WLAN Senior Engineer
About The Position
As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Software Engineer, you will design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs that launch cutting-edge, world class products that meet and exceed customer needs. Qualcomm Software Engineers collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to design system-level software solutions and obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
- 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
Nice To Haves
- 3-6 years of hands-on experience in Networking, Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11), Linux kernel, or device driver development.
- Strong programming skills in C, data structures, and algorithms.
- Solid experience with Linux kernel architecture and Linux device driver development.
- Good understanding of networking fundamentals and networking protocol stacks.
- Experience with Linux networking subsystems and networking components within the Linux kernel.
- Experience developing Ethernet, Wireless LAN, or other networking drivers.
- Strong debugging, root cause analysis, and problem-solving skills for complex system-level issues.
- Knowledge of wireless communication protocols, access point architecture, and WLAN driver frameworks.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, unit test, and document next-generation Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 8 protocol features.
- Design, implement, and maintain Linux wireless drivers for Qualcomm Access Point (AP) SoCs.
- Analyze requirements and develop software solutions to optimize wireless system performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Participate in software design, feature implementation, code reviews, debugging, integration, and regression testing activities.
- Bring up, validate, and enable wireless driver functionality on new AP hardware platforms.
- Optimize wireless driver performance, throughput, latency, and system resource utilization.
- Debug and resolve complex Wi-Fi protocol, interoperability, performance, and system crash issues.
- Collaborate closely with firmware, hardware, protocol, validation, and systems engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Work with the open-source community to upstream ath12k and related driver enhancements into the Linux kernel.
- Develop and maintain technical design documents, implementation specifications, and feature documentation.
- Support customer issue investigation and occasionally travel to customer sites for technical debugging and resolution activities.
Benefits
- competitive annual discretionary bonus program
- opportunity for annual RSU grants
- highly competitive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
