Digital Controls and Embedded Software Engineer Specialist

Role Overview

Compensation

• The expected annual salary range is USD 122,000 to USD 179,000.

Workplace

• This is a hybrid role requiring on-site work three days per week at the Raleigh, North Carolina facility.
• The role is intended for employees living within 50 miles of the Raleigh facility, with relocation assistance available within the United States.

Responsibilities

• Develop mathematical models and advanced DSP algorithms for power conversion controls.
• Create MATLAB/Simulink simulations and validate control designs using simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testbeds.
• Design controllers using control theory and evaluate competing control architectures.
• Analyze, design, test, and troubleshoot control system software for UPS and power quality products.
• Support product development from concept through production and help launch products meeting customer and engineering commitments.
• Provide technical guidance to project team members and lead product development using emerging technologies.
• Collaborate with global teams to resolve performance, safety, reliability, quality, and component availability issues.

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in engineering with 8 or more years of relevant industry experience, a relevant master's degree with 5 or more years, or a relevant PhD with 2 or more years.
• Experience in real-time digital controls and algorithms for power electronics or industrial products.
• Experience applying digital controls and algorithms to power electronics systems and designing closed-loop control systems.
• Strong understanding of analog and digital control theory, digital filter design, MATLAB/Simulink, and C/C++.
• Knowledge of three-phase electrical power systems and ability to work safely around high voltage in a laboratory environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• A master's degree or PhD in electrical engineering.
• Experience with power electronic hardware or power systems and new product development organizations.
• Familiarity with lithium-ion and lead-acid battery systems.
• Experience with OPAL-RT or similar hardware-in-the-loop real-time simulators.
• Design experience with UPS or other power electronic products.

Position Criteria

• The position calls for a self-managed, proactive, team-oriented, detail-focused professional who can meet schedule requirements.
• The role requires familiarity with oscilloscopes, power analyzers, meters, and common tools used in a 480V high-power laboratory.