Embedded Firmware & FPGA Engineer

Eaton’s Electrical Critical Power Solutions Division is seeking a Embedded Firmware & FPGA Engineer to join our innovative engineering team in Youngsville, NC. In this role, you will contribute to the architecture, design, development, verification, and release of FPGA-based solutions supporting next-generation power management products. Working alongside global, cross-functional teams, you will play a key role in bringing new products to market, including advanced silicon carbide (SiC)-based three-phase power conversion systems that deliver reliable power for mission-critical applications such as data centers.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $80000 - $118000 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:

Work as part of an engineering team to architect, develop, verify, test, and release FPGA-based designs in support of new product development. Collaborate with global cross-functional teams to support the launch of new products, including SiC-based three-phase power conversion systems designed to support critical loads such as data centers.

Review product requirements and collaborate with systems, firmware, controls, power electronics, and hardware engineers to translate system-level specifications into FPGA architecture and detailed design requirements.

Evaluate alternative FPGA architectures and implementation approaches to meet customer and product development requirements while considering performance, resource utilization, cost, reliability, and schedule.

Design, develop, review, and maintain synthesizable RTL using Verilog, System Verilog, and/or VHDL.Develop FPGA logic for functions such as PWM generation, digital control, protection and fault management, high-speed data acquisition, sequencing, state machines, digital filtering, and processor/peripheral interfaces.

Develop modular and reusable FPGA design components and establish effective FPGA coding and design practices.

Develop test benches and perform RTL simulation and functional verification to ensure designs meet functional and system requirements.

Perform synthesis, place-and-route, static timing analysis, and timing closure using industry-standard FPGA development tool chains.

Analyze and resolve FPGA implementation challenges related to timing, resource utilization, clock distribution, reset architecture, and clock-domain crossing.

Design and integrate communication interfaces between FPGAs, microcontrollers, DSPs, ADCs, DACs, and other system components using interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, and parallel interfaces, as applicable.

Support board-level bring-up, integration, and debugging of FPGA-based systems using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG debuggers, and embedded FPGA debugging tools.

Participate in design reviews, RTL code reviews, verification reviews, and root-cause investigations.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic)

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering discipline from an accredited institution with at least 1 internship experience in embedded software or firmware development.

Preferred Qualifications:

Professional experience developing synthesizable RTL using VHDL, Verilog, and/or System Verilog.

Experience with FPGA design workflows including RTL development, simulation, synthesis, implementation, timing analysis, and hardware validation.

Design experience with power electronic, industrial control, energy conversion, or other real-time embedded products.

Experience implementing digital control algorithms, PWM generation,…