Lead Firmware Engineer - Embedded Power Systems

Eaton Corporation; Coraopolis (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Eaton Corporation’s ES AMER PCS division seeks a Lead Firmware Engineer to design and develop embedded software for circuit-breaker trip units. The role combines hands-on firmware work with technical leadership across multiple engineering teams in a hybrid Moon Township, PA setting.

You will guide firmware architecture, develop robust components in C/C++, and ensure rigorous verification and testing while mentoring junior engineers. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related engineering discipline from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience leading firmware development activities and contributing to firmware architecture and design decisions for embedded products.
• Minimum 7 years of hands-on experience in embedded firmware/software development across multi-controller systems utilizing C/C++.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, integration, and testing of embedded firmware for microcontroller-based products.
• Contribute to firmware architecture and design decisions while providing technical leadership within project teams.
• Plan and coordinate firmware development tasks, creating robust and trackable execution plans aligned with project objectives.
• Review own work and participate in formal design, code, and quality reviews while providing constructive feedback to peers.
• Mentor and support other engineers in firmware design, development, debugging, and testing activities.
• Develop reliable, maintainable, and reusable firmware components using C/C++, RTOS, and embedded communication protocols.
• Perform technical investigations and root cause analysis to resolve product, customer, manufacturing, and field issues.
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, quality, cybersecurity, manufacturing, and test engineering teams throughout product development.
• Support firmware verification, validation, and system-level testing activities to meet quality and reliability objectives.
• Develop and maintain automated test tools, verification suites, and stress-testing capabilities.

Skills

Embedded firmware

C/C++

RTOS

Firmware debugging

Multicontroller

JTAG/SWD

Python scripting

System-level debugging

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Master's in EE/CE

Tools

Zephyr RTOS

CI/CD

Jira/Confluence

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

Eaton Corporation’s ES AMER PCS division seeks a Lead Firmware Engineer to design and develop embedded software for circuit-breaker trip units. The role combines hands-on firmware work with technical leadership across multiple engineering teams in a hybrid Moon Township, PA setting.

You will guide firmware architecture, develop robust components in C/C++, and ensure rigorous verification and testing while mentoring junior engineers. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.