
Lead Engineer (Recruitment #70910)
Lakewood, CO · HybridJob$152–154K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago
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Eaton Corporation seeks a Lead Engineer to lead and support R&D technology development involving firmware, software, and AC/DC systems. The role develops energy management and grid integration solutions, validates product designs, and contributes to proposals and project execution. It also involves collaboration with business stakeholders, research institutions, and utility customers, as well as technical leadership, mentoring, and support for technology roadmaps.
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Company: Eaton Corporation Location: 14142 Denver West Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80401 Position Title: Lead Engineer (Recruitment #70910) Job Description: ** ** Lead and support technology development and execution for R&D projects related to firmware and software development and integration for AC and DC systems. Develop innovative energy management and grid integration solutions. Support implementing state-of-the-art concepts and solutions into quick prototypes, feasibility studies, specifications, and eventually into larger systems and product components. Investigate, integrate, and validate new product designs abiding by time-based milestones. Serve as a technical contributor and/or lead in technology development and demonstration. Serve as an individual contributor and subject matter expert in government and non-government proposal development and/or project execution. Engage multiple business stakeholders, cross-functional teams, National labs, Universities, and Utility Customers. Innovate, invent, and challenge state-of-the-art design and process by securing critical intellectual properties through patents and publications in reputable peer-reviewed journals. Contribute to the development of strategies for technology roadmaps for specific applications that are linked to and supportive of the overall ERL and business strategies. Serve as a subject matter expert externally and internally. This includes leadership/active participation in external industry and technical groups, mentoring junior level staff and consulting internal business and engineering partners. Position is fixed location based in Lakewood, CO office; however, telecommuting from a home office may also be allowed. Salary: $152,443.00 - $154,000.00/year. Job Requirements: ** ** Requires a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or a directly related field plus five (5) years of Industrial or entrepreneurial experience. Experience must include: Three (3) years of experience in the following (experience may be gained concurrently): - Software and firmware development and testing. - One (1) or more of the following programming languages: C+, C++, Python, JavaScript, MATLAB/Simulink. One (1) year of experience in the following (experience may be gained concurrently): - One (1) or more of the following embedded systems: Beagle Bone Black, Raspberry PI, Arduino, STM32. - Linux (Yocto) and RTOS environment. - Communication protocols, including MODBUS, ISO15118, IEEE2030.5, or BACnet. ** ** Will also accept a Master's degree (or foreign equivalent) plus three (3) years of industrial or entrepreneurial experience. To Apply: Send resumes to https://career41.sapsf.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareerpvt?jobId=70910&company=eatoncorpo&st=11106BFA1B93A31B33B377F1499885A07555266E{rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"}.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,232 open Lead Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$152–154K/yr
- Colorado median$121–195K/yr36 salary ranges
- US median$126–215K/yr949 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $153K, is close to the Colorado median midpoint ($156K) — in the middle half of Lead Engineer salary ranges in Colorado.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 40 open Lead Engineer jobs in Colorado and 1,232 across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Colorado
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — less than three in four Lead Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 8 years, across 1,081 postings).
- Education
- 790 of the 1,232 open Lead Engineer jobs (64%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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