Project Quality Engineer

What you’ll do:

Job summary

Project Quality Engineer leads Quality activities starting from early project engagement until Factory Witness Test (FWT) or Factory Acceptance Test (FAT). Project Quality Engineer is responsible for meeting internal and external quality standards, industry regulations and Customer specifications.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy

• Work closely with Program and Project Management, Field Service Engineers, Product Engineering, Supplier Chain Management, Operations and other cross‑functional partners in the execution of projects/programs.
• Co-facilitation of risk reduction processes (DFMEA, DVP&R, PFMEA ..etc) and CTQ preparation.
• Promote disciplined, evidence‑based quality decision making aligned to customer expectations Clearly distinguish facts, evidence, assumptions, and conclusions.
• Communicate technical issues effectively to engineering, commercial, and customer stakeholders.

Regulatory Compliance and Adherence to Standards

• Ensure adherence to applicable Customer, industry standards and Eaton requirements.

Lessons learned

• Lead systematic, cross-functional Lessons Learned process and cooperate with project team implementation of identified action.

Quality Plan

• Lead Quality Plan development and deployment including integration of inputs from Customer, Suppliers and internal Eaton team members.

Supplier Quality Management

• Partner with Supplier Quality to ensure consistent alignment with Customer and Eaton standards.
• Review deliverables and compliance evidence from external suppliers.
• Support /Review audits, assessments, PPAP etc.

Manufacturing Quality

• Partner with Plant Manufacturing Quality to ensure consistent alignment with Customer and Eaton standards.
• Support /Review audits, assessments, PPAP etc.

Customer Quality

• Cooperate with Customer Quality for successful Factory Witness Test/Factory Acceptance Test.

Organizational Development: Training, Coaching & Capability Building

• Continuously pursue self-development opportunities.
• Stay up to speed with internal and external process and procedures updates and enhancements.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in quality, product engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related function within an electrical industry.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience supporting quality functions within a factory, manufacturing, and/or site environment.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Technical knowledge about LV Switchgear, MV Switchgear, Transformers and UPS systems.
• Experience in Project Management.
• Direct experience supporting customer quality issues.
• Experience with Factory Witness Test (FWT) or Factory Acceptance Test (FAT).
• Exposure to electrical, thermal, and mechanical failure mechanisms.
• Preference given to candidates currently residing in the Eastern or Central Time Zones.
• Additional preference given to candidates residing near one of the following locations: Beachwood, OH; Moon Township, PA; Waukesha, WI; Raleigh, NC; Arden, NC; Asheville, NC; Sumter, SC; or Greenwood, SC

Skills:

• Customer-focused, with confidence operating in high‑pressure escalations.
• Bias for fact, evidence, and long-term robustness over short-term fixes.
• Comfortable challenging engineering or manufacturing decisions when quality risk is present.
• Calm, structured, and disciplined approach to problem solving.
• Strong ownership and accountability mindset.
• Estimated traveling: 50%.