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Senior Power Systems Engineer

Eaton Corporation

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Compensation
$86–126K/yr
Location
Multiple U.S. locationsHybrid
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

Eaton’s Electrical Engineering Services & Systems team is hiring a Senior Power Systems Engineer to provide applied engineering and technical consultation for customers. The hybrid role serves locations in Tennessee or Kentucky and includes approximately 25% regional travel. The engineer will perform power systems studies and related design, installation, maintenance, repair, and training work, while managing projects and providing technical solutions.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Power Systems Studies, nice to havePower Quality Analysis, nice to haveElectrical Engineering, requiredPower Engineering, nice to havePower Quality Measurements, nice to haveHarmonic Analysis, nice to haveDistribution System Design, nice to haveShort-Circuit Studies, nice to haveLV/MV Coordination, nice to haveArc Flash Studies, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering, required3 Years Electrical Engineering Experience, requiredMaster's in Engineering, nice to have5+ Years Experience, nice to havePE License, nice to haveIEEE Membership, nice to haveLocal IEEE Activity, nice to haveReside Within 50 Miles of Listed Locations, requiredCustomer Background and Drug Screenings, requiredSafety Program Compliance, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Eaton’s Electrical Engineering Services & Systems (EESS) team is hiring a Senior Power Systems Engineer in Knoxville, Nashville or Memphis, TN or Louisville, KY to provide applied engineering and technical consultation for customers in the areas of power systems studies, power quality analysis, installation, startup, maintenance, repair and training. This is a hybrid role with approximately 25% regional travel.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $86000 - $126000 a year.

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:

  • Provide applied engineering and technical consultation for customers in the areas of power systems studies, design, installation, startup, maintenance, repair and training.

  • Self-management of assigned projects and job cost accountability to perform work within budgeted cost estimates.

  • Interpret specs and customer inquiries and design technical proposals and pricing for customers

  • Provide technical solutions to customers that may involve equipment design or upgrades, testing of equipment, solutions relating to increase safety, reliability, or efficiency

  • Mentor or lead other engineers on medium sized projects.

  • Short-Circuit, LV/MV Coordination, Arc Flash studies.

  • Run medium studies and projects unassisted

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution

  • Minimum of 3 years of electrical engineering experience

  • No relocation is being offered for this role. All candidates must reside within a 50-mile radius of one of the following locations to be considered (Active duty military candidates are exempt from this restriction)

  • Lexington KY

  • Louisville KY

  • Louisville TN

  • Memphis TN

  • Nashville TN

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree in Engineering

  • 5+ years of experience

  • Bachelor Degree focused in power

  • PE License

  • IEEE Membership

  • Active in Local IEEE

Position Criteria:

-Power Quality Measurements, Harmonic Analysis

-Basic Distribution System Design

-Submit to periodic customer required background and drug screenings.

-Successfully complete and maintain compliance with the company’s safety program.

We are 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.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

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.

To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here (https://www.youreatonbenefits.com/candidates) for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,217 open Power Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 14, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$86–126K/yr
  • Tennessee median$118–184K/yr25 salary ranges
  • US median$105–184K/yr992 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $106K, is 29% below the Tennessee median midpoint ($149K) — in the lowest quarter of Power Systems Engineer salary ranges in Tennessee.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 33 open Power Systems Engineer jobs in Tennessee and 1,217 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Tennessee
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — less than three in four Power Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 1,065 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 848 of the 1,217 open Power Systems Engineer jobs (70%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 14, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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