Embedded Firmware Specialist

Eaton Corporation•Raleigh, NC

4d•$122,000 - $179,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Eaton’s Electrical Critical Power Solutions Division is seeking a senior individual contributor to help shape and evolve firmware architecture for next-generation and sustaining platforms across three-phase UPS, energy transition, and EV charging product lines. The role has broad influence across the division’s global teams and involves working with product, controls, hardware, and verification teams to guide technology direction across current and future products and platforms. The position is hybrid, with three days in the office and two days remote; candidates must live within 50 miles of the Raleigh, North Carolina facility. U.S.-only relocation benefits and work sponsorship are available. The Embedded Firmware Specialist contributes to delivering critical power products that meet customer expectations and Eaton’s safety, quality, reliability, cost, and schedule objectives. The role supports system-level requirements and designs, firmware architecture, technical decision-making, verification strategy, and resolution of critical technical issues. The expected annual salary range is $122,000–$179,000; actual salary depends on candidate skills, experience, qualifications, and market and business considerations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
At least 6 years of embedded software/firmware development experience using C/C++ in real-time systems.
Demonstrated ownership of firmware architecture for at least one complex, multi-team or multi-product embedded platform.
At least 3 years of experience with RTOS-based development, such as FreeRTOS, Zephyr, or equivalent.
At least 2 years of experience developing firmware for power electronics systems, such as three-phase UPS, inverter/rectifier, DC-DC controls, or power conversion topologies, or in adjacent high-reliability embedded domains.
Strong understanding of power systems and power electronics domains.
Experience working in regulated or security-conscious environments and applying secure development practices.
Ability to read and interpret low-level hardware specifications and schematics.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical or Software Engineering.
Experience developing control algorithms using model-based or auto-code generation tools, such as Simulink or Stateflow.
Experience with embedded Linux.
Hands-on experience with firmware and controls validation using HIL platforms, such as OPAL-RT.

Responsibilities

Contribute to delivering critical power products that meet customer expectations and Eaton’s safety, quality, reliability, cost, and schedule objectives.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and support system-level designs for three-phase UPS systems, high-power DC chargers, energy storage, and related power electronics products.
Shape and evolve firmware architecture across platforms and product variants, including interfaces, modular structure, timing, reliability, safety, and maintainability requirements.
Lead architecture and design reviews, set engineering standards, and align practices across global regions and projects.
Partner with product managers and technical product owners to shape requirements, establish platform roadmaps, and drive sustaining releases and next-generation platform plans.
Work with controls and hardware teams to enable hardware-software co-design and robust embedded implementations.
Partner with verification and validation teams to identify verification methods, including HIL/PIL strategies, design verification planning, and diagnostic approaches, and support traceability from requirements to test evidence.
Provide technical leadership during critical issues, supporting root-cause analysis and continuous improvement.
Keep current on embedded firmware practices and relevant industry standards, and integrate pragmatic improvements into Eaton’s firmware processes.