Automation Manufacturing Engineer Job Richmond area,Virginia USA,Engineering

Requisition
75973
-Posted
10/22/2026

Eaton’s Critical Power Solutions (CPS) division is currently seeking a Automation Manufacturing Engineer to lead advanced manufacturing, automation, industrialization, and capacity initiatives across its manufacturing network. This role is located our of Richmond, VA.

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

Apply Lean manufacturing principles, including current-state and future-state value-stream mapping, to identify, prioritize, and implement improvements across CPS manufacturing sites.
Lead divisional Industry 4.0 and automation projects and provide technical support for site-led implementations, including autonomous mobile robots, vertical lift modules, industrial robotics, and collaborative robotics.
Develop and execute divisional manufacturing and capacity strategies that align equipment, labor, floor space, and capital investments with forecast demand.
Develop capital-project concepts and lead approved projects from business case and planning through implementation, validation, and operational handoff.
Evaluate existing manufacturing processes and implement solutions that improve safety, repeatability, quality, productivity, and cost competitiveness.
Lead the industrialization of new products by incorporating design for manufacturability and assembly, production-system design, automation, capital requirements, and launch-readiness planning.
Partner with engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, and site leadership to standardize best practices and scale successful manufacturing solutions across the CPS network.
Independently manage multiple cross-functional projects, communicate risks and priorities, and deliver agreed scope, schedule, cost, and performance objectives.

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution.
Minimum of five years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience, including experience leading cross-functional projects or multisite initiatives.
Candidates must reside within 50 miles of the location listed in the job description
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, industrial, manufacturing, or a related engineering discipline.
Experience using an enterprise resource planning or material requirements planning system, preferably SAP.
Experience implementing industrial automation, industrial robotics, or collaborative robotics.
Experience using Microsoft Project or an equivalent project-planning tool.
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
Project Management Professional certification or an equivalent project-management credential.

Skills:

Broad knowledge of manufacturing processes, including assembly, automation, material flow, and production-system design.
Demonstrated ability to apply Lean manufacturing systems and Six Sigma methods to solve complex operational problems.
Ability to translate business priorities into practical manufacturing strategies in a dynamic, multisite environment.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively and to communicate clearly and professionally across organizational levels and functions.
Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing demands, maintain momentum, influence without direct authority, and deliver measurable results.

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