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New grad fpga engineer jobs welcome recent graduates and entry level candidates with zero to two years of experience, where strong portfolio projects or internship work designing programmable logic can matter more than a long resume. Most openings are on-site roles across Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, and Investment & Asset Management, with employers like KLA, Eaton, and Boeing hiring at this level now.
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See related jobsEaton’s Electrical Critical Power Solutions Division is seeking a Embedded Firmware & FPGA Engineer to join our innovative engineering team in Youngsville, NC. In this role, you will contribute to the architecture, design, development, verification, and release of FPGA-based solutions supporting next-generation power management products. Working alongside global, cross-functional teams, you will play a key role in bringing new products to market, including advanced silicon carbide (SiC)-based three-phase power conversion systems that deliver reliable power for mission-critical applications such as data centers.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $80000 - $118000 a year.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you’ll do:
- Work as part of an engineering team to architect, develop, verify, test, and release FPGA-based designs in support of new product development. Collaborate with global cross-functional teams to support the launch of new products, including SiC-based three-phase power conversion systems designed to support critical loads such as data centers.
- Review product requirements and collaborate with systems, firmware, controls, power electronics, and hardware engineers to translate system-level specifications into FPGA architecture and detailed design requirements.
- Evaluate alternative FPGA architectures and implementation approaches to meet customer and product development requirements while considering performance, resource utilization, cost, reliability, and schedule.
- Design, develop, review, and maintain synthesizable RTL using Verilog, SystemVerilog, and/or VHDL.
- Develop FPGA logic for functions such as PWM generation, digital control, protection and fault management, high-speed data acquisition, sequencing, state machines, digital filtering, and processor/peripheral interfaces.
- Develop modular and reusable FPGA design components and establish effective FPGA coding and design practices.
- Develop testbenches and perform RTL simulation and functional verification to ensure designs meet functional and system requirements.
- Perform synthesis, place-and-route, static timing analysis, and timing closure using industry-standard FPGA development toolchains.
- Analyze and resolve FPGA implementation challenges related to timing, resource utilization, clock distribution, reset architecture, and clock-domain crossing.
- Design and integrate communication interfaces between FPGAs, microcontrollers, DSPs, ADCs, DACs, and other system components using interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, and parallel interfaces, as applicable.
- Support board-level bring-up, integration, and debugging of FPGA-based systems using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG debuggers, and embedded FPGA debugging tools.
- Participate in design reviews, RTL code reviews, verification reviews, and root-cause investigations.
Qualifications:
Required (Basic) Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering discipline from an accredited institution with at least 1 internship experience in embedded software or firmware development.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Professional experience developing synthesizable RTL using VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog.
- Experience with FPGA design workflows including RTL development, simulation, synthesis, implementation, timing analysis, and hardware validation.
- Design experience with power electronic, industrial control, energy conversion, or other real-time embedded products.
- Experience implementing digital control algorithms, PWM generation, modulation techniques and high-speed deterministic control functions in FPGA.
- Experience with FPGA development toolchains such as Intel Quartus, and ModelSim/Questa.
- Experience integrating FPGA designs with microcontrollers, DSPs, ADCs, DACs, and mixed-signal embedded systems.
- Experience implementing communication interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, and high-speed serial or parallel interfaces.
- Experience with embedded firmware development and programming in C/C++.
- Experience using hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation for system integration and validation.
Skills:
- Strong knowledge of digital logic design, synchronous design principles, finite-state machines, pipelining, clocking, reset architectures, and FPGA resource optimization.
- Understanding of three-phase electrical power systems and power conversion concepts is preferred.
- Ability to read and understand electrical schematics, component datasheets, interface specifications, and timing diagrams.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross-functional and geographically distributed engineering teams.
- Self-motivated, proactive, detail-oriented, and capable of independently driving technical activities to meet project schedules.
- Ability to work in a laboratory environment around high-voltage equipment where strict adherence to safety practices is critical.
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All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.
You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.
We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Eaton’s Electrical Critical Power Solutions Division is seeking a Embedded Firmware & FPGA Engineer to join our innovative engineering team in Youngsville, NC. In this role, you will contribute to the architecture, design, development, verification, and release of FPGA-based solutions supporting next-generation power management products. Working alongside global, cross-functional teams, you will play a key role in bringing new products to market, including advanced silicon carbide (SiC)-based three-phase power conversion systems that deliver reliable power for mission-critical applications such as data centers.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $80000 - $118000 a year.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you’ll do:
- Work as part of an engineering team to architect, develop, verify, test, and release FPGA-based designs in support of new product development. Collaborate with global cross-functional teams to support the launch of new products, including SiC-based three-phase power conversion systems designed to support critical loads such as data centers.
