Lead Firmware Engineer
Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to protecting the environment and improving the quality of life for people everywhere. We make products for the data center, utility, industrial, commercial and institutional, machine building, residential, aerospace and mobility markets. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we're helping to solve the world's most urgent power management challenges and building a more sustainable society for people today and generations to come. Founded in 1911, Eaton has continuously evolved to meet the changing and expanding needs of our stakeholders. With revenues of $27.4 billion in 2025, the company serves customers in 180 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com. Follow us on LinkedIn.
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 R&D, manufacturing, warehousing, sales and service, and product marketing. Over the past few years, Eaton's operations in Vantaa have expanded significantly and continue to play a central role in developing next-generation critical power solutions for customers around the world.
We are looking for a Lead Firmware Engineer
Are you an experienced firmware engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, driving development priorities, and guiding other engineers toward success? Join Eaton's growing UPS R&D organization in Vantaa and help shape the future of critical power solutions used by customers globally.
As a Lead Firmware Engineer, you will play a key role in Eaton's UPS firmware development organization. You will be responsible for driving firmware development activities, making key technical decisions, coordinating priorities across stakeholders, and ensuring successful execution of both product development and sustaining activities.
You will work closely with firmware engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders across Eaton's international organization, helping align technical decisions with business priorities and future product roadmaps. In addition, you will play an important role in mentoring engineers, driving development practices, and supporting continuous improvement across the firmware organization.
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 and targets, both 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 in partnership with Product Management, Engineering Management, and relevant stakeholders.
- Provide execution leadership through day-to-day prioritization, cross-functional coordination, field issue escalation, and stakeholder management.
- Own release governance and enforce quality through defect triage, risk management, technical gatekeeping, test plan approval, and release readiness activities.
- Serve as a technical leader across the organization by leading design reviews, mentoring engineers, and making timely technical decisions.
- Own firmware development processes and methodologies, including sustaining firmware practices and cybersecurity activities supporting compliance and product integrity.
What we expect from you
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- 8+ years of embedded firmware development experience.
Required skills
- Proven experience in control systems for power electronics.
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming, especially for digital signal processors (fixed and floating point).
- Experience in Real-Time Operating Systems (e.g., FreeRTOS).
- Solid understanding of software development processes and tools, including version control systems (e.g., Git).
- Expertise in state machine design and closed-loop control systems.
- Familiarity with communication protocols such as CAN, SPI, Modbus, REST.
- Proficient with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and multimeters.
- Comfortable working in high-voltage lab environments with strong safety awareness.
- Ability to perform as a technical leader, mentoring others, making technical decisions and owning the technical direction.
- Solid understanding of system engineering principles, including interface definition, system integration, and verification.
Preferred skills
- Experience with MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent simulation tools.
- Ability to read schematics and interpret electronic system behavior.
- Ability to analyze and troubleshoot analog/digital circuitry; hands-on experience with PCB bring-up.
- Skilled in interpreting datasheets, including timing and interface specifications.
- Experience creating firmware architecture documentation using UML or similar techniques.
- Knowledge of unit testing, test-driven development, and Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) testing.
- Experience with embedded Linux.
- Experience with PLD/FPGA programming using hardware description languages (e.g., VHDL, Verilog).
- Exposure to Agile development methodologies, such as Scrum.
- Experience with Assembly language programming.
- Understanding of electrical safety standards and best practices.
What Eaton offers
- A highly influential technical leadership role within a global technology company.
- The opportunity to shape the future of firmware development for mission-critical UPS solutions.
- Challenging and meaningful work combining firmware development, power electronics, and system-level engineering.
- A modern R&D environment with advanced laboratories and testing facilities.
- Collaboration with highly skilled colleagues in Finland and globally.
- Hybrid working model.
- Excellent opportunities for professional growth, technical influence, and long-term career development.
Location
The position is based in Vantaa, Finland. Hybrid working is supported. Some international travel may be required from time to time.
How to apply
Recruitment is carried out in cooperation with ManpowerGroup / Experis Finland.
Please submit your application and CV through the Experis career site. Applications will be reviewed continuously.
For more information, please contact:
Juhani Äikäs
Senior Recruitment Consultant, Experis Finland
[email protected]
+358 40 572 7556
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