Global Director, Engineering- Distributed IT

Eaton’s Distributed IT organization within the Electrical Sector is seeking a dynamic Global Director of Engineering. Preferred location is in Woodridge, Illinois. Willing to consider remote work with required travel.

What you’ll do:

Job summary

Eaton’s Distributed IT (D IT) division is seeking a Global Engineering Leader to drive innovation, product development, and systems engineering across our portfolio of data center and distributed infrastructure solutions.

This executive will lead a global, multi-disciplinary engineering organization and play a critical role in shaping the future of power, cooling, connectivity, and digital infrastructure solutions for hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise customers.

Job responsibilities

Lead Strategy & Innovation Define and execute the global engineering and technology strategy aligned to business growth priorities

Drive innovation across integrated solutions spanning hardware, software, and services

Partner with senior leadership to deliver business and functional objectives

Own Product & Solutions Development Lead end-to-end product development, including new product introductions (NPI) and lifecycle management

Establish reference designs, system architectures, and validated configurations to accelerate deployment

Translate customer requirements into scalable product and system roadmaps

Deliver Customer-Centric Solutions Lead customer co-design and development partnerships with hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise clients

Implement structured voice-of-customer (VOC) processes to convert insights into engineering requirements

Ensure solutions meet evolving needs in data centers, edge computing, and energy-efficient infrastructure

Drive Engineering Excellence Establish robust system validation, testing, and qualification frameworks

Ensure high performance in reliability, scalability, and compliance

Drive improvements in speed-to-market, cost, and quality

Lead a Global Organization Build and lead a high-performing, global engineering team across disciplines

Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement

Develop leadership capability and technical depth across the organization

Enable Cross-Functional Execution Partner with Product Management, Operations, Supply Chain, and Quality to deliver end-to-end solutions

Ensure alignment across the full product lifecycle—from concept through deployment and sustainment

Qualifications:

Education level required

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (preferred: Master's in Engineering or MBA)
Years and area of experience required

Minimum of 15 years professional engineering roles (power engineering background desirable)
Minimum of 7 years of people management experience.

Technical knowledge

Possess significant experience in electrical components/systems design, new product development, and program management. Advanced degree may be substituted for some experience.

Skills:

Soft skills

Knowledge of current engineering techniques, practices and engineering standards.

Demonstrated success leading and influencing geographically dispersed teams through a collaborative leadership style, while ensuring compliance and accountability.

Proven ability to build, develop, and lead high-performing teams.

Ability to influence and partner across a global matrix.

Collaborative orientation. The ability to succeed in a highly team-oriented environment.

Globally astute. Understands how to adapt communication style to fit different cultures.

Demonstrated strategic thinking, drive for results, and managerial courage.

Must have experience developing strategic plans and creating presentations to communicate the plans.

Proficiency in data center infrastructure, including cooling, power conversion, distribution, intelligent software monitoring systems and redundancy.

Additional Information:

Organizational chart

Supervisor:
President of Global D-ITFunctional Manager (if applicable): VP of Global Data Center Engineering Incumbent (if applicable): n/aDirect Reports (if applicable):
Engineering directors and senior managers

Dimensions

Scope of Responsibilities:
Global leader with reports across multiple countries

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