Embedded Firmware Specialist
Eaton Corporation · Raleigh, NC
$122,000–$179,000from the description
Jun 30, 2026
Raleigh, NC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual contributor role focused on shaping firmware architecture for power electronics products — including three-phase UPS systems, energy storage, and EV charging platforms. The work spans defining architecture across multi-team embedded platforms, guiding hardware-software co-design, supporting verification strategies, and driving both sustaining and next-generation platform roadmaps. Suits an experienced embedded firmware engineer with a strong background in real-time systems and power electronics.
Senior level · 8+ years · Raleigh-Cary, NC · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 15 people in the Raleigh-Cary, NC area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 7–25
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $135,690 (middle half $105,756–$170,315). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The title 'Embedded Firmware Specialist' carries no explicit seniority level word, so the title states no level; however, the JD explicitly describes this as 'a senior individual contributor role' in the body text, and the requirements (8+ years total, 5+ years architecture leadership) firmly support a Senior classification.
C and C++ are listed together as a single requirement ('C/C++') — both are emitted as separate skills since they are distinct languages used together in the stack, not interchangeable alternatives.
The RTOS requirement is stated generically ('RTOS-based development') with FreeRTOS and Zephyr given as examples; RTOS is the hard gate, while FreeRTOS/Zephyr are listed as preferred illustrative tools.
'Firmware architecture' and 'power electronics firmware' are not named tools but represent distinct, quantified experience gates stated in the Basic Qualifications — they are retained here as the closest representation of those gates since no specific tool name is given.
Simulink and Stateflow appear together under Preferred Qualifications as model-based/auto-code-generation tools; they are listed as alternatives to each other within that preferred requirement.
HIL/PIL and OPAL-RT both appear under Preferred Qualifications; OPAL-RT is called out by name as an example HIL platform.
The role is hybrid (3 days in-office, 2 days remote) at the Raleigh, NC facility — not fully remote.
The alternative occupation code 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is noted as a runner-up because embedded firmware engineering sits at the intersection of software development and hardware-adjacent controls work, though 15-1252 best captures the primary day-to-day coding and architecture activity.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): firmware architecture.
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