Lead Electrical Engineer

Eaton’s AER MSD Mission System Division is currently seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer. This role is based in Davenport, IA. Relocation assistance will be provided within the hiring country only.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $97000 - $143000 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.

Position Overview:

The primary function of this position is to lead electrical/electronics development supporting design, analysis, and testing.

The individual will be responsible for leading Oxygen projects consisting of development of electrical and electronics hardware. This includes development of requirements, adherence to local and industry processes and standards, design direction, analysis, and verification. This individual will be seen as a subject matter expert within the team, taking on the most complex projects and providing oversight to projects within the Oxygen team, along with providing mentoring to fellow engineers.

This role can be involved in all aspects of product engineering including new product introduction, product support, bid and proposal, and innovation.

• Responsibility as electrical engineering lead for engineering development of complex electrical projects including: requirements development, electrical system design, PCB design, analysis, and verification.
• Provides support to management on technical direction of projects and processes.
• Participates in technology roadmap development.
• Design for and ensure adherence to MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-704, and DO-160 requirements as applicable.
• Application of Design for Six Sigma tools and methods to drive product robustness.
• Uses and champions structured problem-solving technique, such as 8
  
  Ds, with strong communication/presentation skills for reporting status to customers and/or senior management.
• Actively engages engineering team members to evaluate design ideas, provide mentoring, and support successful product development.
• Participate in internal and external design reviews for development projects.
• Attend internal design reviews conducted by the team or other engineering design teams, as a subject matter expert.
• Prepare and conduct design reviews and RCCA report-outs directly with customer.
• Engineering proposals, selecting the best design concept solution including compliance to customer specifications and industry regulatory requirements. Estimate electrical engineering effort required for new projects and outline the proposed design concept accurately enough for project and unit cost to be estimated.
• Develop relationships with Eaton’s global engineering teams and leverage the team for execution on programs, development of skills, sharing of best practices, and enhancement of processes.

• Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering from an ABET accredited university.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience with electrical hardware and electronics design.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens;
  Eaton does not provide immigration sponsorship.
• You must be a U.S. citizen to be eligible and considered for this position pursuant to applicable U.S. Federal Government contract requirements.

• Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, or related Engineering Degree from an ABET accredited program.
• 7 years of electrical engineering experience.
• 5 years experience as a leader of product development efforts with requirements development, validation, and verification, direct customer engagement, technical solutions development, systems documentation, and root cause problem solving.
• Experience with PCB design and analysis preferred.
• Knowledge of aerospace component test methods and capabilities.
• Ability to interpret aerospace technical requirements and knowledge of industry standard requirements.
• Knowledge of standard aerospace manufacturing processes and ability to design for manufacturability.
• Experience with Structured Problem Solving practices including the use of Six Sigma methods.

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