Embedded Jobs in Ohio
Embedded jobs in Ohio are active across the state's deep defense, aerospace, and automotive manufacturing sectors, with demand running from entry-level firmware engineers through senior systems architects. Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati are the primary hiring centers, anchored by longtime employers like Northrop Grumman, Battelle, and Collins Aerospace, all of which maintain substantial engineering operations in Ohio. The most sought-after specialties are real-time operating systems, FPGA development, and embedded Linux for safety-critical applications. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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To learn more about our Marietta, Ohio site, including the work we do, our culture, and what makes the location unique, visit our Marietta careers page and watch the site video: Marietta | Thermo Fisher Scientific
Embedded Controls Engineering Manager
Location: Marietta, OH (Onsite)
Non-Local candidates may be eligible for relocation support
Travel: Up to 10% Domestic Travel
Lead the Technology Behind Products That Protect Critical Research
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. As our Embedded Controls Engineering Manager, you'll lead the development of intelligent control systems that power our ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers, cryogenic storage systems, and controlled-rate freezing technologies.
These products safeguard life-saving vaccines, biologics, cell and gene therapies, and irreplaceable scientific samples used by researchers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and biotechnology organizations around the world.
This is a hands-on engineering leadership role where you'll guide embedded hardware and software development, influence product architecture, and lead a global team delivering next-generation control solutions for a growing portfolio of innovative laboratory products.
What You'll Do
As the Embedded Controls Engineering Manager, you'll provide both technical leadership and people leadership while driving the embedded controls strategy across multiple product platforms.
Engineering & Technical Leadership
- Lead a global team of electrical engineers, embedded software engineers, and engineering technicians located in North America and India.
- Define and drive the embedded controls architecture and technology roadmap for Thermo Fisher's cold storage and cryogenic product portfolio.
- Provide technical leadership for embedded firmware, hardware, sensing technologies, communications, and control algorithms.
- Develop scalable, modular control platforms that support future product innovation and platform reuse.
- Guide architecture decisions that improve product performance, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability.
- Support technology development and innovation initiatives that contribute to future products and intellectual property.
New Product Development
- Lead embedded controls development throughout the complete New Product Development (NPD) lifecycle.
- Partner closely with Product Management, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality to deliver high-quality products on schedule.
- Support existing products while driving next-generation platform development.
- Collaborate with global manufacturing sites to ensure successful product launches and ongoing production support.
Software Development & Systems Engineering
- Champion modern embedded software development practices using Agile methodologies.
- Promote best practices for software architecture, coding standards, design reviews, version control, testing, and release management.
- Drive requirements management, traceability, and documentation using tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Git.
- Lead development of system-level specifications, verification strategies, and validation plans.
Quality & Regulatory Compliance
- Ensure embedded hardware and software designs meet applicable regulatory, safety, and certification requirements including UL, IEC, CE, CSA, and other applicable standards.
- Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to maintain design controls, risk analyses, verification, validation, and requirements traceability.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product quality, reliability, and compliance.
Leadership & Team Development
- Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing global engineering organization.
- Allocate engineering resources across multiple programs and priorities.
- Partner with project managers to develop project schedules, staffing plans, and budgets.
- Foster a collaborative culture focused on innovation, accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
Technologies You'll Work With
You'll help shape the future of intelligent laboratory equipment using technologies such as:
- Embedded C/C++
- Embedded microcontrollers
- Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
- PCB design and schematic development
- Analog and digital circuit design
- PI/PID control algorithms
- Sensors, actuators, and data acquisition systems
- Serial communications (UART, SPI, I2C)
- Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity
- Git, Jira, and Confluence
- Automated testing and validation systems
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
- Five or more years leading embedded hardware and software engineering teams.
- Three or more years designing and developing embedded control systems for electromechanical products.
- Experience with embedded firmware development using C/C++.
- Strong understanding of embedded system architecture, microcontrollers, and real-time control systems.
- Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams through product development.
- Strong communication, leadership, and project management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
- Experience developing products for regulated industries such as medical devices, laboratory equipment, or industrial controls.
- Experience with PCB design, circuit simulation, and design for manufacturability.
- Knowledge of embedded Linux or RTOS environments.
- Experience with Qt framework or modern embedded user interfaces.
- Familiarity with cloud-connected or IoT-enabled embedded systems.
- Experience developing thermal control systems, refrigeration controls, or other precision electromechanical systems.
