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Eaton

Power management leader for electrical systems

Lead Engineer - Hardware, Research & Development Engineering

Hardware Systems IntegrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBonn, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed technical degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or Embedded Systems.
  • At least 8 years of professional experience in development projects for electrical products, focused on hardware.
  • Strong knowledge of ARM microprocessors, ARM microcontrollers, and industrial communication interfaces.
  • Several years of experience in technical leadership of global development teams.
  • Strong knowledge of hardware architecture and system integration.
  • Experience with HMI, PLC, or industrial automation platforms and Single Pair Ethernet is desirable.
  • Good knowledge of CODESYS or comparable PLC programming environments is desirable.
  • Ability to coordinate complex technical matters across departments and bring stakeholders together.
  • Structured, independent, solution-oriented work style with a strong quality focus.
  • Good spoken and written German and English.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the hardware architecture and platform development for automation products such as HMI, PLC, relays, and Ethernet-based communication solutions.
  • Define and conduct technical studies and feasibility analyses.
  • Manage implementation of hardware designs, including analog and digital circuits, power supplies, communication interfaces, design reviews, commissioning, and industrialization.
  • Architect and implement industrial communication solutions.
  • Ensure effective integration of hardware, firmware, and software.
  • Guide and support development of low-level drivers, board support packages, and hardware abstraction layers.
  • Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards and certifications, such as IEC 61131-2, IEC 61000-6, and IEC 61010.
  • Collaborate closely with other hardware teams, including teams in Dubai and India, centers of excellence, and hardware domain leads.
  • Coordinate validation and testing activities, including EMC, environmental, and reliability tests.
  • Guide technical implementation throughout the product lifecycle, from concept through serial production.
  • Assess and manage technical trade-offs and risks.
  • Develop hardware engineering processes and continuous improvement activities.
  • Develop new basic concepts and standards for electronics for programmable logic controllers and switching devices.
  • Coordinate technical requirements as part of requirements specification and functional specification creation.
  • Develop and assess concepts from functional, technological, and economic perspectives, and regularly coordinate them with relevant stakeholders.
  • Ensure timely and functionally appropriate provision of components and assemblies for subsequent development stages, such as ordering prototypes.
  • Estimate development effort.
  • Specify interface, quality, production, and logistics requirements for market- and customer-oriented hardware design.
  • Develop hardware designs considering interconnected functions, dependencies on other electrical and electromechanical product components, and organizational development guidelines when integrated into an overall system.
  • Prepare required documentation, including instructions for maintaining and documenting developed modules, reviews of development steps, and descriptions of release and change statuses.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with HMI, PLC, or industrial automation platforms and Single Pair Ethernet.
  • Knowledge of CODESYS or comparable PLC programming environments.

About the Company

Eaton

Power management leader for electrical systems

Eaton designs and sells electrical power management products and services for data centers, utilities, aerospace, and other industries. It provides hardware like switches, circuit breakers, transformers, and distribution equipment, plus software and services to monitor, protect, and optimize power flow from generation to end use. It combines an end-to-end power management portfolio with a long history of acquisitions to be a broad, globally integrated provider. Its goal is to enable reliable, efficient, and safe electrification across industries by improving energy management and resilience.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Dublin, Ireland
Founded
1911

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