Not all embedded programming really requires you to do hardware stuff. My current position is described as "embedded" programming since the code I write runs on

Not all embedded programming really requires you to do hardware stuff. My current position is described as "embedded" programming since the code I write runs on Linux in a device we manufacture. However, the most hardware thing I've done to date is doing some ioctls to read/write to a register. It may be worthwhile for you to explore in more depth what exactly these embedded programming positions require. Also where are you located?