Senior Embedded Firmware Architect – Power Electronics (Hybrid)

Eaton; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation benefits (US)

Work sponsorship

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Eaton’s Embedded Firmware Specialist in Raleigh, NC will contribute to firmware architecture for three‑phase UPS, energy transition, and EV charging lines, collaborating with senior engineers and cross‑functional teams to drive alignment and maintainability across platforms.

This senior individual contributor role collaborates with controls, hardware, and verification teams to guide direction, ensure safety and cybersecurity, and sustain platform evolution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 6 years of embedded software/firmware development experience using C/C++ in real‑time systems.
• Demonstrated ownership of firmware architecture for at least one complex, multi-team or multi-product embedded platform.
• 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.

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.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

RTOS development

Firmware architecture

Power electronics

Cross-functional collaboration

Security/compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Simulink

Stateflow

OPAL-RT

Embedded Linux

Job description

Eaton’s Embedded Firmware Specialist in Raleigh, NC will contribute to firmware architecture for three‑phase UPS, energy transition, and EV charging lines, collaborating with senior engineers and cross‑functional teams to drive alignment and maintainability across platforms.

This senior individual contributor role collaborates with controls, hardware, and verification teams to guide direction, ensure safety and cybersecurity, and sustain platform evolution.