Product Line Applications Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 31, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 26, 2026. Eaton scores A on the Alion truth index.
Eaton’s ES AMER ARS PDCAD division is currently seeking a Product Line Applications Engineer] in our Arden, NC facility.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $113000 - $165000 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:
The Product Line Application Engineer serves as the technical expert for medium voltage motor controls and rives product lines, supporting customers, sales teams, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain organizations. This role translates customer requirements into technically sound and commercially viable solutions while driving product growth, competitive positioning, and customer satisfaction. This position combines application engineering expertise with product line knowledge to support quotations, product development, product enhancements, strategic initiatives, and market expansion opportunities.
In this function you will:
- Analyze technical specifications, drawings, and customer application requirements to develop accurate engineering documentation, including drawings and bills of material, ensuring alignment with manufacturing and supply chain processes
- Validate product selection, costing assumptions, and technical risks prior to quotation release.
- Support commercial negotiations through technical clarification and value-based solution positioning
- Develops a variety of complex drawings and bills-of-material based upon established product designs, which provides sufficient detail to accurately convey the purchaser’s equipment application
- Consults with plant and field sales engineers in interpreting and defining new equipment applications
- Coordinates mechanical and electrical interfaces with other products.
- Advises frontend engineering, operations, and purchasing in interpreting information for the accurate production of equipment in accordance with the purchaser’s requirements
- Consults with the product warranties in resolving issues after the equipment is shipped, as needed
- Conducts special development/application projects of a complex nature
- Provide training, instruction, and guidance to product line team members to ensure their knowledge of products and marketing/service methods
- Act as subject matter expert for the product line and technical resource and coach for engineering and quoting teams
- Provides technical training and guidance to customers & services
- Analyzes needs and recommends revisions to department policies and procedures
- Collaborate with product management & design teams to identify opportunities for product improvements and new offerings
Qualifications:
Basic) Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in electrical engineering, application engineering, controls engineering, or technical sales support.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in applicable industry standards, including IEEE, NEMA, UL, NEC, ANSI, and IEC standards.
- 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.
No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 75-mile radius of Arden, NC will be considered. Active Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
Preferred qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related field from an accredited institution
- Familiarity with IEC and IEEE/NEMA design practices and global medium-voltage applications
- Programming, testing, or controls experience
- Demonstrated ability to work directly with customers, sales teams, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain organizations to develop technical solutions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Must be eligible to work in U.S. without company sponsorship
- Experience with SAP, CRM systems, or product configurator tools.
- Ten years product related experience
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