Design Engineer jobs in Connecticut

Eaton's IS AER FED division is currently seeking a Design Engineer. This position will be located at our Bethel, CT facility.

The primary function of the position is design work and project engineering support for both sustaining products and new product development. Product designs are evaluated with layouts, modeling, drawing creation using CAD (CATIA V5, Creo, AutoCAD) and the product release configuration control processes (Enovia). The design engineering position will primarily focus on product design layout, modeling, and drawing creation for machining, casting, assembly, dimensional tolerance, marking, and GD&T per industrial standards. Design decisions will be substantiated with appropriate analysis, trade studies, and legacy product similarities. Phase-Gate product development strategies are utilized for the concept development, design, validation, production, and delivery stages of new product implementation.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $80250.03 - $117700.04 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:
Provide engineering solutions that meet customer performance requirements, interface details, reliability, cost, and schedule requirements. Works with customers to define explicit non-ambiguous requirements. Provides technical direction for assigned projects from initial concept phase to product delivery.
Understand mechanical, electric-mechanical systems and robust design methods. Responsible for concept layout, modeling, detailing, release and change management of drawings in configuration control system. Ensures compliance to quality system requirements.
Establish technical requirements for fabricated and procured components. Select materials, finishes, processes, dimensions, and GD&T to meet the design intent. Work closely with manufacturing and quality engineers, customers, and suppliers. Visits suppliers and customers as required.
Perform mechanical design tasks for cast, machined, and plastic/metallic additively manufactured components. Work with manufacturing and external suppliers to optimize design decisions. Design electromechanical sensor packaging with CAD component modeling, assembly and BOM structure creation, and production drawings.
Work with other Eaton teams to perform structural static and dynamic analyses, thermal and fluid dynamics analyses, and other engineering analysis methods to verify compliance.
Capable of working directly with the customer and have the ability to clearly explain and discuss drawings, engineering analyses, and manufacturing processes.
Review customer specifications and drawings and developing Compliance Matrices against requirements.
Manage and release drawings, models, and documentation through Eaton's product lifecycle management system.
Develop plans for design verification and validation testing for design compliance. Provide support in the testing environment.
Implement product improvement and cost reduction initiatives by evaluating engineering change requests.
Perform Failure investigations associated with field, production and/or development/certification hardware.
Support sales and marketing in generation of proposals and responses to customer inquiries.
Design fluid flow products and fixturing with substantiation of design choices based on fluid mechanics concepts.
Oversee the design, build, and testing of engineering prototypes for proposals and internal research and development projects.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from an accredited institution.
Minimum of three (3) years experience in mechanical design or project engineering.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship, now or in the future.
This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. ''), Political Asylee, or Refugee.
No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 60-mile radius of Bethel, CT will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:
Minimum of two (2) years experience with pressure sensor / transducer design.
Experience in aerospace, automotive or medical device industries.
Six Sigma Green Belt certification.

Position Success Criteria:
Demonstrated experience in design, material assessment and design for manufacturability.
Experience with manufacturing processes, product testing, stress analysis, magnetic properties, fluid dynamics, and thermal analysis.
Communicates effectively with customers, suppliers, and internal peers.
Well organized and detail oriented in preparation for design approvals.
Capable of developing conclusions from analyses and applying results to support project team's activities.
Demonstrates ability to clearly explain and discuss drawings, engineering analyses, and manufacturing processes.
Demonstrated experience in mechanical design, CAD modeling and drawing creation.
Up to 10% Travel.

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