Associate Engineer – Ecodesign
Eaton — Pune, Maharashtra
₹3–6 LPA (HireSetu estimate) · 0–3 yrs exp · Freshers eligible · Full-time · onsite
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Quick answer: The work is product-level life cycle assessment for Eaton's electrical products, turned into published Environmental Product Declarations. Hands-on LCA software and ISO 14040/44 familiarity matter more than a sustainability title on your degree.
From Eaton's job posting
What you’ll do
Eaton’s Center for Sustainability is looking for highly motivated individuals who is passionate about environmental accounting and has strong inclination towards Sustainability domain. The Associate Engineer will be supporting Product Environment profiles (PEP) / Environmental Product declarations (EPDs) through life cycle assessment (LCA) and Design for Environment for New Product Introduction, compliance (climate and environmental regulations) for Eaton’s broad portfolio of electrical products. This work will help business across the enterprise meet customer requests related to Life Cycle Assessment, address regulatory challenges and create sustainability value propositions to gain additional business opportunities.
"1. Execute detailed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies as per ISO 14040 & 14044 to evaluate environmental impacts of Eaton electrical products followed by 3rd party verification to publish type-III Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) with support of Engineers.
2. Support development of modular LCAs & creation a library of Eaton standard components & processes.
3. Support the product engineering teams on the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the electrical product’s lifecycle.
4. Support evaluation of compliance in accordance with applicable eco-design related regulations (e.g. EU-ErP Directive)
5. Understand customer requirements and communicate to other Eaton teams
6. Provide regular reports on development and support activities.
7. Support Design-For-Environment activities for new product development projects
8. Contribute to continuous process improvements to increase productivity and efficiency."
Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Enviornmental science or Chemical/Mechanical/ Electronics /Electricals engineering
Bachelors with 0-3 years’ experience in the areas of Sustainability domain, Product or technology development for Industrial, Electrical products or process.
Skills
"1. Need to have sound fundamental engineering knowledge.
2. Has a basic understanding of requirements related to eco-design regulations.
3. Has an understanding of Life Cycle Assessment standards (ISO 14040/44/25)
4. Has experience of conducting LCA as per the specific rules as (ISO14040/44/25). LCA according to PEP-EcoPassport Product Category Rules/ Product Specific Rules will be bonus.
a. Demonstrates LCA modelling using software like EIME (preferably), SimaPro, Sphera/GaBi, OpenLCA or any similar software.
b. Demonstrates understanding related to goal & scope definition & Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data requirements.
c. Can analyze LCA results for hotspots and support interpretation.
d. Communicate the LCA impacts to internal and external stakeholders.
5. Basic understanding on REACH, RoHS, Prop65 and other applicable regulations and its impact on product and technology will be added advantage.
6. Comfortable dealing with data and Microsoft office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)"
"1. Good verbal and written communication skills including the ability to effectively explain technical concepts.
2. Good judgment, time management, and decision-making skills"
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HireSetu's note
New to LCA
A fresh environmental science or engineering graduate can do this, but the day is not policy reading. You model a product from its bill of materials, add transport, energy and end-of-life assumptions, run the impact assessment and explain the hotspots. Most effort goes into finding clean data and converting units. Try one small product in OpenLCA with a public database before applying. If chasing material weights feels tedious, this job will feel tedious.
After a year or two
Product LCA experience moves well. Common next titles are LCA specialist, ecodesign engineer or product compliance analyst. Some people shift into broader ESG reporting or supply-chain emissions, which leaves the product side. This role also gives EPD programme exposure, useful because more electrical manufacturers need declarations for tenders. Ask whether the team has a senior reviewer path or only project work.
Your CV's first line
Lead with LCA software. EIME is named as preferred, so put it at the top if you have used it. SimaPro, GaBi/Sphera and OpenLCA are the other tools worth listing. Then one line on a study you finished: product, standard followed, impact categories, third-party review if any. Excel belongs too, since inventory data lives in spreadsheets. Add REACH, RoHS or Prop 65 only if you can explain how they affect a product's materials.
Confirm before you apply
The role is onsite in Pune and tied to product engineering teams, so ask how the week splits between modelling, data requests and meetings. Find out which product lines you would cover and whether the PEP and EPD programme is mature or being built. A new programme means more process work and fewer finished declarations. If you are moving to Pune, ask about relocation support early. Also confirm which LCA software and database licences the team uses.
Drafted with AI from Eaton's job posting and checked by Prashanth Jakkula before publishing. See our Editorial Policy.
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