Senior Wireless Firmware Engineer

• Own the technical vision, roadmap, and architecture for Wi‑Fi and connectivity firmware across product lines.
• Lead design decisions for wireless stack components including 802.11 MAC, drivers, supplicant, roaming logic, and radio control systems.
• Drive strategy for resiliency, proactive recovery, self‑healing, telemetry, and predictive connectivity algorithms.
• Evaluate emerging Wi‑Fi standards, chipsets, and technologies; guide adoption and integration into products.

• Lead and mentor a team of firmware engineers working on wireless subsystems.
• Provide technical coaching, code reviews, career guidance, and best‑practice enforcement.
• Drive a culture of quality, innovation, and strong root‑cause analysis.
• Coordinate with global engineering teams, vendors, and cross‑functional partners.

• Architect and implement embedded firmware using C/C++, RTOS frameworks, and chipset SDKs.
• Lead integration of Wi‑Fi chipsets (Realtek, Qualcomm, Broadcom, MediaTek, etc.) into product firmware.
• Oversee design of features such as:
  • Roaming (802.11k/v/r), band steering
  • Mesh behaviors
  • WPS, WPA2/WPA3 security
  • Radio resets, channel switching, recovery workflows
  • Connection stability algorithms

• Lead investigations into complex issues like:
  • Association/authentication failures
  • Link‑local IP issues
  • Intermittent disconnects
  • Congestion, noise, or mesh node hopping
• Use diagnostics, logs, packet captures, and RF tools to identify root causes.
• Guide optimization efforts for:
  • SNR resilience
  • Band/channel selection logic
  • Latency, throughput, scanning performance
  • Multicast/GTK management

• Work closely with hardware, QA, cloud analytics, mobile app, and field quality teams.
• Partner with data science/ML teams to operationalize telemetry‑based models that predict connectivity failure.
• Engage with OEM chipset vendors to solve issues and drive firmware enhancements.

• Establish wireless test strategies, automation frameworks, and RF validation workflows.
• Drive release quality for wireless firmware across all product platforms.
• Assess risks, prioritize bug fixes, and ensure stable field performance.

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