Engineering Manager - Embedded Firmware
Rain Bird
Tucson, AZ · $248k–$310k a year · Posted November 3, 2026
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Where Tucson, AZ ranks
Where Tucson, AZ placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #4Best cities for aerospace and defense jobs320 openings · of 67
- #6Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Southwest307 openings · of 33
- #8Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Southwest$125k · of 15
- #13Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the Southwest56 jobs · of 38
- #13Best all-round cities for AI careers in the Southwest21 / 100 · of 15
- #15Best all-round cities for new graduates in the Southwest30 / 100 · of 15
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $279,000 a year. Across 339 open engineering manager listings that state pay, the middle half runs $150,500 to $250,000 and the median is $200,500. That is 39% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among architectural and engineering managers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for architectural and engineering managers: 3% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
OverviewLead the firmware engineering organization responsible for next-generation networked irrigation devices and cloud-connected systems... ...credible technical leadership with disciplined people management, budget ownership, project tracking, portfolio prioritization...