Role Description Plume’s Core Engineering team is looking for a Senior Wireless Firmware Engineer with deep expertise in WiFi driver development to lead innovation for large-scale WiFi and broadband solutions. You will work across embedded firmware, wireless drivers, and system-level software to enable high-performance, scalable, and reliable WiFi experiences. This is a high-impact senior role where you will lead complex initiatives in wireless networking, performance optimization, and large-scale deployments, while mentoring other engineers and influencing system architecture. What You’ll Do - Lead design and development of WiFi firmware and driver architecture for next-generation wireless platforms - Own critical components of the WiFi stack and drive technical direction across projects - Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance across firmware and driver domains - Design, develop, and optimize WiFi firmware and low-level wireless drivers - Work on IEEE 802.11 stack (WiFi 4/5/6/6E/7), including MAC/PHY layers - Debug and optimize WiFi drivers with chipset/SoC vendors - Analyze network behavior and improve performance (throughput, latency, reliability) - Participate in full software lifecycle: design, development, testing, deployment, and support - Troubleshoot complex system-level issues across firmware, drivers, and networking stacks Qualifications - BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field - 8+ years of experience in embedded systems, firmware, or driver development - Proven experience leading complex technical projects end-to-end - Strong expertise in C/C++ - Deep experience with WiFi driver development at chipset/SoC level - Strong understanding of Linux kernel and networking stack - Deep knowledge of IEEE 802.11 MAC and PHY layers - Experience with OpenWRT, RDK, or OpenSync - Strong debugging and performance optimization skills Preferred Qualifications - Experience with Broadcom, Qualcomm, or MediaTek WiFi chipsets - Experience with mesh networking and large-scale deployments - Knowledge of MU-MIMO, OFDMA, beamforming, WiFi 7 - Python or scripting for automation - Familiarity with cloud-managed networking systems What You Bring - Strong ownership and leadership mindset - Ability to solve complex, ambiguous problems - Experience mentoring engineers - Excellent communication and collaboration skills - Passion for building high-performance wireless systems Benefits - 401 (k) plan and a company match - Basic life insurance - Unparalleled health, dental, vision, and other benefits and perks Company Description As the creator of the only open, hardware-independent, cloud-controlled experience platform for ISPs and their subscribers, Plume partners with over 400 ISP customers, including some of the world’s largest such as Comcast, Charter, Liberty Global, and J:COM. Using OpenSync, the most widely supported open-source, silicon-to-cloud framework for smart spaces, Plume’s software-defined network allows ISPs to decouple their service offerings from hardware and rapidly curate and deliver new services over a multi-vendor, open-platform architecture. Plume is an equal opportunity workplace that maintains a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in all employment practices and decisions, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or related individual conditions, medical conditions (as defined by state law), military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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