Eaton is seeking a Lead Embedded Electronics Engineer for its Power Electronics (PE) Center of Excellence (CoE) in Raleigh NC.  Relocation assistance will be provided if needed.

Primary function:

This individual will be responsible for the development of microprocessor based embedded systems and advanced designs for high-speed digital circuits, power supplies, and analog circuitry for the embedded systems.  The individual will be a member of the Power Electronics (PE) Center of Excellence (CoE) team in Raleigh, NC.

Eaton’s PE (CoE) accelerates the company’s growth through the development of power electronics technology platforms and common hardware building blocks that are scalable, cost-effective, and manufacturable as well as standardized design methodologies that can be adopted by multiple business units, which provides a foundation for our business to more rapidly develop innovative products. 

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. 

In this role you will:

• Perform design, modeling, simulation and implementation of analog and high-speed digital circuits including micro-processors, DSP’s, FPGA’s, sensor interfaces, and SMPS for the embedded systems
• Build and performs characterizing and testing high-speed digital and mixed-signal circuits
• Analyze data to improve and optimize the designs.
• Develop the technical requirements for and identify components for the designs.
• Create technical reports and presentations.
• Generate necessary documentation (e.g. schematics, layouts, drawings, BOMs, etc.)
• Collaborate with mechanical, thermal, and firmware engineers to successfully develop and validate the microprocessor based embedded systems
• Evaluate the designs to meet requirements factoring in performance, size, cost, manufacturability, and reliability.
• Stay current with the latest electronics circuit technologies and applies. 
• Interface with Business Unit (BU) engineers and Corporate Research and Technology (CRT) scientists.

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 Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum 3 years of related engineering experience in development of microprocessor based embedded systems, advanced designs for high-speed digital circuits, power supplies and analog circuitry.
• Experience in modeling and analysis of high-speed digital and analog circuits using mathematical and circuit simulations tools
• Hands-on experience in characterizing and testing high-speed digital and mixed-signal circuits using laboratory equipment
• Experience bringing designs with challenging SI, PI, EMI, and thermal constraints to market
• Experience with solving EMC emissions and immunity problems
• Experience in PCB layout and PCB assembly process

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution
• RF and antenna expertise
• Experience in designing electronics with thermal and reliability consideration (e.g. electronic simulation for DfR and DfM or worst-case analysis)
• Experience with Ansys Sherlock reliability physics-based electronics simulation
• Knowledge of EMC standards

Position Criteria

• Self-motivated and goal oriented individual.
• Customer focused with good relationship building skills
• Ability to demonstrate problem solving using logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions
• Ability to learn new skills, knowledge, industry, or products
• Strong written communication and verbal communication skills
• Experience working in diverse cultural situations with global customers and team members
• Consistently acts in an ethical, open, honest, trustworthy and truthful manner.
• Desire for innovation, new product development and program management

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.

We make what matters work. Everywhere you look—from the technology and machinery that surrounds us, to the critical services and infrastructure that we depend on every day—you’ll find one thing in common. It all relies on power. That’s why Eaton is dedicated to improving people’s lives and the environment with power management technologies that are more reliable, efficient, safe and sustainable. Because this is what matters.

We are confident we can deliver on this promise because of the attributes that our employees embody. We’re ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and we’re committed to learning. These values enable us to tackle some of the toughest challenges on the planet, never losing sight of what matters.

Job: Engineering

Region: North America – US/Puerto Rico
Organization: Electrical Sector

Job Level: Individual Contributor
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: No
Does this position offer relocation?: Relocation from within hiring country only
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time