- Review product requirements and collaborate with systems, firmware, controls, power electronics, and hardware engineers to translate system-level specifications into FPGA architecture and detailed design requirements.
- Evaluate alternative FPGA architectures and implementation approaches to meet customer and product development requirements while considering performance, resource utilization, cost, reliability, and schedule.
- Design, develop, review, and maintain synthesizable RTL using Verilog, SystemVerilog, and/or VHDL.
- Develop FPGA logic for functions such as PWM generation, digital control, protection and fault management, high-speed data acquisition, sequencing, state machines, digital filtering, and processor/peripheral interfaces.
- Develop modular and reusable FPGA design components and establish effective FPGA coding and design practices.
- Develop testbenches and perform RTL simulation and functional verification to ensure designs meet functional and system requirements.
- Perform synthesis, place-and-route, static timing analysis, and timing closure using industry-standard FPGA development toolchains.
- Analyze and resolve FPGA implementation challenges related to timing, resource utilization, clock distribution, reset architecture, and clock-domain crossing.
- Design and integrate communication interfaces between FPGAs, microcontrollers, DSPs, ADCs, DACs, and other system components using interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, and parallel interfaces, as applicable.
- Support board-level bring-up, integration, and debugging of FPGA-based systems using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG debuggers, and embedded FPGA debugging tools.
- Participate in design reviews, RTL code reviews, verification reviews, and root-cause investigations.
Qualifications:
Required (Basic) Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering discipline from an accredited institution with at least 1 internship experience in embedded software or firmware development.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Professional experience developing synthesizable RTL using VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog.
- Experience with FPGA design workflows including RTL development, simulation, synthesis, implementation, timing analysis, and hardware validation.
- Design experience with power electronic, industrial control, energy conversion, or other real-time embedded products.
- Experience implementing digital control algorithms, PWM generation, modulation techniques and high-speed deterministic control functions in FPGA.
- Experience with FPGA development toolchains such as Intel Quartus, and ModelSim/Questa.
- Experience integrating FPGA designs with microcontrollers, DSPs, ADCs, DACs, and mixed-signal embedded systems.
- Experience implementing communication interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, and high-speed serial or parallel interfaces.
- Experience with embedded firmware development and programming in C/C++.
- Experience using hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation for system integration and validation.
Skills:
- Strong knowledge of digital logic design, synchronous design principles, finite-state machines, pipelining, clocking, reset architectures, and FPGA resource optimization.
- Understanding of three-phase electrical power systems and power conversion concepts is preferred.
- Ability to read and understand electrical schematics, component datasheets, interface specifications, and timing diagrams.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross-functional and geographically distributed engineering teams.
- Self-motivated, proactive, detail-oriented, and capable of independently driving technical activities to meet project schedules.
- Ability to work in a laboratory environment around high-voltage equipment where strict adherence to safety practices is critical.
#LI-LS3
All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.
You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.
We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
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Entry Level FPGA Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get an entry level fpga engineer job?
Entry level fpga engineer employers look for hands-on experience with HDL languages like VHDL or Verilog, even if that experience comes from coursework, personal projects, or an internship. A portfolio that demonstrates you can write, simulate, and synthesize designs on an FPGA development board gives you a concrete edge. Familiarity with a major vendor toolchain such as Xilinx Vivado or Intel Quartus is a common differentiator at this stage.
Which companies hire entry level fpga engineers?
Companies hiring entry level fpga engineers right now include KLA, Eaton, and Boeing, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Hiring at this level comes from a wide range of employers, including defense contractors, semiconductor firms, aerospace companies, and consumer electronics manufacturers that build in-house FPGA design teams and regularly onboard new graduates.
Are there remote entry level fpga engineer jobs?
Yes, though most openings at this level require at least some on-site work because hands-on lab access and hardware bring-up are central to the role. About 33% of entry level fpga engineer openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, so options exist for candidates who need flexibility, particularly in verification, simulation, or documentation-heavy positions.
Are these new grad fpga engineer jobs?
Yes, the listings on this page include new grad, recent graduate, and junior fpga engineer roles. A posting is new-grad friendly when it explicitly welcomes zero to two years of experience, counts internships or co-ops toward that threshold, or lists a strong academic project portfolio as an acceptable substitute for professional work history. Those signals indicate the employer is prepared to hire and develop candidates who are early in their careers.
Which industries hire the most entry level fpga engineers?
Entry Level fpga engineer roles concentrate in Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, and Investment & Asset Management, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive hiring at the entry level because their products rely on custom programmable logic for signal processing, communication protocols, and real-time control, creating steady demand for junior designers who can contribute to development teams from day one.