
Custom Order Engineer
Fayetteville, NCJob$71–105K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Eaton’s Electrical Sector ARS PDCA division seeks a Custom Order Engineer to provide electrical and mechanical design and documentation support for power distribution products. The role develops drawings and bills of material, coordinates product interfaces, and advises manufacturing and other teams on equipment production. It also supports customer applications, change notices, quality issues, and complex development projects at the Fayetteville facility.
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Full job description
Eaton’s Electrical Sector - ARS PDCA division is currently seeking a Custom Order Engineer based onsite at our Eaton Fayetteville facility. The Customer Order Engineer is primarily responsible for providing electrical and mechanical design and documentation support for power distribution product lines. This includes, but is not limited to engineering designs, collaborating with application engineers, and manufacturing associates, utilization of design automation software, and producing/maintaining manufacturing documentation.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $71000 - $105000 a year. Please note the salary information shown 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:
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Consult with plant and field sales engineers in interpreting and defining new equipment applications.
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Develop a variety of complex drawings and bills-of-material based upon established product designs, which provides sufficient detail to accurately convey the purchaser’s equipment application.
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Coordinate mechanical and electrical interfaces with other products.
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Advise Drafting/Design, Manufacturing, and Purchasing – when required – in interpreting information for the accurate production of equipment in accordance with the purchaser’s requirements.
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Manage purchaser onsite visits to approve and/or release equipment for shipping.
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Manage Manufacturing and Engineering Change Notices.
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Demonstrate advanced computer skills with ability to learn required software (Bid Manager, AutoCAD, Design Automation, MAPICS).
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Consult with Quality in resolving issues after the equipment is shipped, when required.
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Conduct special development/application projects of a complex nature.
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Inform cost and cycle time improvement activities.
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Conduct technical training guidance and seminars, as required.
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Analyze needs and recommends revisions to Department Policies and Procedures.
Qualifications:
Basic (required) Qualifications:
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Bachelor’s degree in electrical, electronics, or mechanical engineering from accredited institution.
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One year of engineering experience supporting a manufacturing environment or similar.
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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.
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No relocation is offered. Candidates must currently reside within a 75-mile radius of Fayetteville, NC to be considered. Active-Duty Military are exempt from this geographical limitation.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Electrical, mechanical, or manufacturing Internship/Co-Op experience.
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Knowledge of power distribution products (LV and MV Switchgear, Panelboards and Switchboards, Motor Control Centers, etc.).
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Previous knowledge or experience with PLC or relay programming.
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Previous experience with AutoCAD.
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Project Management experience.
Position Success Criteria:
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Strong analytical, computer, writing, presentation, and customer service skills.
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Ability to communicate technical information to customers and manufacturing.
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Knowledge of the fundamentals of electrical and mechanical engineering & design.
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 10,429 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$71–105K/yr
- North Carolina median$105–160K/yr177 salary ranges
- US median$106–165K/yr6,802 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $88K, is 36% below the North Carolina median midpoint ($138K) — in the lowest quarter of Electrical Engineer salary ranges in North Carolina.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 272 open Electrical Engineer jobs in North Carolina and 10,429 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- CDM Smith40 open
- Black & Veatch29 open
- Sargent & Lundy28 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 8,671 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,713 of the 10,429 open Electrical Engineer jobs (64%) 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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