Senior Embedded Firmware & FPGA Engineer

What you’ll do:

• Work as part an engineering team to develop, test, and release embedded software 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 system engineers to translate system-level specifications into embedded software architecture for new products.
• Evaluate alternative embedded software architecture solutions to meet customer and product development requirements factoring in cost, performance, and schedule.
• Establish system & sub-system level requirements from functional specifications and application needs.
• Develop, debug, and test embedded software in C/C++ for real-time control and system functionality.
• Validate designs using real-time hardware in the loop (HIL) simulation systems.
• Develop and optimize HDL code (e.g., VHDL/Verilog) for implementing digital control algorithms on FPGA.
• Perform synthesis, place-and-route, and timing closure using industry-standard FPGA toolchains (e.g., Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus).
• Support board-level bring-up and debugging of PLC, Microcontroller, and FPGA-based systems using tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG debuggers.
• Apply best engineering practices and decision making for advanced technical problem solving.
• Leverage your skill and experience by giving guidance and leadership to other technical project team members.
• Work with global product development teams to solve problems related to performance, functionality, safety, reliability, quality and component availability.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Electrical/Electronics or Computer Engineering from an accredited institution with at least 3 years of work experience in real-time Firmware/Embedded software Development for three-phase power electronics OR
• Masters Degree in Electrical/Electronics or Computer Engineering from an accredited institution with at least 1 year of work experience in real-time Embedded software Development for three-phase power electronics

Preferred Qualifications:

• Design experience with power electronic products.
• Experience in embedded firmware development and programming in C/C++.
• Experience developing digital controls and algorithms for AC and DC power conversion.
• Experience using Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation.
• Experience with FPGA-based implementation of digital control algorithms and PWM modulation techniques.
• Familiarity with integrating FPGA designs with microcontrollers or DSPs in mixed-signal embedded systems.
• Ability to analyze and troubleshoot analog and digital control circuitry.
• Experience with real time operating systems (RTOS)

Skills:

• Strong understanding of analog & digital control theory along with digital filter designs.
• Extensive knowledge of MATLAB/Simulink tools including Control Toolbox, StateFlow, Optimization Verification & Filter Designs.
• Experience in design of closed loop control systems.
• Ability to simulate, analyze, and troubleshoot using HIL systems, preferably OPAL-RT.
• Knowledge of three phase electrical power systems
• Proficiency in HDL languages (VHDL, Verilog).
• Familiarity with industry-standard FPGA toolchains, including synthesis, simulation, and timing analysis tools (e.g., Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, ModelSim).
• Experience debugging FPGA designs using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG interfaces.
• Excellent verbal/ written communications.
• Position requires an individual who is self-motivated, self-managed, team-oriented, proactive, attentive to detail, task oriented, and able to overcome obstacles to meet schedule requirements.
• Work in lab environment around high voltage where safety awareness is critical.

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