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Embedded/IoT Engineer

Develops software for devices with hardware constraints, from microcontrollers to connected IoT products.

Skill coverage

67%

6 of 9 skills

Course coverage

48%

11 of 23 courses

Skill coverage shows how much of the role's capability map already has a published course. Course coverage shows how much of the mapped course pipeline for this role has shipped.

Role skills
9
Published coverage
6
Relevant courses
11

Capability map

Skills

Importance describes how central each capability is to the role. Course coverage shows where you can build the skill in the current OpenSkills catalog.

01

Embedded systems

5 capabilities

  • Microcontrollers

    Importance: Essential (5 of 5)

    Programs MCU peripherals, interrupts, and low-level drivers.

    Course coverage

    • Microcontroller Programming (planned)
  • Real-time operating systems

    Importance: Very important (4 of 5)

    Builds concurrent firmware with RTOS scheduling and synchronization.

    Course coverage

    • Real-Time Operating Systems (planned)
  • Hardware interfaces

    Importance: Very important (4 of 5)

    Works with buses and protocols like I2C, SPI, UART, and CAN.

    Course coverage

  • Debugging and tooling

    Importance: Very important (4 of 5)

    Uses debuggers, logic analyzers, and traces to diagnose firmware.

    Course coverage

02

Connected devices

4 capabilities

  • IoT connectivity

    Importance: Very important (4 of 5)

    Connects devices with protocols like MQTT, BLE, LoRa, and Wi-Fi.

    Course coverage

  • Device security

    Importance: Very important (4 of 5)

    Secures boot, storage, communication, and update paths on devices.

    Course coverage

  • Over-the-air updates

    Importance: Important (3 of 5)

    Ships reliable firmware updates to fleets in the field.

    Course coverage

    • IoT Over-the-Air Updates (planned)
  • Edge to cloud

    Importance: Important (3 of 5)

    Integrates devices with cloud IoT platforms and data pipelines.

Learning path

Relevant courses

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