Embedded Firmware Specialist

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to the successful delivery of critical power solutions' 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, and key non-functional requirements such as timing, reliability, safety, and maintainability.
• 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 roadmap, and drive sustaining releases and next-gen platform plans.
• Work closely with controls and hardware teams to enable effective hardware/software co-design and robust embedded implementations.
• Partner with V&V teams to help identify appropriate 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; integrate pragmatic improvements into Eaton's firmware processes.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution. Minimum 8 years of embedded software/firmware development experience using C/C++ in real-time systems. Minimum 5 years of experience defining firmware architecture or leading firmware design for complex, multiteam or multi-product embedded platforms. Minimum 3 years of experience with RTOS-based development (e.g., FreeRTOS, Zephyr, or equivalent). Minimum 2 years of experience developing firmware for power electronics systems (three-phase UPS, inverter/rectifier, DC-DC controls, power conversion topologies) or adjacent high-reliability embedded domains.
• Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical or Software Engineering. Experience developing control algorithms using model-based or auto-code generation tools (e.g., Simulink, Stateflow). Experience with embedded Linux. Hands-on experience with firmware and controls validation using HIL platforms (e.g., OPAL RT).
• Skills: Strong understanding of power systems and power electronics domains. Experience working in regulated or security-conscious environments, applying secure development practices. Ability to read and interpret low-level hardware specifications and schematics.