Senior Wi‑Fi Software Engineer

Qualcomm Incorporated; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. seeks a Software Engineer to design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utilities that power cutting-edge Wi-Fi and connectivity products.

You will work with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to deliver system-level software solutions. The role focuses on designing and maintaining Linux wireless drivers for AP SoCs, analyzing requirements, and ensuring high performance,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

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.

Skills

C

C++

Java

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Job description

Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. seeks a Software Engineer to design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utilities that power cutting-edge Wi-Fi and connectivity products.

You will work with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to deliver system-level software solutions. The role focuses on designing and maintaining Linux wireless drivers for AP SoCs, analyzing requirements, and ensuring high performance,