Lead Linux Firmware Engineer. The expected annual salary range for this role is $105000 - $154000 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 Electrical Critical Power Solutions Division is currently seeking a Lead Firmware Engineer with Linux experience to join our team. This position will be a hybrid office role if you live within 50 miles of our Raleigh, NC facility. Relocation benefits and sponsorship will be provided within the United States only. Eaton's Electrical Critical Power Solutions 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. Position Overview: As a Lead Linux Firmware Engineer, you will be responsible for leading global teams to develop embedded software for Critical Power Solutions technology development projects and power conversion products. You will develop portions of the software. Projects include developing software for proof-of-concept technology demonstrators, new products, new features, product enhancements and bug fixes. This position will also be responsible for architecting the software for new products and analyzing existing platform software. The engineer will create development plans and schedules, collaborate on feature implementation, make tradeoff decisions, oversee project activities, and help the global team resolve issues. In this role you will: • Lead global engineering teams in the development, testing and release of embedded Linux software for technology development projects and new product development projects (uninterruptible power supplies, energy storage, power distribution, energy metering, and similar products) while meeting schedule, cost, and product performance goals. • Evaluate business requirements to determine potential solutions. Develop overall software architecture and requirements for technology development and new product development projects. • Architect new features and develop requirements. Write and maintain functional specifications of design solutions. • Create project plans, work breakdown structure, schedule estimates for upcoming software projects while managing ambiguity. • Monitor the activities on software development and adapt plans to meet the schedule. Interface closely with cross-functional team members to create high quality products. • Lead process improvement initiatives. Work with a cross-functional team to implement new processes. • Analyze, design, code and test software used in uninterruptible power systems, power distribution systems, and other power quality products • Develop high quality, high performing software that meets coding standards and product design requirements. Develop test plans and monitor test results. • Document software components and interactions using flowcharts, diagrams, code comments, and code snippets. • Perform software design reviews, code reviews for other members of the team. Formally releases embedded software following company procedures. • Apply best engineering practices, good judgement and decision making for advanced technical problem solving. • Mentor fellow team members on new technologies, architecture principles, and good coding practices. Qualifications: Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Computer, Software Engineering or Computer Science from an accredited institution
• Minimum 5 years of industry work experience in embedded software development
• Minimum of 5 years of industry work experience in embedded Linux
• Relocation assistance will be provided for candidates residing outside a 50 mile radius of Raleigh, NC

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Electrical, Computer or Software Engineering or Computer Science from an accredited institution
• 7+ years of development experience in a Linux environment.
• Experience with Yocto build environment & multi-core embedded systems; experience with Dunfell and Kirkstone Linux distributions
• Demonstrated competency using or designing systems communicating with industrial networking protocols (e.g. HTTP, TCP/IP, MQTT, Modbus, SNMP, BACnet, CAN)
• Experience leading global software projects
• Experience with EdgeX Foundry
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and concepts
• Experience using software development lifecycle management tools in a team environment (Jira, Git, etc.)
• Solid understanding of CyberSecurity and/or Cryptography
• Solid understanding of Software design principles, algorithms, data structures, and multi-threading concepts

#LI-CM1 Skills: Position Criteria: • Strong knowledge of Linux operating systems and associated development platforms • Experience adopting or contributing to Open-Source Software projects • Strong level skills in C++ and understanding of Object-Oriented Design (OOD) principles • Strong problem solving and software debugging skills • Ability to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communications • Ability to apply automation to tasks that require them • Position requires an individual who is self-motivated, self-managed, team-oriented, proactive, attentive to detail, task oriented, and able to overcome obstacles to meet schedule requirements. All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates' privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws. 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.