Embedded Software Engineering
Deep technical IC
Career Explorer · Engineering · Embedded Engineering
Entry: Embedded Software EngineerIC ceiling: IC8Both
Individual contributor route
Technical or professional depth, without managing people.
- Embedded Software Engineer InternIC0Optional developmental level
- Associate Embedded Software EngineerIC1
- Embedded Software EngineerIC2
- Senior Embedded Software EngineerIC3
- Staff Embedded Software EngineerIC4
- Principal Embedded Software EngineerIC5
- Senior Principal Embedded Software EngineerIC6
- Distinguished Embedded Software EngineerIC7
- Fellow, Embedded Software EngineeringIC8
Management route
Managing people. It is not the step above the individual route: it is a different job and asks for different evidence.
This family has no management ladder.
Source: Microsoft Careers; ONET