Lead Power Systems Controls Engineer

Eaton's Electrical Services & Systems division is currently seeking a Lead Power Systems Controls Engineer. This is a hybrid role with travel ranging from 25-50% within the region. A company vehicle is included along with overtime pay!

The expected annual salary range for this role is $93,750 - $137,500 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.

What you’ll do :

Eaton's Electrical Services & Systems team offers a comprehensive portfolio of services tailored for every stage of a power system’s life cycle—whether it’s design, build, or support. Our services integrate and optimize the elements of a power system to make sure it’s aligned with business goals. We can help keep your power system safe, efficient, reliable, and up-to-date.

Our Power Systems Controls group is a full-service systems integrator with the capabilities to integrate the necessary equipment and technologies, to provide a complete, power automation solution. Our team of engineers and technicians brings extensive skills and experiences with a variety of leading HMI software packages enabling us to design graphically rich, easy-to-use operator interfaces that take advantage of the latest standalone or web-based technologies. Our experience transcends a multitude of equipment manufacturers, software packages, and network architectures, including all major OEM’s HMI’s, PLC’s, and components. We offer single point responsibility, a high level of engineering and systems integration expertise, and a unified focus on cost effective solutions, seamless integration, HMI development, energy management tools, and professional turnkey system design and implementation.

As a Lead Power Systems Controls Engineer, you will lead the development, testing, and implementation of power systems control solutions for our customers using PLC’s, HMI’s, Multi-function Protection Relays, and Substation gateways from all major OEM’s.

In this role, you will :

• Design Power Systems Controls.
• Program Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s) & Human Machine Interfaces (HMI’s).
• Program Protection relay schemes to implement controls with or without Data Concentrator.
• Manage hyper scale data center projects to implement power system controls, factory & witness testing, and on-site commissioning with the support from other team members.
• Support negotiations through consultation, sales calls, and training.

Qualifications :

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The application window for this position is anticipated to close on September 20, 2025.

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