[Hiring] Senior Principal Design & Engineering Lead @Eaton Corporation

Role Description

Reporting to the Global VP of Design & Engineering, – Data Centers, this role leads lifecycle engineering for the North America Data Center business and serves as the primary connection between the region and Eaton’s global engineering organization. You will partner with sales, account, engineering, and segment leaders to develop and deliver integrated solutions for hyperscale, neocloud, colocation, and other strategic data center customers.

• Lead data center design engineering across the full customer lifecycle, from customer requirements and solution development through tender, design, and execution.
• Partner with Account Executives and technical teams on major hyperscale, neocloud, colocation, and strategic customer programs.
• Develop integrated electrical, mechanical, cooling, controls, modular, and digital solutions for data center customers.
• Connect North America with Eaton's global engineering teams and Centers of Excellence to bring the right expertise and resources to customer programs.
• Adapt proven global solutions to North American customer requirements, codes, manufacturing capabilities, and execution practices.
• Create more repeatable and standardized solutions, including reference designs, eHouses, skids, power trains, and other modular infrastructure.
• Provide senior technical leadership on major tenders, design reviews, technical risks, execution challenges, and value engineering.
• Drive greater use of BIM and digital engineering tools to improve design coordination, reuse, speed, and execution.
• Build regional engineering capability through mentoring, knowledge sharing, and access to global technical specialists.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years of engineering experience, including significant data center or other mission-critical infrastructure experience.
• Strong understanding of both electrical and mechanical data center infrastructure.
• Experience working with major customers on complex engineering programs from early design through execution.
• Experience working across global and matrixed organizations and influencing teams without direct authority.
• Experience developing standardized, modular, or repeatable engineering solutions.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of MV/LV electrical distribution, switchgear, transformers, UPS, generation, and controls.
• Data center cooling/HVAC, liquid cooling, and high-density infrastructure.
• Modular infrastructure, eHouses, skids, and integrated power trains.
• Resilience, redundancy, technical risk, design assurance, and FAT.
• North American NEC, NFPA, and UL requirements.
• BIM/digital engineering tools such as Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, or Autodesk Construction Cloud.

Benefits

• Various Health and Welfare benefits.
• Retirement benefits.
• Programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work.