Early Career Internship Program: Information Technology

We make what matters work.

You want to make an impact in the world. At Eaton, we’re solving some of the toughest challenges on the planet. Our Early Career Programs open up an exciting world of opportunities for you to make a difference on a global scale. Your assignments are more than tasks and busy work, they're your chance to drive innovation in intelligent power management and shape the future of our company. You'll team up with seasoned leaders, gaining diverse experiences that'll drive you forward to define and reach your career goals.

What sets our Early Career Programs apart:

• Personalized Program Experience: We’re committed to energizing your career and empowering your impact. No two participants share the same experience or set of responsibilities.
• Global Perspectives: Our Development Program spans diverse businesses and locations. Relocating to an endorsed Eaton site is a required part of the adventure, enhancing your learning and maximizing program benefits.
• Role Exploration: You'll explore various roles early on and participate in our LDP Core Learning Series. These experiences allow you to build your functional expertise and leadership capabilities to maximize your potential for future roles.
• Strategic Networking: Collaborate with senior leaders with mentorship programs woven into your experience. Directly shape peer engagement, learning, development, and the overall participant experience by serving on LDP advisory boards.
• In our Information Technology Program: You’ll work on high-impact functional projects, driving technology improvements and innovation for our business units and manufacturing sites.

It’s time to make connections, get energized, and power ahead.

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 $22.15 - $37.50 per hour.

Position Overview:

Passion for technology meets keenly managed business processes in the Early Career Internship Program - Information Technology. Over the course of this 12-week paid internship, students explore how data, AI, digital tools, and connected systems help teams work smarter, make better decisions, and improve how products are made and delivered. You’ll gain hands-on experience at manufacturing sites and in key functional teams, learn directly from business and technology leaders, and see how IT plays a critical role in powering innovation across Eaton. This program is a great fit for curious problem-solvers who enjoy learning in fast-moving environments, working with others, and turning ideas into practical solutions.

Assignments could include:

• Working with manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, quality and IT to map an end-to-end business process and the supporting data and systems
• Supporting the implementation and scaling of digital tools to improve production execution, shop-floor visibility, traceability and connectivity
• Building or improving data pipelines, models and analytics that connect information across business processes
• Testing applications, workflows, integrations or AI-enabled capabilities that solve a defined business problem

After completion of the internship program, your technical skills combined with your newly acquired business acumen will prepare you to be considered for Eaton’s Information Technology Development Program upon graduation.

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Actively enrolled or received a bachelor’s or master's degree in a STEM field or business major from an accredited institution
• Minimum overall cumulative GPA of 2.8
• Must be geographically flexible to relocate within the United States
• 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:

• Degree in management information systems, computer science/engineering, data analytics, industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, supply chain, business analytics or a related field
• Overall cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher
• Previous internship or co-op experience in manufacturing operations, systems integration, data, AI, product ownership, application delivery, process improvement or business-facing technology roles
• Experience through internships, co-ops, projects, research or leadership activities that demonstrate problem solving, collaboration and execution
• Demonstrated leadership experience within campus and/or the community

Position Criteria:

• Passion for how products are designed, built, and delivered, with enthusiasm for partnering directly with operations teams and business leaders in a dynamic manufacturing environment where ideas become reality
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to listen first, collaborate effectively, and work across technical, operational, and business functions
• Hands-on problem solver who seeks to understand the work, identify root causes, and connect business needs with practical technology solutions, including data, AI, applications, and digital tools
• Process-oriented thinker with strong prioritization skills, a focus on measurable outcomes, and the ability to improve how work gets done through execution and continuous improvement
• Highly adaptable and learning agile, with openness to relocation, travel, changing business needs, and fast-paced environments that require ownership, follow-through, and credibility through results
• This role may include travel (up to 25%) within a local region as determined by the assignment manager
• Transportation to and from the worksite and for incidental business travel is the responsibility of the intern; however, expenses for required and approved business travel (not including the worksite) will be reimbursed
• The summer internship culminates with a formal presentation where students showcase their success stories to leaders of the organization and receive feedback on their performance
• Demonstrate geographic flexibility to relocate within the United States for the duration of the Internship Program including the ability to relocate to an Eaton facility including (but not limited to): Beachwood, OH: Raleigh, NC; Greenwood, SC; Sumter, SC; Milwaukee, WI and El Paso, TX

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.

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