Application Engineer - Data Center

Eaton’s ES AMER NAS division is currently seeking an Application Engineer - Data Center. This is a hybrid-based position and candidates must reside within 50 miles of our Pleasanton, CA or City of Industry, CA location to be considered for this role. Relocation assistance will be offered for successful applicants who live outside these locations.

What you’ll do:

Position Overview:

The Application Engineer is a consultative, technical sales professional responsible for supporting Electrical Consultants (power system designers) that serve the local commercial, institutional and government markets. An Application Engineer must possess both strong technical and commercial skills and be experienced in electrical power distribution, power quality and control. This position is responsible for working with electrical consultants and specifying engineers to assist in the layout and specification of medium voltage, and low voltage, power distribution systems. This position will also be responsible for providing technical product and application leadership for external clients, as well as technical mentoring for Eaton sales engineers.

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours.

In this function you will:

• Call on electrical engineers at related consulting firms across the assigned sales territory to assist with technical design and position Eaton related products in a preferred position
• Provide support on major projects including submittals drawings and interfacing with the consultant and owner
• Work with institutional end users to gain acceptance and promote Eaton products
• Conduct product seminars and training on Eaton products and solutions at targeted consultant firms
• Provide mentoring and training to sales engineers and other employees within and outside of the NAS organization

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum seven (7) years of electrical sales/marketing and/or engineering experience
• Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver’s license
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution
• Professional Engineer (PE) License
• LEED AP certification
• Extensive electrical experience
• Knowledge of Eaton electrical products, services and competitors

Skills:

Position Criteria:

• Possess excellent communication skills
• Technical knowledge regarding the application of power distribution products including medium and low voltage switchgear, panelboards and switchboards, protective relaying and busway
• Proficient on some or all of the following products and applications: three-phase UPS systems, power monitoring products including metering and software, and power control products including low-voltage and medium voltage drives
• Strategic understanding of the U.S. Power Distribution market
• Ability to write technical specifications for new projects in a manner that will put Eaton in an advantageous position when the project is bid
• Ability to interface with electrical consultant principals and lead electrical engineers, as well as facility engineers at universities, municipalities and end users
• Problem-solving skills
• Ability to interact at all levels of an organization, including consultant or end user organizations
• Presentation and training skills
• Initiative and self-management skills
• Proven capability to find creative solutions to solve complex technical application problems
• Value selling experience
• Ability to travel up to 25%

The compensation range for this full-time position includes base pay and sales incentive. This position has a total compensation range of $166,500 - $244,200.

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.

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We 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 (https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/careers/US%20Benefits%20updated%2010.24.22.pdf) for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.