Embedded Controls Engineering Manager: Lead Global HW/SW

ThermoFisher Scientific; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership role

Architecture ownership

Global engineering teams

Competitive compensation

Benefits Day 1

401(k) plan

Generous PTO

Tuition reimbursement

Career advancement

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking an Embedded Controls Engineering Manager in Marietta, OH. This onsite leadership role directs embedded hardware and software development for cryogenic and ultra-low temperature systems, guiding a global team across North America and India.

You will shape the embedded controls architecture, drive the technology roadmap, and ensure high-quality product delivery while maintaining regulatory compliance and manufacturability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Physics, or related technical discipline.
• Five+ years leading embedded hardware and software engineering teams.
• Three+ years designing and developing embedded control systems for electromechanical products.
• Experience with embedded firmware development using C/C++.
• Strong understanding of embedded system architecture and real-time control systems.
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams.
• Strong communication, leadership, and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a global team of engineers across North America and India.
• Define and drive the embedded controls architecture and technology roadmap.
• Provide technical leadership for embedded firmware, hardware, sensing technologies, communications, and control algorithms.
• Develop scalable, modular control platforms that support future product innovation.
• Guide architecture decisions that improve product performance, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability.
• Support technology development and innovation initiatives that contribute to future products and IP.
• Lead embedded controls development through the complete New Product Development lifecycle.
• Partner with Product Management, Mechanical, Systems, Manufacturing, and Quality to deliver high-quality products on schedule.
• Support existing products while driving next-generation platform development.
• Collaborate with global manufacturing sites to ensure successful product launches and ongoing production support.
• Champion modern embedded software development practices using Agile methodologies.
• Promote best practices for software architecture, coding standards, design reviews, version control, testing, and release management.
• Drive requirements management, traceability, and documentation using tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Git.
• Lead development of system-level specifications, verification strategies, and validation plans.
• Ensure embedded hardware and software designs meet regulatory, safety, and certification requirements (UL, IEC, CE, CSA).
• Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to maintain design controls, risk analyses, verification, validation, and requirements traceability.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product quality, reliability, and compliance.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing global engineering organization.
• Allocate engineering resources across multiple programs and priorities.
• Partner with project managers to develop schedules, staffing plans, and budgets.
• Foster a collaborative culture focused on innovation, accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

Leadership

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Embedded firmware development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Git

Job description

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking an Embedded Controls Engineering Manager in Marietta, OH. This onsite leadership role directs embedded hardware and software development for cryogenic and ultra-low temperature systems, guiding a global team across North America and India.

You will shape the embedded controls architecture, drive the technology roadmap, and ensure high-quality product delivery while maintaining regulatory compliance and manufacturability.