Eaton Internship Product Engineering: Applications Engineer

Job description

**We make what matters work.**

Your career matters – and we’re here to make it work.

Are you ready?

The **Eaton Internship - Product Engineering** is designed to provide opportunities to a diverse mix of interns who demonstrate the same high level of ethics, values, creativity, and performance we expect from our employees.

During the duration of the assignment, participants will work on projects that have a measurable impact on our business and will be coached and mentored by Eaton leaders.

Summer internships as well as Spring and Fall co-ops are available.

This internship provides individuals with great exposure to Eaton and would prepare them for a potential opportunity to be considered for one of Eaton’s full time Early Talent opportunities including our Applications Engineering Development Program or a Product Engineer role upon graduation.



Eaton provides a competitive total rewards package commensurate with applicable skills, knowledge, and experience and consistent with internal and external market practices.

The salary for this role ranges from $20.77 - $25.96 per hour.

**What you’ll do:**

• Work with a team to develop test fixtures for verifying performance of various elements of Switchgear and Motor Control assemblies.

As a member of the team, you will work with lead engineers on design principles such as defining requirements, contributing to definition of hardware design, define test plans and perform validation testing to confirm that system and functional requirements are met.

  
• Work with a team to document and organize standards for control schematics along with other collateral utilized to fulfill customer requirements.


• Work with a team to improve productivity of the application engineering function through testing and implementation of engineering systems.



**Required (Basic Qualifications):**

• Actively enrolled or received a bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering from accredited institution
• Minimum overall cumulative GPA of 2.8
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position.

This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• Must be geographically flexible to relocate within the United States

**Preferred Qualifications:**

• Actively enrolled in an electrical engineering program
• Minimum overall cumulative GPA of 3.2 of higher
• Completion of sophomore year by the start of the application
• Prior internship or co-op experience
• Excellent written, oral communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrated leadership experience within campus and/or the community

**Position Criteria:**

• Demonstrate geographic flexibility to relocate within the United States for the duration of the Internship to an Eaton facility including Asheville, NC, Fayetteville, NC, Greenwood, SC, Omaha, NE, or Portland, OR
• Strong analytical, computer, writing, presentation and customer service skills
• Ability to communicate technical information to customers and manufacturing
• Knowledge of the fundamentals of electrical and mechanical engineering
• Knowledge of design standards

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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.

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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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