EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ARCHITECT

Eaton; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton is seeking an Embedded Software Architect in Chicago to lead firmware architecture for critical power products. This hybrid role requires deep technical expertise and a commitment to collaboration within cross-functional teams, driving innovation while maintaining product integrity and compliance with industry standards.

Benefits

401K

Medical and Dental Benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Parental Leave

Qualifications

• Minimum ten years of engineering experience in software/embedded development.
• Experience with power electronics is preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and defining firmware architecture.
• Coordinate with global teams to ensure project alignment.
• Mentor junior engineers and develop engineering documentation.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Master's Degree in Engineering

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Eaton’s Electrical Critical Power & Digital Infrastructure division is currently seeking an Embedded Software Architect to join our team. This position will be a hybrid role as long as you live within 50 miles of our Raleigh, NC facility. Relocation benefits will be provided within the United States only.

Sponsorship will be offered!

Eaton’s Electrical Critical Power & Digital Infrastructure Division designs, manufactures, and services Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, batteries, and electronic-based products to ensure power reliability in the most demanding applications. Our employees deliver mission-critical solutions to our customers’ most challenging energy management requirements.

This person will be responsible for leading the design and defining firmware architecture for 3-phase UPS, energy transition, and electric vehicle charging products. Additional responsibilities include coordinating and maintaining alignment with global team leads, enforcing consistency in process among the firmware engineers in each project, and working closely with product / platform owners to ensure valuable and practical decisions are made. In this role, you will work with each region’s global software team to plan sustaining releases and develop next generation platforms, plan and utilize efforts from the various Eaton Center of Excellence (CoE) functional teams to propel progress on new product development, continuously research and be up-to-date on industry standards and best practices with firmware that can be integrated into our firmware processes, and utilize your experience to create tangible improvements from lessons learned. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to define an architecture to meet customer and technical requirements across a variety of products. The successful candidate will be very autonomous and will be able to identify and generate tasks which bring measurable value to the organization.

Why Eaton?

• Be a key member of a world-class organization that creates market leading 3-phase products.
• Opportunities for career advancement through a defined technical track as well as broader Eaton career opportunities in various business functions. Raleigh is an Engineering Hub with roles in : Service, Manufacturing / Assembly, New product Development, and Product Management.
• Work in a modern hybrid collaborative environment. Eaton is committed to fostering a successful work / life balance. We provide flexibility to choose when you work from home and in the office.
• Competitive salary and benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, tuition reimbursement, paid holidays, vacation, paid parental leave.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $115,499 - $169,399 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

• Be a technical leader for product development, responsible for meeting schedule, cost and product performance goals
• Propose innovative technical solutions to complex problems
• Work closely with product management on creating product requirements and specifications
• Determine how to refresh existing platforms when necessary
• Occasionally assist with embedded software development using C, C++ for ARM / DSP processors for three phase power systems when critical and complex issues arise
• Work with control system experts to develop algorithms that control Inverters, Rectifiers and DC / DC converters
• Analyze existing code modules and techniques to determine advantages and deficiencies.
• Analyze the power system architecture and requirements to develop technical solutions to achieve product requirements.
• Keep track of latest embedded software strategies, processes and tools. Apply knowledge to power electronics applications.
• Work closely with the Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (CCoE) to support implementation of cybersecurity best practices which meet corporate standards and successfully pass cybersecurity audits
• Be a mentor who provides support and guidance to junior level engineers
• Develop engineering documentation including software requirements specification, design verification test plans, product configuration specifications, user interface specifications.
• Work with global software team members to develop products and achieve software releases
• Lead firmware and functional design reviews at various product development stages.

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications :

• Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum of ten (10) years engineering experience in software / embedded development, electrical design, or power electronics
• Minimum four (4) years power electronics with Bachelors degree or 2 years experience with masters degree or PHD degree focused on Power Electronics
• Minimum five (5) years experience in software / Embedded development

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• Extensive experience in developing, coding and troubleshooting real-time software
• Extensive experience programming in C, C++, in an embedded environment
• Track record of working with control systems for power electronics
• Experience with embedded Linux
• Understanding of analog and digital circuitry

Skills

Position Success Criteria :

• Ability to work well as a team member on new product development projects and individual contributor when necessary
• Ability to demonstrate technical leadership and communicate technical features and requirements to non-technical functions to ensure buy-in across the organization
• Experience with version control repository hosting services such as Bitbucket, SVN
• Experience in three phase power systems, power electronics and power conversion topologies.
• Familiarity with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and leading software releases
• Ability to simulate, analyze, and troubleshoot using HIL systems
• Ability to understand low level hardware specifications and ability to read, interpret and understand hardware schematics
• Experience developing advanced digital controls and algorithms for AC to DC power conversion preferred
• Experience working with global teams
• Strong background in power electronics and embedded systems
• Competent with MATLAB / PLECS
• Familiarity with System Composer
• Familiarity with different operating systems such as FreeRTOS, μC / OS, TIs DSP / BIOS RTOS and Linux
• Familiarity with schematic entry and PCB design tools like Altium, Cadence, etc.
• Familiarity with common tools and methods to work in a high-power lab (480V) environment, oscilloscope, power analyzers and meters
• Understanding of Model Based Development (MBD)
• Understanding of Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential to this role
• Strong attention to detail while consistently operating with a sense of urgency

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 applicants 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.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Not Applicable

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Employment type

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