Associate Engineer - WLAN Firmware

Overview

Contribute to the design, development, debugging, and validation of firmware solutions for next-generation Wi-Fi chipsets, working with firmware, driver, hardware, systems, and test teams.

What you'll do

• Develop and maintain WLAN firmware modules in C/C++ for embedded wireless SoCs.
• Participate in feature development for IEEE 802.11 standards including Wi-Fi 6 (11ax) and Wi-Fi 7 (11be).
• Perform unit testing, integration testing, and debugging of firmware components.
• Analyze and resolve firmware, protocol, interoperability, and performance issues.
• Work with driver, systems, and validation teams to bring up and validate wireless features.
• Investigate customer-reported issues and provide timely fixes.
• Support firmware performance tuning, power optimization, and stability improvements.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to firmware design discussions.
• Develop debug tools, logs, and automation scripts to improve development efficiency.
• Document design, implementation, and validation results.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics & Communication, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++.
• Understanding of data structures, operating systems, and computer architecture.
• Familiarity with embedded systems and firmware development concepts.
• Basic understanding of networking fundamentals and wireless communication.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Wi-Fi standards (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be).
• Exposure to RTOS, Linux kernel, or embedded software development.
• Understanding of WLAN MAC/PHY concepts, power management, and protocol behavior.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python.
• Familiarity with firmware debugging tools, JTAG, logic analyzers, or protocol analyzers.
• Exposure to WLAN performance, coexistence, power, or connectivity testing.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Example areas of work include WLAN MAC feature development, aggregation (AMPDU/AMSDU) enhancements, scan, connect, roaming, and power-save features, Wi-Fi 6/6E/7 feature enablement, throughput and latency optimization, coexistence (BT/WLAN) improvements, mission-mode validation and debug, firmware logging and diagnostics, and customer issue triage and root-cause analysis.