Engineering Manager

Eaton’s IS AER ITD Aerospace division is currently seeking an Engineering Manager.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $149,000 - $219,000 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.

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.

This role requires working on‑site M-F at our Camarillo, CA location. If needed, relocation assistance is available for a qualified candidate currently residing in the USA.

The product design engineering manager leads a team of product design engineers responsible for the following areas:

• Internal research and development
• New product development (NPD/NPI)
• Sustaining engineering for ongoing production
• Manufacturing sourcing changes
• Cost out projects
• New business campaigns

He/she is responsible for managing project engineering work from initial scoping through execution and eventual project closure and providing communication on this work to internal and external stakeholders. He/she helps coordinate all work within the scope of assigned projects, managing engineering scope change, risks, and issues working alongside program managers.

This role is responsible for functional management activities including hiring, performance management, and talent development. The engineering manager will be responsible for mechanical hold down/release mechanism devices for aviation, military, and space applications, as well as support plant sustaining engineering for electrical connector product lines.

• Leads teams supporting current design, development, or legacy/sustaining product support for hold down and release mechanism products and related components used in aviation, space, industrial, and military applications.
• Leads engineers assigned to global, cross‑functional teams and multiple manufacturing locations to support ongoing production, new product launches, and product manufacturing transfers/sourcing across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.
• Manages teams responsible for communication with customer engineering teams.
• Manages teams responsible for product design and documentation captured through Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), leveraging Eaton's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system.
• Manages teams that provide technical reviews with internal and external stakeholders.
• Manages teams that provide technical support to customers, suppliers, manufacturing engineers, and sales and marketing teams. Responsibilities include new and existing projects, assessing non‑recurring cost estimates (NRE), managing project scope changes, developing engineering activity schedules, and reviewing/approving technical documents/deliverables.
• Leads planning and specification of new product requirements, as well as detailed validation and verification plans working alongside a cross‑functional team.
• Leads witnessing testing of products and manages test program communication within and external to the enterprise.
• Leads Eaton's prototype and tooling manufacturing lab, ensuring on‑time delivery and quality of deliverables.
• Leads teams responsible for failure analysis including 8D, and provides guidance on root cause and corrective action (RCCA) activities.
• Leads teams responsible for MRB review of discrepant hardware and assessment of functionality where appropriate or delegated by customers.
• Leads teams and sets standards for creation and management of product data in Eaton’s PLM (Enovia).
• Supports the assessment of jurisdiction and classification of hardware and technical data in accordance with ITAR and EAR.
• Responsible for talent management for his/her team including promotions, performance management, hiring, and coaching.
• Supports ongoing sustaining engineering for electrical connector products where/when required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or similar, from an ABET accredited institution.
• Minimum 7 years of product engineering experience.
• Minimum 3 years of…