Eaton's Electrical Critical Power Systems (CPS) is seeking a Senior Firmware & FPGA Engineer to join our team in Vantaa. As a Senior Firmware & FPGA Engineer, you will play a key role in the development of Eaton's next-generation Medium Voltage Solid State Transformer (MVSST) technology. You will play a key role in the design, development, and validation of embedded firmware and FPGA-based control solutions for advanced power conversion systems. Working with global multidisciplinary teams, you will help deliver innovative, high-performance, and grid-interactive power electronics solutions that support the future of energy infrastructure.
Your responsibilities:
- Design and implement embedded firmware and FPGA solutions for MVSST systems, including real-time control algorithms, protection functions, and state machines.
- Develop and optimize high-speed digital control functions for power converters operating in medium-voltage applications.
- Collaborate with global engineering teams to develop, test, and release firmware and FPGA functionality across Eaton's advanced power electronics portfolio.
- Analyze power system architectures and requirements to design scalable and robust technical solutions that meet performance, efficiency, reliability, and safety objectives.
- Develop firmware in C++ and implement FPGA functionality using VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog, ensuring compliance with coding and design standards.
- Design and implement communication, synchronization, protection, and measurement functions across embedded processors and FPGA platforms.
- Troubleshoot and enhance product features; create and maintain functional specifications, design documentation, and verification reports.
- Conduct hands-on testing and debugging in high-voltage and high-power laboratory environments, ensuring strict adherence to safety requirements.
- Support the creation and execution of verification and validation plans, including Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL), simulation, and automated test frameworks.
- Apply modern development practices including version control (Git), issue tracking (Jira), continuous integration, and automated testing.
- Contribute to power electronics system modeling, control validation, and performance optimization using simulation tools.
- Mentor junior engineers and actively participate in technical reviews and cross-functional design activities.
- University Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering
- Solid experience with embedded systems
- Experience developing firmware and/or FPGA solutions for power electronics, industrial controls, motor drives, renewable energy systems, grid-connected converters, or similar applications.
- Strong expertise in embedded firmware development, real-time control systems, and state-machine design.
- Strong FPGA development experience using VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog.
- Experience integrating firmware and FPGA solutions in complex control architectures.
- Proficiency in C++ and real-time embedded systems.
- Deep understanding of power electronics, converter topologies, and closed-loop control systems.
- Knowledge of medium-voltage power systems, grid-connected converters, or energy infrastructure applications.
- Experience with digital signal processing, timing analysis, synchronization, and deterministic control execution.
- Familiarity with FPGA development tools and workflows (e.g., AMD/Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, ModelSim, Questa).
- Experience debugging complex hardware-software interactions and high-speed digital interfaces.
- Familiarity with modern software development tools and processes, including Git, Jira, debuggers, profilers, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Fluency in English.
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and proactive team player.
- Contract in fast growing global company
- Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
- Great promotional opportunities - We encourage internal promotion, whenever possible
- Excellent working environment - safety and ethic are really important for us
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Skills Required
- University degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or Computer Engineering
- Solid experience with embedded systems
- Experience developing firmware or FPGA solutions for power electronics, industrial controls, motor drives, renewable energy systems, grid-connected converters, or similar applications
- Strong expertise in embedded firmware development, real-time control systems, and state-machine design
- Strong FPGA development experience using VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog
- Experience integrating firmware and FPGA solutions in complex control architectures
- Proficiency in C++ and real-time embedded systems
- Deep understanding of power electronics, converter topologies, and closed-loop control systems
- Knowledge of medium-voltage power systems, grid-connected converters, or energy infrastructure applications
- Experience with digital signal processing, timing analysis, synchronization, and deterministic control execution
- Familiarity with FPGA development tools such as AMD/Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, ModelSim, or Questa
- Experience debugging complex hardware-software interactions and high-speed digital interfaces
- Familiarity with Git, Jira, debuggers, profilers, and CI/CD pipelines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Fluency in English
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and proactive team player
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