, and use-case requirements
• Partner with product managers to provide technical knowledge that strengthens product positioning, messaging, and customer engagement
• Support new product development efforts by contributing application expertise, technical requirements, and documentation needed for successful product launches
• Assist with strategic customer escalations by helping resolve complex technical issues, clarifying application concerns, and supporting high-priority customer needs
• Participate in strategic planning activities by providing customer-informed technical perspectives that support long-term product development and market positioning decisions
• Provide technical training and continued education for other customer support resources at Eaton, building internal capability and ensuring consistent technical guidance across the organization
• Contribute to product quality improvements by capturing, analyzing, and addressing customer-reported technical issues and collaborating with internal manufacturing quality personnel
• Engage with targeted end-users to drive specification of Eaton components, thus creating demand for Eaton across multiple OEMs and interunit customers
• Represent the product line at technical events and industry groups to actively participate in and shape industry codes and standards

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in sales, marketing, or engineering with electrical products, power distribution, building automation, complex electronic devices, monitoring systems, test equipment, robotics, sensor systems, or similar technologies
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US on an ongoing basis without company sponsorship

Nice to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Software Engineering
• Strong understanding of power distribution and/or electrical machine control systems, applications and their associated components
• Manufacturing / operations / design awareness, understanding, and financial impact to product line performance
• Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Excellent presentation skills and public speaking experience
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability
• Ability to learn market influences
• Ability to work effectively in team environment and independently
• Customer service skills
• Ability and interest in learning product management and marketing concepts

Benefits

• Various Health and Welfare benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work

Application Process

• All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process

About the Company

Eaton’s Power Components Division is part of the Americas region of the Electrical Sector. Eaton is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees.