Jr. Embedded Developer

Role: Jr. Embedded Developer

Location: Englewood, CO – Onsite

Rate: $45/hr on W2 without benefits

Contract Role on W2

Below, you will find a complete breakdown of everything required of potential candidates, as well as how to apply Good luck.

Job description:

1. Embedded C Programming, Linux, Operating System (5+ years)

1. WiFi standards and Networking Domain Expertise (5+ years), basic understanding of 5G/LTE technology (high level)

1. Strong debugging and problem solving skills (5+ years)

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

• 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

Cellular Backup (Phone-as-Backhaul)

• 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)

Platform & Common xhyhwjd

• 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