WiFi SW Engineer (Staff)

Overview

Staff Software Engineer for NETGEAR’s Embedded Software team, focused on developing software for home gateway WiFi mesh platforms.

What you'll do

• Develop and integrate prplMesh components across Qualcomm, Broadcom, and MediaTek-based SoCs.
• Apply AI-centric design practices to WiFi software development.
• Partner with hardware teams to validate radio performance and mesh stability.
• Interface with mesh APIs, WiFi drivers, and the 1905.1 protocol stack.
• Implement configuration and telemetry reporting in the App and Web GUI.
• Lead technical execution across the networking stack, mesh stack, and control panel development.

What you'll need

• 10+ years of embedded Linux development using C/C++, Shell, Python, and Lua.
• Familiarity with Qualcomm, Broadcom, and MediaTek QSDK, OpenWrt, or Yocto-based systems.
• Understanding of wireless networking including 802.11 and mesh networking with QoS.
• Strong knowledge of Linux kernel and user-space interactions.
• Working knowledge of bridging, Ethernet, VLAN, TCP/UDP, IPv4/IPv6, DHCP, NAT, DNS, and routing.
• Familiarity with firewalling including iptables/nftables and traffic shaping.

Nice to have

• Experience with EasyMesh or vendor-specific mesh platforms.
• Working knowledge of Web and App interface integration and development.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India.