Embedded Firmware Developer

Hptech Inc.

United States

about 1 month ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

10 years minimum

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.dice.com

Tech stack

Board Bringup Bash Shell UClibc (C Standard Library) C++ (Programming Language) Cloud Computing CMake Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Network Address Translation Domain Name System (DNS) Linux on Embedded Systems Firmware GNU Debuggers

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Internet Protocol Security (IP SEC) Python (Programming Language) Linux Kernel Routing Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Open VSwitch Broadcom Memory Leaks Shell Script TCP/IP Tcpdump Wireshark Wi-Fi Technology Gitlab Git Openwrt Perf (Linux) Yocto Gitlab-ci Patch Management Hardware Acceleration

Job description

The selected candidate will design, develop, and maintain firmware for WiFi 6/6E/7 residential gateway/router platforms deployed at large scale. The role requires deep technical expertise, architecture-level thinking, leadership capabilities, and collaboration across firmware, cloud, test, and vendor teams., * OpenSync, OVSDB, Plume Cloud

Open vSwitch (OVS)
QCA NSS/PPE hardware acceleration
FRR/Quagga routing frameworks
IPSec and GRE tunneling
DOCSIS/CPE/Broadband ISP platforms
GitLab CI/CD
Fleet-scale firmware deployment and rollback strategies
Regulatory certification exposure (FCC/WiFi Alliance)
Offshore team coordination experience

Tools & Environment

C, C++, Shell, Python
Qualcomm IPQ Platform
OpenWrt / Linux Kernel
OpenSync / OVSDB
Buildroot / Yocto / Make / CMake
Wireshark, tcpdump, GDB, Valgrind, perf, ftrace
GitLab CI/CD

Requirements

10+ years of Embedded Linux development using C/C++
OpenWrt development including packages, feeds, Kconfig, and patch management
Linux kernel networking stack
TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, NAT, MAP-T, routing protocols (RIPv2, OSPF)
WiFi 6/6E/7 (802.11ax/be) technologies
Qualcomm IPQ and/or Broadcom platforms
Device tree, kernel modules, board bring-up
Advanced troubleshooting of kernel panics, watchdogs, memory leaks, and performance issues
Python and Shell scripting
Technical leadership and mentoring experience
Strong Git/GitLab workflow knowledge