Electrical Controls Engineer
Eaton Corporation · eaton.com
Waukesha
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The job in short
Electrical controls engineering.
SQLPLCCompliance
Details
- Found
- 13 d ago · posted 2026-09-14
- Location as listed
- Waukesha, WI,US, US
- Role
- Electrical / Electronics Engineer
- Source
- The company’s own careers site
Full description
The Controls Engineer is responsible for supporting plant leadership in achieving business and financial goals by developing and maintaining robust testing and assembly processes. The Controls Engineer will actively participate and support the design, development, fabrication, validation, installation, and troubleshooting of production equipment and programs. Provide guidelines for the design and selection of test equipment, Developing testing protocols, test data collection programs and best practices. Support, service, and trouble shoot controls for production equipment, test equipment, and electrical systems within the plant. Develop test equipment specifications ensuring compliance with electrical safe work practices and OSHA requirements. Identify and remediate potential safety hazards. Developing interfaces between SQL databases and production systems. Enforce safety expectations, document, and communicate hazards and unsafe conditions to ensure a zero-incident culture and product conformance to electrical safety and quality standards. Collaborate with manufacturing, MESH, manufacturing engineering, quality, product design engineering, suppliers, and customers as needed. Performs root cause and failure analysis, applying critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Guide the capital equipment selection process and develop Capital Appropriation Requests (CARS) for new products or process initiatives. Actively participate in assessment processes within the manufacturing environment, potentially as a category lead or champion. Lead/co-lead cost-out initiatives and promotes culture of continuous improvement. Collaborates cross functionally using Lean and Six Sigma tools to solve manufacturing problems. Leverages advanced technology to improve the effectiveness of information systems for controls. Seeks opportunities to eliminate waste associated with the flow of factory floor test information. Leads/co-leads projects, develop goals, budgets, and work breakdown structures. Execute sustained change management within manufacturing operations, utilizing change management techniques such as ADKAR to drive and sustain improvements. Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution. Minimum of four (4) years of Controls/Test engineering experience required Experience programming and troubleshooting PLC/HMI systems Experience with PLC and HMI programming, and an understanding of safety systems design. Relocation benefits are being offered for this position. Candidates that currently reside or are willing to relocate within the immediate geographical area of 50 miles of Waukesha, WI will be considered. Active Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation. Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Experience in electrical testing procedures and protocols. Experience with various programming software including Visual Basic/Studio, SQL, and other Microsoft applications.Experience with Rockwell Software (RSLogix 5, RSLogix 500, RSLogix 5000, Studio 5000, FactoryTalk View ME, FactoryTalk SE). Experience supporting Engineered to Order (ETO) manufacturing plant. Project management experience (PROLaunch). GB (green belt) or BB (black belt) certified. Daily support with NI LabVIEW and NI TestStand. Developing Ignition (SCADA). Daily support with PLC and HMI programming, and an understanding of safety systems design. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws. You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number. We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
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