- Knowledge of Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement methodologies.
What Makes You Successful
You are a collaborative engineering leader who enjoys solving complex technical challenges while developing high-performing teams. You combine strong technical expertise with strategic thinking and enjoy influencing product direction from concept through commercialization.
You thrive in an environment where innovation, quality, customer focus, and continuous improvement are valued every day.
Why Join Thermo Fisher Scientific?
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll have the opportunity to influence products that support scientific discovery and improve lives around the world.
We Offer
- Leadership opportunity with a global Fortune 100 company
- Ownership of embedded controls architecture across a growing product portfolio
- Opportunity to lead global engineering teams and drive next-generation product innovation
- Competitive compensation and annual incentive bonus
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits beginning on Day 1
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Generous paid time off and company holidays
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
- Career advancement within one of the world's leading science and technology organizations
- A collaborative culture focused on innovation, inclusion, quality, and continuous learning
If you're passionate about embedded systems, engineering leadership, and developing technologies that support scientific breakthroughs, we invite you to join Thermo Fisher Scientific and help shape the future of laboratory equipment used around the world.
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
To learn more about our Marietta, Ohio site, including the work we do, our culture, and what makes the location unique, visit our Marietta careers page and watch the site video: Marietta | Thermo Fisher Scientific
Embedded Controls Engineering Manager
Location: Marietta, OH (Onsite)
Non-Local candidates may be eligible for relocation support
Travel: Up to 10% Domestic Travel
Lead the Technology Behind Products That Protect Critical Research
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. As our Embedded Controls Engineering Manager, you'll lead the development of intelligent control systems that power our ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers, cryogenic storage systems, and controlled-rate freezing technologies.
These products safeguard life-saving vaccines, biologics, cell and gene therapies, and irreplaceable scientific samples used by researchers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and biotechnology organizations around the world.
This is a hands-on engineering leadership role where you'll guide embedded hardware and software development, influence product architecture, and lead a global team delivering next-generation control solutions for a growing portfolio of innovative laboratory products.
What You'll Do
As the Embedded Controls Engineering Manager, you'll provide both technical leadership and people leadership while driving the embedded controls strategy across multiple product platforms.
Engineering & Technical Leadership
- Lead a global team of electrical engineers, embedded software engineers, and engineering technicians located in North America and India.
- Define and drive the embedded controls architecture and technology roadmap for Thermo Fisher's cold storage and cryogenic product portfolio.
- Provide technical leadership for embedded firmware, hardware, sensing technologies, communications, and control algorithms.
- Develop scalable, modular control platforms that support future product innovation and platform reuse.
- Guide architecture decisions that improve product performance, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability.
- Support technology development and innovation initiatives that contribute to future products and intellectual property.
New Product Development
- Lead embedded controls development throughout the complete New Product Development (NPD) lifecycle.
- Partner closely with Product Management, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality to deliver high-quality products on schedule.
- Support existing products while driving next-generation platform development.
- Collaborate with global manufacturing sites to ensure successful product launches and ongoing production support.
Software Development & Systems Engineering
- Champion modern embedded software development practices using Agile methodologies.
- Promote best practices for software architecture, coding standards, design reviews, version control, testing, and release management.
- Drive requirements management, traceability, and documentation using tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Git.
- Lead development of system-level specifications, verification strategies, and validation plans.
Quality & Regulatory Compliance
- Ensure embedded hardware and software designs meet applicable regulatory, safety, and certification requirements including UL, IEC, CE, CSA, and other applicable standards.
- Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to maintain design controls, risk analyses, verification, validation, and requirements traceability.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product quality, reliability, and compliance.
Leadership & Team Development
- Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing global engineering organization.
- Allocate engineering resources across multiple programs and priorities.
- Partner with project managers to develop project schedules, staffing plans, and budgets.
- Foster a collaborative culture focused on innovation, accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
Technologies You'll Work With
You'll help shape the future of intelligent laboratory equipment using technologies such as:
- Embedded C/C++
- Embedded microcontrollers
- Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
- PCB design and schematic development
- Analog and digital circuit design
- PI/PID control algorithms
- Sensors, actuators, and data acquisition systems
- Serial communications (UART, SPI, I2C)
- Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity
- Git, Jira, and Confluence
- Automated testing and validation systems
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
- Five or more years leading embedded hardware and software engineering teams.
- Three or more years designing and developing embedded control systems for electromechanical products.
- Experience with embedded firmware development using C/C++.
