[fest]

Yeah, I work in a robotics company in Europe- our embedded people are paid essentially the same as web/enterprise software developers in the same market. Definitely a lot less remote Opportunities (though usually for institutional reasons- most of the work can be done remotely, if company is organized for that- which not a lot are).

EEs are IMHO underpaid in both sides of the pond though.

[AnimalMuppet]

Embedded can be remote, if the hardware is small enough and cheap enough to ship one to each remote developer.

I worked on telephones for the hard of hearing, and we had some remote developers. No problem.

On the other hand, there are embedded systems that are for 3D printing spaceship hulls. I kind of suspect that remote isn't going to fly for working on those systems...

[eschneider]

You can probably do (most) of that remotely. If you're writing embedded systems that can't be 95% tested off the hardware, you're living in unnecessary pain.

I work on devices bigger than a car and sure, occasionally I have to visit the 'office', but almost everything can be debugged and tested remotely.

[fest]

Yes, remote access to test units (if practical, I.e. more than one instance of system exists) or the real one, simulated h/w for higher level software (i.e. a GUI that connects to simulated device instead of real one).

Obviously there will always be some physical component to embedded development, but in many cases it is possible to do a lot remotely.

[tpmx]

> EEs are IMHO underpaid in both sides of the pond though.

Because of EEs in PRC and Taiwan with relatively speaking much lower salaries for about the same level of competency [who also have native-level access to the design/supply ecosystem over there].

[i_am_a_peasant]

If you're in Germany I'd like to get in on that. :P