Digital Controls and Embedded Software Engineer Specialist

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Job description

Eaton's ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Digital Controls and Embedded Software Engineer Specialist.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $122000 - $179000 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.

This Hybrid role must work on-site 3 days weekly at our Raleigh, NC facility. Relocation assistance is available for a qualified candidate currently residing in the US.

Additionally, if needed H1B visa transfer sponsorship assistance for a qualified candidate currently residing and employed on a H1B in the USA.

What you'll do:

Eaton's Electrical Critical Power Solutions Division is currently seeking a Specialist Digital Controls and Embedded Software Engineer to join our team. This position will be a hybrid office/remote role as long as you live within 50 miles of our Raleigh, NC facility. Relocation benefits will be provided within the United States only.



Eaton's Electrical Critical Power Solutions Division designs, manufactures, and services Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, batteries, and electronic-based products to ensure power reliability in the most demanding applications. Our employees deliver mission-critical solutions to our customers' most challenging energy management requirements.

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It's where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential-and where you can help us reach ours.

Why Eaton?

• Be a key member of a world-class organization that creates market leading 3-phase products.
• Opportunities for career advancement through a defined technical track as well as broader Eaton career opportunities in various business functions. Raleigh is an Engineering Hub with roles in: Service, Manufacturing/Assembly, New Product Development, and Product Management.
• Work in a modern hybrid collaborative environment. Eaton is committed to fostering a successful work/life balance.
• Competitive salary and benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, tuition reimbursement, paid holidays, vacation, paid parental leave.

Position Overview:

As a Specialist Digital Controls and Embedded Software Engineer you will support our product development and design of our high-power three-phase UPS's. This role also supports products in our Energy Storage and next generation AI load-smoothing product lines. The role includes all aspects of product design life cycle from concept to production as part of a global, dynamic, multi-disciplinary team.

You will be responsible for conceptualizing, developing and designing advanced real-time DSP algorithms for advanced power conversion applications in the power quality industry.
The role includes all aspects of product design life cycle from concept to production as part of a global, dynamic, multi-disciplinary team. If you have a passion for design of power electronics-centric controls design and development, this role is for you.

In this role you will:

• Successfully launch critical power infrastructure products that meet customer requirements and Eaton safety, quality, reliability, cost and schedule commitments.
• 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.
• Develop mathematical models and algorithms for advanced DSP controls of electronic power conversion products.
• Develop simulations using MATLAB/Simulink simulation environment and verify control designs through simulations.
• Develop converter control algorithms and drive their validation across simulations and HIL testbeds.
• Evaluate competing controls architectures and designs to select the best suited for the application.
• Apply controls theory to design controllers to achieve target product performance.
• Validate designs using Real time simulation systems such as OPAL-RT.
• Participate as team member in new product development projects (uninterruptible power systems, energy storage and advanced technology products) while meeting schedule, cost and product performance goals. Interface closely with cross-functional team members.
• Lead product development using new technologies based on POCs from Eaton COEs and ERLs.
• Analyze, design and assist in testing/troubleshooting control system software used in uninterruptible power systems and other power quality products.
• Apply best engineering practices and decision making for advanced technical problem solving.
• Foster an environment that promotes Eaton's goals, philosophies, and encourages continuous improvement.

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we - as individuals and as a company - are stronger.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution with minimum 8 years work industry work experience in real-time digital controls and algorithms for power electronics or industrial products OR
• MS in Electrical or related Engineering degree from an accredited institution with minimum 5 years of industry work experience in real-time digital controls and algorithms for power electronics or industrial products OR
• PhD in Electrical or related engineering degree from an accredited institution with minimum 2 years of industry work experience in real-time digital controls and algorithms for power electronics or industrial products.

If needed H1B visa transfer sponsorship assistance will be provided for a qualified candidate currently residing and employed on a H1B in the USA.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution.
• 8 years of work experience with power electronic hardware or power systems.
• 3 years of work experience in a new product development organization.
• Familiarity with Li-ion and lead-acid battery systems.
• Experience with Hardware in Loop real time simulators such as OPAL-RT
• Design experience with UPS and/or power electronic products
• Previous Coursework in power electronics

Position Criteria:

• 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.
• Familiarity with common tools and methods to work in high power lab (480V) environment, oscilloscope, power analyzers and meters.
• Excellent verbal/ written communications.
• Extensive knowledge of MATLAB/Simulink tools including Control Toolbox, StateFlow, Optimization Verification & Filter Designs
• Strong academic understanding of analog & digital control theory along with digital filter designs
• Experience applying digital control and algorithms to power electronics systems.
• Experience in design of closed loop control systems
• Knowledge of three phase electrical power systems
• Knowledge and experience in C/C++ coding

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates' privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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Raleigh has 481,031 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 4.5% of the population of North Carolina. It covers 151 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 3,187 people per square mile. The median age is 34.7, 11% younger than the state median (34.7 against 39.1).

Housing

The median gross rent is $1,572 a month (rent plus utilities), 28% above the state median ($1,572 against $1,228). Over a year that is 22.1% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $415,800, which is 4.9 times the median household income ($85,395). 50.8% of households own their home, 24% below the state average (50.8% against 66.6%). A low ownership share points to a rental-heavy market with more apartments and shorter stays.

Work and pay

The Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan area has 743,120 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $51,990 a year, about the same as the national median ($51,990 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (79,180 jobs, median $47,310); sales and related (74,800 jobs, median $42,450); food preparation and serving related (66,380 jobs, median $30,480). The area is most specialised in computer and mathematical (1.7 times) and life, physical, and social science (1.5 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($132,650) and computer and mathematical ($107,760). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Wake County was 2.8%. 70.8% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Wake County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 62.3% drive alone, 1.4% use public transit, 1.6% walk, 25.8% work from home. 9.0% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 35% below the state average (9.0% against 13.9%). Remote work is more common than in the state as a whole, which widens the set of employers a resident can work for without moving.

People and education

54.0% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 51% above the state share (54.0% against 35.6%). 13.8% of residents were born outside the United States, 52% above the state share (13.8% against 9.1%). The poverty rate is 11.9%, 9% below the state rate (11.9% against 13.0%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 80°F (26.7°C), and the coolest is Jan at 38°F (3.4°C). About 1,187 mm (47 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Aug is the wettest month (127 mm) and Jan the driest (72 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

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