Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer: Power Electronics & FPGA

Advanced Energy; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Energy in Wilmington, MA, seeks a Sr Firmware Engineer to design, develop, and optimize embedded software and PLC/FPGA-enabled systems for mission-critical power solutions.

You will work across concept to validation, collaborating with hardware and systems teams to deliver high-performance, reliable electronics and software platforms. This role offers breadth across embedded software, FPGA development, and power electronics, with growth into broader engineering domains.

Qualifications

• Experience in embedded firmware/software engineering.
• Background in Power Electronics and/or Power Conversion disciplines.
• Hands-on development experience.

Responsibilities

• Participates in all phases of firmware development lifecycle (requirements, design, implementation, test).
• Research, design, and development of software in conjunction with hardware product development.
• Apply computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis in software for target applications.
• Demonstrate knowledge of power electronics and controls design to complete complex projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define interfaces between hardware and software.
• Develop software test procedures and documentation.
• Contribute to estimating and validating software effort to meet cost/schedule/technical constraints.
• Develop C++ applications on embedded systems including FPGAs and SOCs.
• Execute projects to provide software solutions for high-fidelity data acquisition systems.
• Apply advanced software development techniques per architecture.
• Participate in code reviews to improve stability and maintainability.
• Perform design analysis, development and selection of hardware/software for mission-critical systems.

Skills

Embedded systems

C++ programming

Firmware development

Power electronics

Tools

FPGA development

SOC development

Job description

Advanced Energy in Wilmington, MA, seeks a Sr Firmware Engineer to design, develop, and optimize embedded software and PLC/FPGA-enabled systems for mission-critical power solutions.

You will work across concept to validation, collaborating with hardware and systems teams to deliver high-performance, reliable electronics and software platforms. This role offers breadth across embedded software, FPGA development, and power electronics, with growth into broader engineering domains.