Engineering Manager - Embedded RTOS Platforms

About the role

Eaton’s Corporate Sector division is currently seeking an Engineering Manager - Embedded RTOS Platforms. The expected annual salary range for this role is $130000 - $190000 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution and delivery of embedded RTOS platform commitments across NPI and sustaining programs, ensuring performance against schedule, cost, quality, and risk targets
• Drive day-to-day team activities including sprint planning, backlog management, milestone tracking, and issue resolution
• Collaborate with product engineering, program management, and systems teams to ensure alignment of RTOS platform capabilities with program needs
• Apply and reinforce disciplined engineering processes, including Agile methodologies, release planning, and defect management
• Ensure effective integration, validation, and release of RTOS platform software across hardware and application layers
• Support development and optimization of RTOS-based systems, ensuring predictable real-time performance, efficient resource utilization, and system reliability
• Track and communicate key execution metrics such as velocity, defect trends, system performance metrics, and milestone progress to support data-driven decisions
• Identify and address execution challenges and bottlenecks, improving team throughput and delivery predictability
• Care for dependencies within the RTOS platform and with adjacent teams (applications, hardware, infrastructure) as needed
• Support development infrastructure including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release processes
• Work with leadership to support capacity planning and resource prioritization aligned with program needs
• Escalate risks and issues appropriately, ensuring timely resolution and stakeholder visibility
• Promote a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement within the team

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Software Engineering
• 5 years of experience in embedded software development or delivery
• 3 years of experience leading or coordinating engineering teams
• 2 years of experience delivering software using Agile development methodologies
• 3 years of experience with embedded RTOS-based systems (e.g., Zephyr, FreeRTOS, or similar)
• 1 years of experience with CI/CD processes, version control systems, and release practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering reusable RTOS-based platform solutions
• Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams
• Familiarity with real-time systems design, scheduling, and resource-constrained environments
• Experience supporting NPI programs in industrial or IoT domains
• Experience improving engineering execution through metrics and process optimization
• Experience managing cross-functional dependencies

Skills

• Soft Skills: Teamwork, communication, strong interpersonal skills across cultural and organizational boundaries. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively explain complex technical concepts to a wide variety of audiences, high learning agility, and great follow-through in meeting commitments.
• Ability to communicate and influence multiple groups including marketing, product management, quality, and executive leadership.
• Strong problem solving and reasoning ability, exhibiting technical innovation and creative solutions.
• Sharp analytical abilities and proven design skills.
• Good judgment, time management, and decision-making skills.

Benefits

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.