What does a hardware softening engineer mean?

Refers to the engineer who is responsible for transforming hardware functions into software implementations. This term mainly appears in the fields of embedded systems and Internet of Things. The main responsibility of the hardware softening engineer is to realize the functions of hardware devices through software, so as to improve the flexibility, maintainability and expansibility of the system. Need to have a deep understanding of the working principle and characteristics of hardware equipment, and have software development skills, be able to use C, C++, Python and other programming languages. Develop drivers, interface libraries and application software.