Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

• Development of software for WiFi products such as Access Points and Wireless LAN Controllers.

• Working knowledge of the 802.11n/ac standard.

• Working knowledge of HostAP Daemon software and its interfaces

• Working knowledge of 11ax a plus, if not at least theoretical understanding of 11ax.

• Deep understanding of the 802.11 management plane (protocols), WiFi security (WPA2/3), beam forming, band steering, MIMO, Channel Bandwidth, MCS rates etc. 

• Working knowledge in one or more WiFi chipset SDK – such as Broadcom, Qualcomm, Quantenna etc. Working knowledge of the linux wifi stack, such as mac80211 and cfg80211, and hostapd.

• Basic IP data networking.

• Comfortable with linux programming

• Very strong in C programming

• Contribution towards SRS and Design documents, and is mandatory.

• Field debugging of WiFi issues an added plus.

• Should have managed at least a small team of engineers.

Works in the area of Software Engineering, which encompasses the development, maintenance and optimization of software solutions/applications. 1. Applies scientific methods to analyse and solve software engineering problems. 2. He/she is responsible for the development and application of software engineering practice and knowledge, in research, design, development and maintenance. 3. His/her work requires the exercise of original thought and judgement and the ability to supervise the technical and administrative work of other software engineers. 4. The software engineer builds skills and expertise of his/her software engineering discipline to reach standard software engineer skills expectations for the applicable role, as defined in Professional Communities. 5. The software engineer collaborates and acts as team player with other software engineers and stakeholders.

Job Description - Grade Specific

• Development of software for WiFi products such as Access Points and Wireless LAN Controllers.

• Working knowledge of the 802.11n/ac standard.

• Working knowledge of HostAP Daemon software and its interfaces

• Working knowledge of 11ax a plus, if not at least theoretical understanding of 11ax.

• Deep understanding of the 802.11 management plane (protocols), WiFi security (WPA2/3), beam forming, band steering, MIMO, Channel Bandwidth, MCS rates etc. 

• Working knowledge in one or more WiFi chipset SDK – such as Broadcom, Qualcomm, Quantenna etc. Working knowledge of the linux wifi stack, such as mac80211 and cfg80211, and hostapd.

• Basic IP data networking.

• Comfortable with linux programming

• Very strong in C programming

• Contribution towards SRS and Design documents, and is mandatory.

• Field debugging of WiFi issues an added plus.

• Should have managed at least a small team of engineers.

Skills (competencies)