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Eaton’s Critical Power Solutions division is currently seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer to join our Datacenter Systems (DCS) team. This is a hybrid (3 days in-office, 2 days remote) work model based at our Raleigh NC facility. In-office presence is required based on business and work needs. Remote flexibility is provided to support productivity, but employees should expect to be on-site as necessary to meet team and project requirements. Relocation benefits will be provided within the United States only.
Eaton’s Critical Power Solutions Division designs, manufactures, and supports UPS, energy storage, power distribution, and related products that help keep critical infrastructure operational. Our team supports data centers, businesses, electric vehicle charging stations, and other customers that depend on reliable power performance in demanding environments.
This individual will provide engineering design support for power quality and energy storage products, including Engineer-to-Order solutions of UPS, batteries and power distribution equipment. The Lead Electrical Engineer will partner with engineering, manufacturing, marketing, safety agencies, and customers to develop product designs, resolve technical issues, and provide guidance on product performance and operation.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $97000 - $143000 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:
- Serve as Project Lead on assigned Engineer-to-Order projects from pre-sales through engineering, release, manufacturing and on-site commissioning.
- Review assigned Engineer-to-Order (ETO) tasks and determine the final design to implement based on budget, performance requirements, and shipment timeline.
- Develop required engineering documentation like electrical drawings, schematics harness designs, BOMs and specifications to support manufacturing, servicing, and customer submittals.
- Work closely with mechanical and firmware engineers and cross-functional departments like manufacturing to formulate and manufacture effective product designs and resolve technical challenges.
- Provide engineering designs and technical guidance for power quality products, including UPS, energy storage systems, power distribution, and related products to engineers, internal stakeholders, and key customers before and after the sale.
- Participate in pre-sale and post-sale technical issue resolution to support customer needs and business objectives.
- Work directly with safety agencies and implement designs that meet applicable safety and regulatory requirements.
- This position requires up to 25% travel to customer sites for on-site commissioning, testing, and design robustness reviews.
Qualifications:
Required (Basic) Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from an accredited institution with a minimum five (5) years of electrical engineering experience or a master’s degree in electrical engineering from an accredited institution with a minimum of three (3) years’ work experience.
- Minimum of 1+ year of experience with three-phase power systems OR power electronics OR power conversion topologies.
- Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and in the future. Eaton will not consider applicants who require employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position, including CPT, OPT, STEM OPT, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, or similar sponsorship or support.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with UPS, battery systems, protective devices, and power distribution (LV Switchboards).
- Experience interfacing with customers and converting VoC to project requirements.
- Experience with datacenter systems architectures and developing engineering documentation like electrical drawings, schematics harness designs, BOMs and specifications to support manufacturing, servicing, and customer submittals.
- Position requires an individual who is self-motivated, self-managed, team-oriented, proactive, attentive to detail, task oriented, and able to overcome obstacles to meet schedule requirements
Skills:
- Ability to evaluate technical requirements and implement product designs that balance performance, cost, quality, safety, and delivery timing.
- Ability to work effectively with engineering, manufacturing, marketing, customers, and safety agencies to support product objectives.
- Strong technical judgment and ability to make sound decisions that support customer satisfaction, Eaton quality standards, and business performance.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly through verbal updates, written documentation, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Demonstrated attention to detail, ownership, and urgency in resolving engineering design and product support issues.
All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.
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.
Eaton believes in second chance employment. 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. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
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. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. 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. #LI-RC2
Eaton’s Critical Power Solutions division is currently seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer to join our Datacenter Systems (DCS) team. This is a hybrid (3 days in-office, 2 days remote) work model based at our Raleigh NC facility. In-office presence is required based on business and work needs. Remote flexibility is provided to support productivity, but employees should expect to be on-site as necessary to meet team and project requirements. Relocation benefits will be provided within the United States only.
Eaton’s Critical Power Solutions Division designs, manufactures, and supports UPS, energy storage, power distribution, and related products that help keep critical infrastructure operational. Our team supports data centers, businesses, electric vehicle charging stations, and other customers that depend on reliable power performance in demanding environments.
This individual will provide engineering design support for power quality and energy storage products, including Engineer-to-Order solutions of UPS, batteries and power distribution equipment. The Lead Electrical Engineer will partner with engineering, manufacturing, marketing, safety agencies, and customers to develop product designs, resolve technical issues, and provide guidance on product performance and operation.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $97000 - $143000 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:
- Serve as Project Lead on assigned Engineer-to-Order projects from pre-sales through engineering, release, manufacturing and on-site commissioning.
- Review assigned Engineer-to-Order (ETO) tasks and determine the final design to implement based on budget, performance requirements, and shipment timeline.
- Develop required engineering documentation like electrical drawings, schematics harness designs, BOMs and specifications to support manufacturing, servicing, and customer submittals.
- Work closely with mechanical and firmware engineers and cross-functional departments like manufacturing to formulate and manufacture effective product designs and resolve technical challenges.
- Provide engineering designs and technical guidance for power quality products, including UPS, energy storage systems, power distribution, and related products to engineers, internal stakeholders, and key customers before and after the sale.
- Participate in pre-sale and post-sale technical issue resolution to support customer needs and business objectives.
