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Building on more than 40 years in the region, Eaton recently announced the development of a new sustainable campus in Dubai, reinforcing our long-term investment in growth, collaboration, and capability building.\nAbout Eaton\nEaton is a power management company where we provide energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton is dedicated to improving the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technology and services. Eaton has approximately 96,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.\nWe are seeking an EPLAN Design/Automation Engineer who will be responsible for the end to end engineering, quotation, and technical clarification of customized pre wired distribution boards (PWDB), with a strong focus on Bidmanager / EPLAN based engineering and digitalized engineering workflows.\nThe role is a key contributor to Eaton’s LV Digital Journey, working at the interface between customer requirements, engineering standards, manufacturing constraints, and digital engineering platforms (Bidmanager, EPLAN P8, Pro Panel, EEC). In addition to traditional quotation and application engineering activities, the role plays a critical supporting function for the EEC Developer, ensuring that engineering logic, macros, and data are fit for automated and rule based engineering.\nWhat you’ll do:\nEPLAN Engineering & Macro Development\nCreate and maintain engineering drawings using EPLAN Electric P8 and Pro Panel.\nDevelop and maintain standardized macros (electrical schematics and layout design) to support repeatability and reuse.\nEnsure macros are structured, documented, and compliant with Eaton engineering standards.\nSupport to EEC / ECC Programmer\nAct as a key engineering contributor to EEC (Eplan Engineering Configuration) development by:\no Providing validated engineering logic, rules, and constraints.\no Supporting the definition and validation of construction kits, options, variants, and dependencies.\no Ensuring engineering data and macros are suitable for rule based automation.\nCollaborate closely with the EEC Developer to test, validate, and continuously improve automated engineering outputs.\nParticipate in correction loops to resolve issues related to data quality, macro behavior, or configuration logic.\nCross Functional Collaboration\nWork closely with Sales, Manufacturing, Product Management, and Digital Engineering teams to ensure feasibility and consistency.\nSupport the alignment between engineering, manufacturing constraints, and digital workflows.\nContribute to continuous improvement of engineering processes, lead times, and quality metrics.\nWork closely with stake holders (e.g. cable machine production team) to integrate wiring machines with Eplan.\nDigitalization & Continuous Improvement\nActively support the implementation and adoption of Bidmanager, EPLAN and EEC within the engineering workflow.\nIdentify opportunities to reduce manual engineering effort through standardization and automation.\nContribute to improving engineering productivity, error rate reduction, and customer satisfaction.\nQualifications:\nBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrotechnics, or equivalent technical education.\n4+ years of experience in planning and engineering of customized pre wired distribution boards.\nSkills:\nHands on experience with Bidmanager, EPLAN Electric P8; Pro Panel, Smart wiring experience is a strong advantage.\nExperience working in ETO environments and interacting with sales and manufacturing teams.\nStrong knowledge of local and international engineering standards for LV systems. (IEC 61439 etc.).\nAdvanced CAD skills, particularly EPLAN P8 and Pro Panel.\nUnderstanding of engineering data structures, macros, and standardized design principles.\nBasic understanding of digitalized engineering workflows and automation concepts (EEC, rule based configuration).\nWorking knowledge of SAP and CRM is an advantage.\nStrong customer orientation and solution driven mindset.\nPragmatic, efficient, and able to work iteratively in complex system environments.\nAbility to collaborate effectively with engineers, developers, and cross functional teams.\nInterest in digitalization and continuous improvement of end to end engineering processes.\nFluent in English; German is an advantage\nWhat we offer you:\nBeing part of a company that has been in business for more than 100 years, is well known in the industry, and has a major impact on the energy industry\nWork in a company that is commitment to Inclusion & Diversity and Sustainability\nAnnual mentoring program, Eaton University, a reward, and recognition system\nOngoing Learning and Career Development Opportunities in a global company. Build your career and apply internally for our open positions worldwide\nStrong, agile and diverse team locally and globally\nStrong processes and state-of-the-art systems and tools\nStructured employee development processes, open feedback culture with development plans\nDetailed induction support and well-structured onboarding\nBalance your work and life with a hybrid worktime model\nLiving and Working in Dubai\nDubai is an internationally connected city that offers strong professional opportunities within a truly global environment. Living and working in Dubai means being part of a diverse, forward-looking business community, supported by modern infrastructure, excellent connectivity, and a well-established expatriate ecosystem.\nAt Eaton, employees based in Dubai are part of a stable, well-governed organization that brings together global teams, clear ways of working, and the flexibility needed to support both performance and long-term career development.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5967,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":4,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Arab Emirates","iso":"AE","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Aerospace Manufacturing","Power Supplies & Power Electronics","Automotive Components","Electrical Equipment & Cables"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-19T07:39:13Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":11,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.406,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":162,"expected_fill_days":42,"reasons":["conf:3","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-07T05:47:08Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/eaton-eplan-designautomation-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/eaton-eplan-designautomation-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-07T12:31:10Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":14102,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-08T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":6044},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=6044"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Featon-eplan-designautomation-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Featon-eplan-designautomation-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Featon-eplan-designautomation-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/eaton-eplan-designautomation-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Featon-eplan-designautomation-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":1060364}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"eaton.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":1060364},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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