Senior Engineer 1 at Netgear

📋 Description

• Implement control-plane and data-plane features for efficient packet processing.
• Define system architecture & design patterns with Software Tech Lead.
• Optimize firmware for low latency, high throughput across networks.
• Integrate services for embedded networking with hardware/software teams.
• Develop secure, efficient, well-documented internal/external APIs.
• Improve logging, monitoring, and debugging for observability.
• Participate in code reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with networking security standards.
• Contribute to automated testing, CI/CD, and validation.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering in Wi-Fi Access Point development.
• Experience with Wi‑Fi, 802.11, WLAN and BLE protocols/chipsets.
• Deep experience with Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols.
• Strong C and shell scripting skills; Go/Rust/Zig a plus.
• Experience with OpenWRT and other open-source network firmware.
• Deep understanding of Linux networking, system programming, kernel development.
• Expertise in packet flow in Linux/OpenWRT; control and data path optimizations.
• Experience debugging and optimizing enterprise Wi‑Fi performance.
• Troubleshooting complex networking and backend issues.
• Strong communication; cross-functional collaboration.
• Self-motivated with ownership and responsibility.
• BE or ME in EE, E&C, or Computer Science.