Embedded Software Engineer

Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Embedded Software Engineer.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $80000 - $118000 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

Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking an Embedded Software Engineer for a June 2027 start date.

The Embedded Software Engineer will develop embedded software/firmware for high performance, real-time feeder capacitor bank controls used in the electrical power distribution industry. The Embedded Software Engineer will collaborate with other Embedded Software Engineers as well as systems engineering, hardware engineering, and QA to design and implement features for power distribution products. The position will be part of a multi-disciplined engineering team (software, hardware, and test) at Eaton’s Thomas A. Edison Technical Center in Franksville, WI.

Essential Functions

• Implement features for power system intelligent electronic devices, including power system protection algorithms, system diagnostics/prognostics, communication protocols, cybersecurity, and other relay, control and monitoring functions using C/C on Linux.
• Work with functional managers, systems engineering, lead embedded software engineers to distill product/system requirements/use cases to firmware designs/stories, developing module & system level code, and unit tests.
• Participate in tasks related to new product development/feature development including planning, task/story estimation, design, programming, unit testing, peer review, integration and release
• Design and implement unit test in support of developer testing activities and integration with Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines
• Participate and lead design and code reviews
• Plans and executes tasks in collaboration with the project team to ensure objectives are met
  
  
  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution, or active enrollment in an Engineering degree program with an anticipated graduation date of May 2027 or earlier.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• One or more years of experience in embedded software development is a plus
• Experience developing using C / C
• Familiarity with Linux and Virtualized environments.
• Familiarity with using or designing systems that use network protocols such as Serial, TCP/IP, Ethernet
• Knowledge of Object-Oriented Design (OOD) principles, secure coding and cybersecurity best practices
• Model designs using UML or similar methodologies as appropriate
• Familiarity with Agile Scrum concepts
• Experience using SDLC management tools in a team environment (e.g. Jira, Git, etc.)
  
  
  

Skills

• Effectively work and communicate within a global team environment.
• Collaborate with a global multi-discipline engineering teams (software, embedded software, hardware, power systems, systems, product and test) to deliver products and features in the Controls and Relays Group.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills including the ability to effectively explain technical issues/concepts
• Strong problem solving
• Self-starter with the ability to operate effectively with minimal supervision
• Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline-oriented environment
• Strong planning and organizational skills
  
  
  

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