Eaton

Sustaining Engineer

Eaton  •  Arad, RO (Remote)  •  5 hours ago
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Job Description

What you’ll do

Responsible for sustaining released products throughout their lifecycle, ensuring continuity of supply, compliance, quality, and reliability. Leads component obsolescence management, alternative part qualification, engineering changes, technical investigations, and continuous product improvements. Supports manufacturing, quality, and firmware activities to resolve issues, improve robustness, and maintain product performance.

  • Manage product lifecycle activities including component obsolescence, alternative part qualification, engineering changes, and compliance maintenance.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on cost, quality, reliability, manufacturability, and supply continuity.
  • Lead technical investigations and root cause analysis for product, manufacturing, and field issues, implementing effective corrective actions.
  • Plan and execute component qualification, verification, and validation activities to support product changes and risk mitigation.
  • Support manufacturing, test, and quality teams to improve production robustness, yield, and process capability.
  • Provide firmware and embedded system support, including defect investigation, validation, maintenance releases, and compatibility testing.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering, Embedded Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
  • 3+ years of experience in electronics, embedded systems, product support, sustaining engineering, or product development.

Skills

  • Strong understanding of analogue and digital electronics, embedded systems, communication interfaces, EMC/EMI, and reliability principles.
  • Experience with electronic debugging, validation, and qualification using standard laboratory equipment and structured test methodologies.
  • Knowledge of firmware architectures, embedded software troubleshooting, and product verification processes.
  • Proficient in structured problem-solving methodologies including 8D, 5-Why, FMEA, CAPA, and continuous improvement tools.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally to deliver sustainable product support and long-term product performance improvements.

What we offer

  • Competitive compensation and benefits package
  • Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
  • Flexible working solutions (remote, flexible working hours, compressed week, part time etc.)
  • We make your aspirations matter – Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible
  • We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University
  • We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving people’s lives and the environment through power management technologies.
  • We make your wellbeing matter – We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, it’s about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen

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About Eaton

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy and helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges.

Eaton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Eaton is 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.

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Dublin, IE
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
eaton.com
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