Embedded Developer

Project overview

Jr. Embedded Developer

Englewood, CO - onsite

Prior experience working with networking devices such as wifi routers, cable modems, CMTS etc. will be beneficial. Hands on experience working with Opensync, OpenWRT, RDK-B etc. will be an advantage.

WiFi Integration

Cellular Backup (Phone-as-Backhaul)

Platform & Common

Years of Experience: 7.00 Years of Experience

Job Facts: Contract W2 | 36 Months | On-site | $40 - $45/hr

Skills: Wireless Communication, WAN, USB, TLS, System On A Chip, Firmware, Embedded C, ECSA, Computer Hardware, Cellular, Operating Systems

Reference: Dice Id: 90929707 | Position Id: 9113123

• Embedded C Programming, Linux, Operating System (5+ years)
• WiFi standards and Networking Domain Expertise (5+ years), basic understanding of 5G/LTE technology (high level)
• Strong debugging and problem solving skills (5+ years)
• Develop and maintain WiFi radio configuration across Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Atheros chipsets for 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz bands
• Implement and debug WiFi features including band steering, client steering, channel selection (DFS/non-DFS), BSS Coloring, OFDMA, MU-MIMO, TWT, and MLO (WiFi 7)
• Work with hostapd/wpa_supplicant configuration, CFG80211/mac80211/nl80211 driver interfaces
• Develop and maintain OpenSync WiFi managers for cloud-managed radio configuration, client monitoring, and statistics reporting
• Debug WiFi driver crashes, firmware asserts, performance regressions, and interoperability issues across client devices
• Implement mesh/extender backhaul configuration and optimization
• Develop and tune RvR (Rate vs Range) and throughput KPIs across firmware builds
• Support channel switching, ECSA, radar detection (DFS), and regulatory compliance across multiple country codes
• Implement phone-as-backhaul connectivity
• enabling the router to use the customer's mobile device as a backup WAN path
• Develop the router-side failover client that communicates with the companion mobile app (MSA) to initiate and terminate backup sessions
• Implement WAN outage detection and internet reachability healthcheck framework
• Develop route arbitration and traffic steering logic between primary WAN and phone-based cellular backup
• Manage concurrent WiFi AP + STA operation
• serving home clients on AP while connected to phone hotspot as upstream STA
• Handle USB tethering detection and network interface management (RNDIS/CDC-NCM/CDC-ECM)
• Implement graceful failback logic when primary WAN recovers
• Develop LED state machine logic for multi-WAN connectivity status indication
• Implement QoS and bandwidth management during cellular backup mode (customer's data plan awareness)
• Design, develop, and debug embedded C software for Linux-based residential gateway platforms (ARM/MIPS SoC)
• Develop and maintain OpenSync managers
• event-driven daemons that interact with OVSDB for cloud-managed configuration and state reporting
• Implement secure communication channels using TLS with mutual authentication (mTLS) between router and cloud/mobile app
• Debug kernel-level issues including network driver crashes, kernel panics, and memory leaks
• Develop init scripts, UCI configuration handlers, and persistent storage management for OpenWrt
• Analyze and resolve field issues using device logs, crash dumps, logpull analysis, and remote diagnostics
• Write unit tests and participate in code reviews via GitLab merge requests
• Collaborate with hardware teams, QA, cloud platform engineers, mobile app teams, and service provider partners

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Duration: 36 Months
• Remote: onsite
• Location: Englewood, CO, US, US