Location: Finland – Vantaa | 💼 Full-time | hybrid roleEaton has opened a modern, state-of-the-art campus in Vantaa, Finland, dedicated to its critical power systems business. The campus brings together all business functions under one roof, including RDE, manufacturing, warehousing, sales and service, and product marketing. Over the past two years, Eaton’s world-class manufacturing site and Customer Experience Center in Vantaa have expanded significantly, welcoming 150 new employees—and we’re continuing to grow. At Eaton, we are committed to Lead, Invest and Execute for Growth.What you’ll do:
The Engineering Manager will lead and direct an Engineering team within EMEA Critical Power Solutions (CPS) R&D organization, with full accountability for product delivery, engineering strategy, and team performance. They will drive cross-functional collaboration across engineering disciplines, shape technical direction, and ensure alignment with business objectives and organizational goals.
Your responsibilities will be:
- Define and drive the engineering strategy and roadmap for new product development, ensuring alignment with business objectives and market requirements
- Accountable for product delivery, including schedule, budget, quality, and technical performance targets
- Build, lead and develop a high-performing engineering team; recommend and champion hiring, promotion, and performance decisions
- Direct and orchestrate cross-functional engineering resources across Hardware (HW), Firmware (FW), and Mechanical Engineering (ME) disciplines
- Establish team objectives, priorities, and performance standards; conduct performance reviews and drive talent development initiatives
- Represent engineering in senior leadership forums and cross-functional steering committees
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, tools, and best practices
- Ensure technical decisions and product designs meet IEC standards and EU regulatory requirements; serve as escalation point for compliance matters
- Provide input to engineering budget planning and optimize resource allocation across multiple concurrent projects
- Champion innovation and technical excellence; mentor senior engineers and fosters knowledge sharing
- Accountable for safety culture and compliance in R&D test labs in partnership with Lead Safety Engineer
Qualifications:
- Master / Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or equivalent
- Min 8 years in power electronics/electrical product design, with solid experience in technical leadership or management roles
- Demonstrated success in building and scaling engineering capabilities in evolving or fast-growing product environments
Skills:
- Experience with power electronics, medium voltage systems, UPS/power conversion technologies, systems engineering, product development lifecycle
- Strong leadership and people management skills, stakeholder communication, cross-functional team coordination, strategic thinking
- Ability to influence and drive complex technical initiatives
What we can offer to you:
- Contract in fast growing global company
- Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
- Great promotional opportunities - We encourage internal promotion, whenever possible
- Excellent working environment - safety and ethic are really important for us
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