Senior Microgrid Controls Engineer
Eaton · Coraopolis, PA
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Controls
- Base pay
- $86k–$126k
- Travel
- 35 %
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior controls role at Eaton (industrial) in Coraopolis, PA.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Automation
- Base pay
- $86k–$126k
- Day to day
- about 35 % travel
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How this role compares
Against 21 other live controls postings in Pennsylvania.
- Base pay
- About 5% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $90k–$133k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Automation 77%
- PLC 73%
- Lean 27%
- Root cause 27%
- Team leadership 27%
- Six Sigma 23%
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This plant: Eaton in Coraopolis
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In this role, you will
- ◆Create, modify, test, and deploy software for Automation Controllers and Human Machine Interfaces (HMI’s) for Microgrid applications.
- ◆Follow customers, drawings and specifications and internal specifications for project implementation.
- ◆Select components and create bill of materials.
- ◆Prepare submittal documentation for projects and meet with customers to discuss project
requirements
and review submittals.
- ✓Provide sketches, mark-ups, and direction to Electrical Designers to develop project drawings.
- ✓Prepare customer submittals, Sequence of Operation (SOO), and test procedures.
- ✓Review DER vendor submittals and coordinate control
requirements
with vendors.
- ✓Collaborate with other Eaton business groups to ensure Microgrid solution meets design intent.
- ✓Assist with factory testing and field start-ups as required.
- ✓Troubleshoot systems that are not functioning properly.
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution with minimum 3 years of experience in power distribution controls applications.
- ✓Understanding of Electric Power Systems.
- ✓Understanding of Microgrid operations.
- ✓Understanding of DERs (PV, BESS, and Generators).
- ✓Possess and maintain a valid driver's license.
Preferred qualifications
- ✓PE License.
- ✓Knowledge of electrical distribution equipment and components (low voltage switchboards, low voltage switchgear, medium voltage switchgear).
- ✓Knowledge of Power Monitoring and Control Systems.
- ✓Knowledge of Industrial Communication protocols (Modbus, DNP3, IEC-61850).
- ✓Knowledge of Automation Controller Programming (CODESYS, ladder logic, structured text, function block diagram).
- ✓Experience with Inductive Automation’s Ignition (Perspective).
- ✓Experience with Automation Controllers, SCADA and industrial networks.
- ✓Experience with multi-function protection relay based controls.
- ✓Ability to clearly communicate technical topics to varying audiences of internal and external stakeholders.
- ✓Field experience working on electrical distribution systems/equipment in commercial and industrial sites and knowledge of electrical safe work practices.
You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
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Eaton’s Electrical Engineering Services & Systems division is hiring a Senior Microgrid Controls Engineer! In this role, you’ll develop microgrid control solutions for customers across the U.S to achieve energy savings, reduce greenhouse emissions, improve system resiliency and realize energy independence. As part of our field‑focused engineering team, our anticipated travel for the role is 35 % to support project execution and system commissioning.
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.
What you’ll do
As part of our Microgrid Controls Team, you will design, develop, test, implement and commission Microgrid Control solutions consisting of Solar Photovoltaic (PV), Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), Diesel/Natural Gas and Generators for our customers, using Automation Controllers, HMI’s, Multi-function Protection Relays, and Data Concentrators from all major OEM’s. You will work independently on assigned project tasks with support and guidance from the Program Manager and other Microgrid Controls team members. You will work with multiple Eaton business groups as part of a project execution team to deliver a complete Microgrid power system solution while ensuring the project is delivered on-schedule and within budget.
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.