Lead Power & Embedded Electronics Design Engineer

Eaton; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 105,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Health and Welfare benefits

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Eaton is seeking a Lead Power & Embedded Electronics Design Engineer in Raleigh, North Carolina. This role involves leading the design and development of analog, digital, and power circuits, including embedded electronics, within the Power Electronics and Battery Center of Excellence. With a strong focus on innovation, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams while ensuring product quality and performance.

The position offers a competitive salary range of $105,000 – $154,000 annually and includes comprehensive benefits, along with potential relocation assistance for qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of engineering experience in electronics.
• Proven experience in analog and digital circuit design.
• Hands-on experience with testing and validation of designs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of electronics circuits.
• Perform simulation and modeling of circuits.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for design validation.

Skills

Analog circuit design

Digital circuit design

Power electronics

Circuit modeling and simulation

Embedded systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

SPICE

Simplis

Oscilloscopes

Signal generators

Job description

Eaton’s Corporate Sector division is currently seeking a Lead Power & Embedded Electronics Design Engineer. Relocation assistance offered. The expected annual salary range for this role is $105,000 – $154,000 a year. Salary information shown above is a general guideline only; actual salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What You’ll Do

Eaton is seeking a lead power and embedded electronics design engineer for its Power Electronics (PE) and Battery Center of Excellence (CoE). Eaton’s PE and Battery CoE accelerate the company’s growth through development of technology platforms and common hardware building blocks that are scalable, cost‑effective, manufacturable, and standardized, providing a foundation for more rapid product innovation. This individual will design, develop, and test analog, digital, and power circuits, including embedded electronic circuits with DSP/micro‑processor/FPGA, sensor interfaces, communication cards, gate drivers, and SMPS. The role reports to the Power Electronics HW manager and may require up to 10% travel domestically and internationally.

Essential Functions

• Leads electronics circuit design and development activities and demonstrates start‑to‑finish ownership for assigned projects and tasks
• Performs design, modeling, simulation, and implementation of analog, digital, and power circuits including embedded electronics circuits with DSP/micro‑processor/FPGA, sensor interfaces, communication cards, etc.
• Performs analog, digital, and power circuit functional testing
• Develops the technical requirements for and identifies components for the designs
• Creates technical reports and presentations
• Builds and measures test circuits; analyzes data to improve and optimize designs
• Collaborates with mechanical, thermal, and firmware engineers to develop and validate designs successfully
• Evaluates designs to meet requirements factoring in performance, size, cost, manufacturability, and reliability

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 6 years of engineering experience in designing and developing analog, digital, and power circuits, including embedded electronics circuits, sensor interface, communication cards, gate drivers, and SMPS.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in circuit modeling and simulation with tools such as SPICE or Simplis.
• Minimum 5 years of hands‑on experience with analog, digital, and power circuits development and testing.

Preferred Qualifications

• PCB layout experience and knowledge of PCB assembly process.
• Experience designing electronics with thermal and reliability considerations (e.g., electronic simulation for DfR and DfM or worst‑case analysis).
• Experience designing high‑speed electronics.
• Experience with SI and PI analysis tools for high‑speed designs.
• Demonstrated knowledge of engineering processes.
• Design for Six Sigma certification.
• Familiar with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, power supplies, and other standard EE lab equipment.

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