Senior Power Electronics Firmware Engineer - Real-Time Control

ChargePoint; Kentucky; On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Life and disability insurance

Wellness resources

Job summary

ChargePoint is seeking a seasoned Power Electronics Controls and Firmware Engineer with 5+ years of embedded firmware experience for next-generation fast-charging products. Based in Campbell, CA, the role focuses on PFC, chargers, DC/DC, and inverters with real-time systems and robust hardware integration.

The candidate will develop and test embedded firmware, work on bootloaders, and contribute to HIL testing and precision control strategies in a fast-growing EV charging environment.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of proven experience developing Power Electronics products.
• 6+ years of programming experience in C/C++, Assembly for 32-bit controllers, DSPs, and Python for scripting and automation.
• Experience implementing control code for Power Converters without using a code generation tool.
• Firmware Development: solid experience with embedded firmware in C/C++ for real-time systems.
• Power Electronics knowledge including control techniques for inverters, rectifiers, and DC-DC converters.
• Experience with Grid-tie inverter systems (Solar, BESS, EVSE).
• Microcontroller and peripherals: timers, PWM, interrupts, GPIOs, ADC, UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, Ethernet.
• Bootloader development: secure and reliable bootloaders, memory management, and verification processes.
• HIL experience: testbed setup, real-time simulation, plant modeling, and test scripting.
• RTOS experience in real-time systems.
• Knowledge of communication protocols used in power electronics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement embedded controls for PFC, Chargers, DC/DC, inverters, etc.
• Board bring-up experience and device driver development for CAN, I2C, SPI, etc.
• Develop specifications, design reviews, and unit tests.
• Prove design concepts via simulation and hardware testing.
• Develop automated test cases for HIL modelling/testing.
• Stay updated on digital control/ Controllers technologies.
• Write lean code for real-time interrupt-driven applications.
• Understand schematics and debug hardware issues.
• Ensure compliance with Safety regulations for power converters.

Skills

Power Electronics

C/C++

Python

RTOS

Firmware development

HIL testing

Bootloader development

CAN Bus

FPGA

Tools

Git

SVN

MATLAB/Simulink

PLECS

Job description

ChargePoint is seeking a seasoned Power Electronics Controls and Firmware Engineer with 5+ years of embedded firmware experience for next-generation fast-charging products. Based in Campbell, CA, the role focuses on PFC, chargers, DC/DC, and inverters with real-time systems and robust hardware integration.

The candidate will develop and test embedded firmware, work on bootloaders, and contribute to HIL testing and precision control strategies in a fast-growing EV charging environment.