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Senior Application Engineer - Switchgear

Eaton Corporation

South Milwaukee, WI · HybridFull-time$86–126K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago

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Compensation
$86–126K/yr
Location
South Milwaukee, WIHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division seeks a Senior Application Engineer - Switchgear to provide marketing, product, and application support in assigned territories. The role supports customer requirements, product promotion and development, and profitable product line growth. It is based at Eaton’s South Milwaukee facility with a hybrid schedule of three days in the office and two remote, and travel up to 10%.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

MarketingEngineeringSalesProduct SupportElectric Power Distribution SwitchgearSwitchgear ApplicationsPower Distribution SystemsPower Distribution Standards

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree2 Years Relevant ExperienceBachelor's in Engineering1+ Years Switchgear Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Relocation Assistance

Full job description

Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Senior Application Engineer - Switchgear.

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:

We understand the importance of work life balance: This role is located at our facility in South Milwaukee, WI with a hybrid schedule of 3 days in office/2 days remote (relocation offered to those currently residing in the U.S). Travel up to 10%.

This role is responsible for marketing, product, and application support in assigned territories. You will also define and service immediate customer requirements, identify opportunities for new product development, and promote existing products to drive profitable product line growth.

In this role, you will build success through:

Customer Relationships

  • Sales Growth: Proactively own assigned sales regions in collaboration with sales team to drive growth and establish priorities.

  • Application Support: Perform specification/application reviews to guide the Proposals team in preparing larger or more complex quotations.

  • Customer Relationships: Work with Eaton’s field sales team to cultivate customer relationships and specify appropriate products, solutions, and innovation ideas. Meet with customers at factory and at customer sites to discuss customer needs, sales opportunities, and product issues.

  • Customer Support: Support analysis and resolution of customer complaints.

Product Management

  • Industry Intelligence: Collect voice of customer (VOC), develop product requirements, and prepare/present business cases.

  • Marketing Promotions: Develop promotional material, sales tools, and promotional programs.

  • Technical Training: Conduct sales force training on new products and applications.

  • Marketing New Products: Serve as marketing representative in new product project teams.

  • Support Marketing Projects: Support marketing projects such as marketing studies, competitive studies, and customer loyalty programs.

Strategic Marketing

  • Innovation: Grow knowledge of products, competitors, and market needs to assist in identifying and analyzing opportunities for product innovation.

  • Support Product Management: Assist Product Manager and Lead Application Engineers with complex tasks and projects.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution.

  • Minimum of two (2) years of experience in marketing, engineering, sales, or product support.

  • Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering is preferred.

  • One or more years of experience working with electric power distribution switchgear, applications, systems and standards is preferred.

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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 576 open Application Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$86–126K/yr
  • US median$100–182K/yr371 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $106K, is 22% below the US median midpoint ($137K) — in the lowest quarter of Application Engineer salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 20 open Application Engineer jobs in Wisconsin and 576 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Wisconsin
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Application Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 442 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 261 of the 576 open Application Engineer jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 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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