Lead Firmware Engineer
Eaton
Lead Firmware Engineer
Eaton
Power management leader for electrical systems
Eaton has opened a modern, state-of-the-art campus in Vantaa, Finland, dedicated to its critical power systems business. The campus brings together all business functions under one roof, including RDE, manufacturing, warehousing, sales and service, and product marketing. Over the past two years, Eaton’s Critical Power Solutions headquarters and Center of excellence for data centers in Vantaa facility have expanded significantly, welcoming +150 new employees — and we’re continuing to grow. At Eaton, we are committed to Lead, Invest and Execute for Growth.
As a Lead Firmware Engineer, you will play a key role in the design, development, and deployment of embedded firmware for Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems. You will collaborate with global engineering teams to drive innovation, ensure product quality, and deliver robust technical solutions for power electronics applications. This role also requires strong system engineering and requirement management capabilities to ensure alignment between product architecture and customer needs.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead global embedded firmware development for UPS platforms from design → implementation → verification → release, working closely with cross-functional teams.
• Own the firmware technical direction, architecture and subsystem requirements
• Drive global alignment and collaboration: define global development priorities/targets (short- and long-term) and communicate status, risks, and issues to stakeholders
• Own the firmware roadmap and backlog, including maintaining the global sustaining backlog and ensuring effective intake/triage and prioritization
• Plan and execute quarterly releases (scope, schedule, readiness) in partnership with PM/EM and relevant stakeholders.
• Provide execution leadership: day-to-day prioritization and cross-functional coordination, including field issue escalation and stakeholder management.
• Own release governance and enforce quality: defect triage, risk management, technical gatekeeping, and test plan approval / release readiness.
• Serve as a technical leader across the organization: lead design reviews, mentor engineers, and make timely technical trade-offs with clear decision authority.
• Own firmware development processes/methodologies, including sustaining firmware SOPs, and lead cybersecurity within firmware scope to support compliance and product integrity.
Required skills:
Preferred skills:
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Eaton designs and sells electrical power management products and services for data centers, utilities, aerospace, and other industries. It provides hardware like switches, circuit breakers, transformers, and distribution equipment, plus software and services to monitor, protect, and optimize power flow from generation to end use. It combines an end-to-end power management portfolio with a long history of acquisitions to be a broad, globally integrated provider. Its goal is to enable reliable, efficient, and safe electrification across industries by improving energy management and resilience.
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