Resident Engineer - Fire Products, Manufacturing

What you’ll do:

• Demonstrate capability in working on NPI/VAVE/Resourcing projects for Fire Business products / Detection products.
• Provide Product knowledge & expertise in support of manufacturing, especially during NPI Industrialization phases and change management.
• Drive VAVE and New products leading cost out to support customer, manufacturing, applicable regulatory and industry standards, and market requirements through Change Management process within the scope of the Fire product line.
• Perform teardown, generate ideas, perform system / component sizing, modelling and simulation to meet product design and compliance requirements.
• Select engineering techniques to solve problems and make design recommendations.
• Modify existing products to support customer, manufacturing, applicable regulatory, industry standard, and market requirements.
• Assess test results, perform root cause analysis through test findings/failures and take corrective/preventive actions.
• Support quality team with annual calibration and checks to ensure detector product family remain fully compliant to existing standards.
• Review Supplier Document Requirements List based on Fire product requirements, customer specifications or industry standards like IEC, etc.
• Review and update reliability predictions, Design Failure Modes, and Effects analysis (FMEA).
• Will be responsible for execution of the project and perform activities like Production feasibility assessment and production Part Approval Process (PPAP) etc.
• Knowledge on PLM systems (Enovia, SAP) will be required.
• Support to prepare material for design reviews

• The role is key to support the development and sustainment of capability in manufacturing of Fire products at Arad plant.
• Need someone who has the scope to shape product/manufacturing strategy while focusing on the detail of e.g. the change management process.
• High level of attention to detail expected.
• 25% travel across LS plants

Qualifications:

• Bachelor or master’s degree of Electrical/Electronics Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in NPI, VAVE or Resourcing projects
• 5+ years of experience in industrialization of electrical & electronic products
• Knowledge of Fire/Smoke Detection systems an advantage. This will be supplemented through initial immersion with the Fire Product Engineering team in the UK.
• Proficiency knowledge of the following technologies is required: Enovia, SAP
• DFSS green belt certified will be an added advantage.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
• Experience with Lean Six Sigma principles and methodologies preferred.
• Being aware and motivated to work in a complex technological environment and component ecosystem.
• Being aware that a project engineering team is distributed worldwide and the activity means dealing with the complexity of remote contributions.
• Listening to catch and understand customer needs
• Fluent in English communication, oral and written.

Skills:

• New Product development process and exposure to Product Lifecycle management (PLM) programs
• Design, Tolerance stacks up, DFMEA, DFM, Product Specifications and Test Plans
• Must have Change management process and Cost out Cost out process understanding.
• Should have worked in Enovia with SAP change management exposure
• Strong customer-oriented communication skills
• Candidate will need to regularly travel to the Fire Business design centre in the UK to participate in training and product development to ensure the required level of product knowledge. They may also need to travel to other ES EMEA Plant locations
• Strong understanding of Fire detection technologies, specifically smoke & heat detectors.
• Ability to interpret and apply EN54, UL268/UL521 and other Fire detection compliance standards.
• Understanding of detector calibration requirements and ability to support annual calibration cycles.
• Ability to translate designs into manufacturable solutions for Fire detection electronics.
• Experience working with global R&D teams during industrialization phases.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
• We make your aspirations matter – Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible
• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University
• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving people’s lives and the environment through power management technologies
• We make your wellbeing matter – We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, it’s about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.

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