Component Engineer

Eaton is a power management company with 2019 sales of $ billion. Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton has approximatelyemployees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries. For more information, visit .
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Main responsibilities of the job:

• Maintains component data, manufacturer information & approved vendor lists in the component data base.
• Review and recommend substitute components for new designs for improvements in supply chain, design robustness and maintainability
• Implement risk management strategies to address obsolescence and proactively identify and address future obsolescence
• Lead cost reduction projects in design control.
• Participate to component data analysis and failure identification-on supplier quality topics
• Identify components in production line on request
• Part of a cross-functional team in implementing product component changes within the Company
• Provide guidance regarding part selection, design concepts, specification requirements, critical components and alternate sources.
• Quality review of the component parameter attributes from datasheets
• Creates a component database for all the Electrical/Electronic & Indirect materials

Required qualifications:

• Experience in Manufacturing /Engineering electronics industry
• Good organization and technical communication skills to effectively monitor and convey component end-of-life (EOL) notifications and part change notifications (PCN’s) to Purchasing and Engineering.
• Familiar with circuit design principles and board layout guidelines, identifying alternate parts and manufacturers.
• Knowledge of industrial regulations like RoHS ,REACH etc desirable
• Technical University Electrotechnics/Electronics Engineering
• Minimum 3 years experience in SMT processes.