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Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.\nWhat you’ll do:\nEaton’s Power Systems Division (ES-A) is currently seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer.\nAre you looking for a role where you can influence outcomes, solve complex challenges, and make a visible impact across multiple manufacturing sites?\nAs a Supplier Quality Engineer, you'll be the trusted quality partner for both suppliers and manufacturing sites across the Power Systems Division (PSD), helping ensure the materials and components that power our products meet the highest standards. You'll work cross-functionally with operations, engineering, supply chain, and procurement teams, lead critical supplier initiatives, and gain broad exposure to supplier management, manufacturing excellence, and continuous improvement. This is an opportunity to develop your leadership, strengthen your technical expertise, and drive meaningful business results.\nThis role is based at PSD’s Waukesha, WI - Badger Drive headquarters site with a hybrid schedule of three days in office, two days at home.\nLead Critical Supplier Performance\nOwn quality relationships with key suppliers.\nConduct supplier performance reviews and drive accountability.\nIdentify risks and lead continuous improvement initiatives.\nSupport Manufacturing Operations\nServe as the primary supplier quality contact for assigned plants.\nPartner with plant teams to resolve supplier-related challenges.\nDrive alignment on priorities, risks, and actions.\nResolve Supplier Quality Issues\nLead root cause investigations and corrective actions.\nEnsure effective containment and long-term solutions.\nEscalate and communicate high-impact issues as needed.\nManage Supplier Quality & Compliance\nSupport supplier qualification, audits, and risk assessments.\nEnsure compliance with quality requirements and standards.\nHelp implement supplier controls and quality expectations.\nDrive Continuous Improvement Through Data\nMonitor supplier performance metrics and trends.\nDevelop scorecards and communicate key insights.\nPartner with suppliers and internal teams to improve quality, delivery, and reliability.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree from an accredited institution\nMinimum of three years of experience in quality, operations, engineering, supply chain, or a combination.\nEaton 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, H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, 1-485 job profitability, etc.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nTwo or more years of experience working in a manufacturing quality role.\nCertifications such as ASQ CQE, CQA, Six Sigma Green/Black Belt.\nExperience with risk management tools (PFMEA, control plans, APQP).\nFamiliarity with ERP/MRP systems and supplier quality modules.\nStrong understanding of quality systems, root cause analysis, and corrective action methodologies.\nExperience with supplier audits, quality tools, and industry standards (e.g., ISO 9001, IATF 16949, AS9100 depending on industry).\nSkills:\nPosition Criteria:\nAbility to travel domestically and internationally (up to 50%), including short-notice travel.\nStrong communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.\nSelf-starter who works independently while collaborating effectively across sites and teams.\nContinuous improvement mindset focused on driving better results.\nStrong analytical and data-driven problem-solving skills.\nConfident communicator who drives accountability with stakeholders and suppliers.\nAll 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.\nWe 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.\nEaton 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.\nYou 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.\nTo request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.\nWe know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. 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. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. 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