- Strong understanding of embedded system architecture, microcontrollers, and real-time control systems.
- Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams through product development.
- Strong communication, leadership, and project management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
- Experience developing products for regulated industries such as medical devices, laboratory equipment, or industrial controls.
- Experience with PCB design, circuit simulation, and design for manufacturability.
- Knowledge of embedded Linux or RTOS environments.
- Experience with Qt framework or modern embedded user interfaces.
- Familiarity with cloud-connected or IoT-enabled embedded systems.
- Experience developing thermal control systems, refrigeration controls, or other precision electromechanical systems.
- Knowledge of Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement methodologies.
What Makes You Successful
You are a collaborative engineering leader who enjoys solving complex technical challenges while developing high-performing teams. You combine strong technical expertise with strategic thinking and enjoy influencing product direction from concept through commercialization.
You thrive in an environment where innovation, quality, customer focus, and continuous improvement are valued every day.
Why Join Thermo Fisher Scientific?
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll have the opportunity to influence products that support scientific discovery and improve lives around the world.
We Offer
- Leadership opportunity with a global Fortune 100 company
- Ownership of embedded controls architecture across a growing product portfolio
- Opportunity to lead global engineering teams and drive next-generation product innovation
- Competitive compensation and annual incentive bonus
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits beginning on Day 1
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Generous paid time off and company holidays
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
- Career advancement within one of the world's leading science and technology organizations
- A collaborative culture focused on innovation, inclusion, quality, and continuous learning
If you're passionate about embedded systems, engineering leadership, and developing technologies that support scientific breakthroughs, we invite you to join Thermo Fisher Scientific and help shape the future of laboratory equipment used around the world.
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Embedded Job Market in Ohio
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Who's Hiring
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- Manufacturing
- Energy
- Automotive
- Electronics & Hardware
What Ohio Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in embedded jobs across Ohio.
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science
- Proficiency in C or C++ for low-level embedded systems development
- Experience with real-time operating systems such as VxWorks, FreeRTOS, or QNX
- Familiarity with hardware communication protocols including UART, SPI, I2C, and CAN
- Experience using JTAG debuggers, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers for hardware bring-up
- Active or eligible DoD security clearance preferred for Ohio defense and aerospace roles
Embedded Jobs in Ohio: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a embedded in Ohio?
Embedded engineering in Ohio does not require a state-issued license, so the path runs through education and demonstrated technical skill. Most Ohio employers expect a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science. Candidates who build a portfolio of firmware projects, contribute to open-source embedded work, or complete internships at Ohio defense or automotive firms are consistently competitive. A Professional Engineer credential from the Ohio State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers can strengthen candidacy for senior roles.
Which companies hire embeddeds in Ohio?
Employers hiring embeddeds in Ohio right now include Battelle, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Rockwell Automation, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Ohio's concentration of defense primes and Tier-1 automotive suppliers means a significant share of these openings involve safety-critical or classified systems work.
Which Ohio cities have the most embedded jobs?
Columbus, Mayfield Heights, and Dayton account for the largest share of embedded openings in Ohio. Columbus draws volume from defense contractors and tech-adjacent employers near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's research corridors, Dayton is anchored by aerospace and defense firms with deep federal ties, and Cincinnati benefits from its Tier-1 automotive and industrial manufacturing base concentrated in the southwestern corner of the state.
Are there remote embedded jobs in Ohio?
Yes, but they're rare. Embedded work is fundamentally hands-on, requiring direct access to hardware targets, lab equipment, and prototype boards, which limits how much of the role can move off-site. About 71% of embedded openings tied to Ohio are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, and those arrangements are most common in the architecture, code review, or simulation phases of a project rather than the bring-up and debugging stages.
How can I get hired as a embedded in Ohio with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a co-op or internship at an Ohio defense or automotive firm before graduation, since companies like Northrop Grumman and Collins Aerospace run structured early-career programs that convert directly to full-time offers. Candidates without that background often move in from adjacent roles in electrical engineering technician or QA test positions, using those roles to build firmware exposure. A GitHub portfolio of bare-metal microcontroller projects and completion of an FPGA or RTOS online specialization gives candidates without industry experience a concrete differentiator during Ohio interviews.
Where can I find and apply to embedded jobs in Ohio?
You can find and apply to embedded jobs in Ohio on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers actively hiring in the state. Find the roles that fit your experience and apply directly to the ones that match.
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