Embedded Software Engineer Relocation Jobs in Minneapolis, MN

Eaton's ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Lead Embedded Software 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 ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Lead Embedded Software Engineer. This position is located at our Eaton Plymouth, MN or Franksville, WI location and will provide relocation to those currently residing in the U.S. This position offers a hybrid work schedule. (3 days in office/2 days remote).
The Lead Embedded Software Engineer will develop embedded software/firmware for high performance, real-time controls and protective relays used for smart grid applications in the electrical power distribution industry. You'll collaborate with a multi-discipline engineering team (software, hardware, and test) to define requirements between hardware and software subsystems.
• Lead high-level design activities for new product features
• Lead system interface design activities and lead the resolution of integration issues
• Evaluate system performance requirements to evaluate suitability of embedded software and hardware components
• Design and 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++
• Collaborate with product owners, functional managers, systems engineering 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
• Collaborate with external and internal customers, such as Marketing, Service, Operations and other engineering teams throughout the product development life cycle
• Participate in the analysis and specification of embedded software subsystems
• 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
• Evaluates and recommends software development process improvements in collaboration with engineering management
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 4 years' experience working on embedded systems or embedded software development
• 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:

• Minimum 3 years' experience using C / C++
• Familiarity with hardware drivers and embedded applications, networking and related areas primarily using C and C++ as programming languages.
• Demonstrated competency with embedded software development environment and tools for Embedded Linux
• Familiarity with using or designing systems that use network protocols such as Serial, TCP/IP, Ethernet
• Familiarity creating and implementing virtualized environments for embedded software designs.
• Understanding of Object Oriented Design (OOD) principles, secure coding and cybersecurity best practices
• Understanding of real-time operating system (RTOS) concepts
• Model designs using UML or similar methodologies as appropriate; develop use cases to model real-time systems behavior
• Ability to work effectively in an Agile Scrum (or other iterative development) environment
• Experience with test-driven development (TDD) and a good familiarity with unit test frameworks (e.g. GoogleTest, GoogleMock, xUnit++)
• Experience with multi-core embedded systems
• Experience using SDLC management tools in a team environment (e.g. Jira, Git, etc.)
• Knowledge of power systems, switchgear and regulator controls products/applications is an added advantage

Skills:
• Ability to travel up to 10%
• Effectively lead, 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.
• Collaborate with external and internal customers, such as Marketing, Service, Operations and other engineering teams throughout the product development life cycle
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to effectively explain technical issues/concepts
• Demonstrated proficiency in 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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