- Work directly with safety agencies and implement designs that meet applicable safety and regulatory requirements.
- This position requires up to 25% travel to customer sites for on-site commissioning, testing, and design robustness reviews.
Qualifications:
Required (Basic) Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from an accredited institution with a minimum five (5) years of electrical engineering experience or a master’s degree in electrical engineering from an accredited institution with a minimum of three (3) years’ work experience.
- Minimum of 1+ year of experience with three-phase power systems OR power electronics OR power conversion topologies.
- Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and in the future. Eaton will not consider applicants who require employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position, including CPT, OPT, STEM OPT, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, or similar sponsorship or support.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with UPS, battery systems, protective devices, and power distribution (LV Switchboards).
- Experience interfacing with customers and converting VoC to project requirements.
- Experience with datacenter systems architectures and developing engineering documentation like electrical drawings, schematics harness designs, BOMs and specifications to support manufacturing, servicing, and customer submittals.
- Position requires an individual who is self-motivated, self-managed, team-oriented, proactive, attentive to detail, task oriented, and able to overcome obstacles to meet schedule requirements
Skills:
- Ability to evaluate technical requirements and implement product designs that balance performance, cost, quality, safety, and delivery timing.
- Ability to work effectively with engineering, manufacturing, marketing, customers, and safety agencies to support product objectives.
- Strong technical judgment and ability to make sound decisions that support customer satisfaction, Eaton quality standards, and business performance.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly through verbal updates, written documentation, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Demonstrated attention to detail, ownership, and urgency in resolving engineering design and product support issues.
All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.
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.
Eaton believes in second chance employment. 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. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
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. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. 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. #LI-RC2
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Who's Hiring
- Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories19
- Eaton18
- Cushing Terrell18
- Sargent & Lundy18
- Resa Power14
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services12
- Technology & Software6
- Energy4
- Manufacturing4
- Construction & Real Estate3
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in senior power systems engineer jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with a focus on power systems
- 7 or more years of experience in power systems analysis or design
- Proficiency in power system simulation tools such as PSS/E, ETAP, or PSCAD
- Professional Engineer (PE) license or active pursuit required or preferred
- Experience with NERC reliability standards and grid interconnection processes
- Familiarity with protection and control systems, relay settings, and coordination studies
Tips for Your Senior Power Systems Engineer Job Search
Quantify your system impact on your resume
Recruiters for senior power systems roles want to see scope, not just duties. Call out voltage classes you've worked with, megawatt capacity of systems you've designed, and whether your work touched transmission, distribution, or generation. Vague summaries get skipped.
List your software tools explicitly
PSS/E, PSCAD, ETAP, SKM, and similar tools appear as hard filters in many applicant tracking systems. If you've used them, name every one in a dedicated skills section so your resume clears automated screening before a recruiter ever reads it.
Target openings by sector, not just title
Job duties diverge sharply between an investor-owned utility, a federal defense contractor, and a solar developer. Read the job description for the system type and regulatory environment before applying so you can tailor your cover letter to the actual work they're hiring for.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists senior power systems engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a technical deep-dive for interviews
Expect at least one round where interviewers ask you to walk through a protection coordination study, a load-flow model, or a fault analysis you've led. Prepare a concise, jargon-free explanation of one real project from problem statement through solution and validation.
Negotiate using PE licensure and certifications
A Professional Engineer license, NERC reliability credentials, or relevant IEEE certifications each carry demonstrated market value in this field. Name them directly in compensation conversations rather than letting them sit passively on your resume.
Senior Power Systems Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most senior power systems engineers?
The companies hiring the most senior power systems engineers right now include Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Eaton, and Cushing Terrell, with the largest share of openings in Texas, California, and North Carolina, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Utilities, defense contractors, and renewable energy developers consistently make up the largest share of active postings.
How many senior power systems engineer jobs are remote?
About 67% of senior power systems engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though the share varies by employer type. Roles focused on modeling, simulation, and planning work tend to be the most remote-accessible, while positions involving substation commissioning or field engineering are typically on-site.
How do you become a senior power systems engineer?
You typically start with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, then build experience across power flow analysis, protection systems, or grid interconnection studies in entry or mid-level roles. Earning a Professional Engineer license and gaining exposure to industry simulation tools accelerates advancement. Most engineers reach the senior level after several years leading technical studies or design projects independently.
Can you get hired as a senior power systems engineer with limited experience?
It's difficult to move directly into a senior role without a foundation in power systems analysis, but candidates with strong adjacent backgrounds can bridge the gap. Experience in related areas such as power electronics research, grid-connected renewable projects, or utility protection work can substitute for some traditional utility engineering experience if you can demonstrate technical depth in interviews and on paper.
What does the senior power systems engineer interview process look like?
Most processes involve an initial screening call focused on your background and tool experience, followed by one or two technical rounds where you walk through past studies, analyze a scenario, or discuss protection coordination and fault analysis methods. A final round typically involves hiring managers or project leads who assess your ability to lead studies and communicate results to non-engineering stakeholders.
Where can I find and apply to senior power systems engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to senior power systems engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find the roles that match your background and apply directly to each listing from the page.
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