Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Shanghai, China2h ago
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Key details
- Location
- Shanghai, China
- Work style
- Onsite
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 5–8 yrs
- Function
- Hardware, mechanical & civil engineering
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 2h ago
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About the role
If you desire to be part of something special, to be part of a winning team, to be part of a fun team – winning is fun. We are looking forward to Senior Mechanical Design Engineer in Eaton’s Electrical Business, based in Shanghai City, China. Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to protecting the environment and improving the quality of life for people everywhere. We make products for the data center, utility, industrial, commercial, machine building, residential, aerospace and mobility markets.
What you’ll do:
The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer leads mechanical design activities across multiple ELXD product lines, including Magnetics (MG), Circuit Protection (CP), and Super Capacitor (SC) products. The role supports product innovation, new product introduction (NPI), sustaining engineering, and VAVE initiatives while providing technical guidance to project teams and collaborating with customers, suppliers, manufacturing sites, and quality organizations.
The primary function of this role is to deliver technical leadership for product design and engineering activities from concept through production release, ensuring products meet customer expectations and business objectives for performance, quality, reliability, manufacturability, delivery, and cost competitiveness.
- Lead and perform detailed mechanical component and assembly design for electronic products using SolidWorks, ensuring compliance with performance, manufacturability, cost, and quality requirements.
- Lead and/or support electrical design activities for assigned new product development projects.
- Communicate closely with customers and cross-functional teams to understand customer requirements, Voice of Customer (VOC), and product needs.
- Analyze customer VOC and translate customer requirements into product specifications, mechanical and electrical designs, and manufacturing solutions. Apply statistical and engineering methods to optimize product performance, cost, quality, and development timelines.
- Prepare for and participate in formal and informal design reviews. Generate technical reports and effectively communicate project expectations, progress, engineering changes, risks, and results to project teams and stakeholders in a timely manner.
- Support Quality, Sourcing, and Manufacturing teams in VAVE (Value Analysis/Value Engineering), cost-reduction, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provide technical support and serve as a key engineering interface for customers, manufacturing plants, suppliers, and quality teams throughout the product lifecycle.
- Provide mechanical engineering support for sustaining engineering activities, including design changes, product maintenance, issue resolution, and continuous improvement of existing products.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- 5+ years of mechanical design experience in the electrical or electronics industry, including new product development, design validation, and product sustaining activities.
- Experience in Super Capacitor cell and module design, development, and manufacturing support is highly desirable.
- 3D modeling, GD&T, DFSS, Excellent oral & written communication
- Project management, SPQ, presentation skill, electro-mechanical knowledge
At Eaton, we don’t just want to offer you a job, but a journey and experience. Our goal is to give you the space to find that sweet spot where your passion meets purpose.