Embedded programming
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Writes efficient C, C++, or Rust for resource-constrained targets.
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Embedded/IoT Engineer
Develops software for devices with hardware constraints, from microcontrollers to connected IoT products.
Skill coverage
100%
Course coverage
100%
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
- 9
- Relevant courses
- 23
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
Real-time operating systems
Importance: Very important (4 of 5)
Builds concurrent firmware with RTOS scheduling and synchronization.
Course coverage
Hardware interfaces
Importance: Very important (4 of 5)
Works with buses and protocols like I2C, SPI, UART, and CAN.
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
Edge to cloud
Importance: Important (3 of 5)
Integrates devices with cloud IoT platforms and data pipelines.
Course coverage
Learning path
Relevant courses
Core foundations
The concepts this role is built on.
Supporting knowledge
Adjacent knowledge that improves day-to-day judgment.
- ARM Architecture
- Assembly Language Fundamentals
- C ProgrammingFree
- Computer Architecture Fundamentals
- CPU Architecture
- Debugging Techniques
- Edge-to-Cloud IoT Architecture
- Embedded Debugging and Instrumentation
- Internet of Things Fundamentals
- IoT Over-the-Air Updates
- Memory Hierarchy
- PCI Express
- Qt Fundamentals
- Trusted Platform Modules
- x86-64 Architecture
Specializations
Deeper paths for particular environments or directions.
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