Dubai serves as a strategic hub for Eaton’s Middle East operations, bringing together commercial, engineering, manufacturing, and support teams within a globally connected business environment. Building on more than 40 years in the region, Eaton recently announced the development of a new sustainable campus in Dubai, reinforcing our long‑term investment in growth, collaboration, and capability building.
About Eaton
Eaton is a power management company where we provide energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton is dedicated to improving the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technology and services. Eaton has approximately 96,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.
We are seeking an EPLAN Design/Automation Engineer who will be responsible for the end to end engineering, quotation, and technical clarification of customized pre wired distribution boards (PWDB), with a strong focus on Bidmanager / EPLAN based engineering and digitalized engineering workflows.
The role is a key contributor to Eaton’s LV Digital Journey, working at the interface between customer requirements, engineering standards, manufacturing constraints, and digital engineering platforms (Bidmanager, EPLAN P8, Pro Panel, EEC). In addition to traditional quotation and application engineering activities, the role plays a critical supporting function for the EEC Developer, ensuring that engineering logic, macros, and data are fit for automated and rule based engineering.
EPLAN Engineering & Macro Development
• Create and maintain engineering drawings using EPLAN Electric P8 and Pro Panel using operational technical engineering excellence frameworks.
• Develop and maintain standardized macros (electrical schematics and layout design) to support repeatability and reuse.
• Ensure macros are structured, documented, and compliant with Eaton engineering standards.
Support to EEC / ECC Programmer
• Act as a key engineering contributor to EEC (Eplan Engineering Configuration) development by by using technical engineering skillset..
o Providing validated engineering logic, rules, and constraints.
o Supporting the definition and validation of construction kits, options, variants, and dependencies using innovative engineering solutions to address complex challenges.
o Ensuring engineering data and macros are suitable for rule based automation.
• Collaborate closely with the EEC Developer to test, validate, and continuously improve automated engineering outputs.
• Participate in correction loops to resolve issues related to data quality, macro behavior, or configuration logic.
Cross Functional Collaboration
• Work closely with Sales, Manufacturing, Product Management, and Digital Engineering teams to ensure feasibility and consistency.
• Support the alignment between engineering, manufacturing constraints, and digital workflows.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering processes, lead times, and quality metrics.
• Work closely with stake holders (e.g. cable machine production team) to integrate wiring machines with Eplan.
Digitalization & Continuous Improvement
• Actively support the implementation and adoption of Bidmanager, EPLAN and EEC within the engineering workflow.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual engineering effort through standardization and automation.
• Contribute to improving engineering productivity, error rate reduction, and customer satisfaction.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrotechnics, or equivalent technical education.
- 4+ years of experience in planning and engineering of customized pre wired distribution boards.
- Hands on experience with Bidmanager, EPLAN Electric P8; Pro Panel, Smart wiring experience is a strong advantage.
- Experience working in ETO environments and interacting with sales and manufacturing teams.
- Strong knowledge of local and international engineering standards for LV systems. (IEC 61439 etc.).
- Advanced CAD skills, particularly EPLAN P8 and Pro Panel.
- Understanding of engineering data structures, macros, and standardized design principles.
- Basic understanding of digitalized engineering workflows and automation concepts (EEC, rule based configuration).
- Working knowledge of SAP and CRM is an advantage.
- Strong customer orientation and solution driven mindset.
- Pragmatic, efficient, and able to work iteratively in complex system environments.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, developers, and cross functional teams.
- Interest in digitalization and continuous improvement of end to end engineering processes.
- Fluent in English; German is an advantage
- Being part of a company that has been in business for more than 100 years, is well known in the industry, and has a major impact on the energy industry
- Work in a company that is commitment to Inclusion & Diversity and Sustainability
- Annual mentoring program, Eaton University, a reward, and recognition system
- Ongoing Learning and Career Development Opportunities in a global company. Build your career and apply internally for our open positions worldwide
- Strong, agile and diverse team locally and globally
- Strong processes and state-of-the-art systems and tools
- Structured employee development processes, open feedback culture with development plans
- Detailed induction support and well-structured onboarding
- Balance your work and life with a hybrid worktime model
Living and Working in Dubai
Dubai is an internationally connected city that offers strong professional opportunities within a truly global environment. Living and working in Dubai means being part of a diverse, forward‑looking business community, supported by modern infrastructure, excellent connectivity, and a well‑established expatriate ecosystem.
At Eaton, employees based in Dubai are part of a stable, well‑governed organization that brings together global teams, clear ways of working, and the flexibility needed to support both performance and long‑term career development.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrotechnics, or equivalent technical education
- 4+ years of experience planning and engineering customized pre-wired distribution boards
- Hands-on experience with Bidmanager and EPLAN Electric P8
- Experience with EPLAN Pro Panel
- Experience working in ETO environments and interacting with sales and manufacturing teams
- Knowledge of local and international low-voltage engineering standards, including IEC 61439
- Advanced CAD skills, particularly EPLAN P8 and Pro Panel
- Understanding of engineering data structures, macros, and standardized design principles
- Basic understanding of digitalized engineering workflows and automation concepts, including EEC and rule-based configuration
- Fluent English
- Smart wiring experience
- Working knowledge of SAP and CRM
- German language proficiency
Eaton Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Eaton and has not been reviewed or approved by Eaton.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, prescription, life, and company‑paid disability, with HSAs/HRAs and wellness programs enhancing access and support.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company matching alongside additional retirement contributions, with some sites also featuring pension and profit‑sharing components.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for all parents, childbirth leave via short‑term disability for birth mothers, adoption benefits, and subsidized backup care signal strong family‑focused support.
Eaton Insights
What We Do
Planes. Hospitals. Factories. Data centers. Vehicles. The electrical grid. These are things people depend on every day. And the companies behind them depend on Eaton to solve some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet. Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently, and more reliably. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 92,000 employees.
Why Work With Us
At Eaton, we make what matters work—creating exciting new power management technologies that keep the world moving every day. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality every day. It’s where bold, bright professionals can reach their full potential—and where they help us reach ours.
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