Connectivity Software Engineer, Consumer Devices

The role

You will design, implement, and optimize wireless connectivity features across the product ecosystem. This involves working with systems software, wireless standards, and hardware integration to build pairing flows and debug low-level protocols.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and debug Bluetooth/BLE and Wi-Fi features across kernel drivers, BlueZ/wpa_supplicant/hostapd, and systemd/D-Bus services
• Deliver robust pairing, bonding, and provisioning flows
• Optimize link performance including throughput, latency, jitter, roaming, coexistence, and power modes
• Build reliable network management using NetworkManager/nmcli, nl80211/cfg80211/mac80211, DNS/DHCP/mDNS, P2P/SoftAP
• Instrument and analyze with packet captures and tooling
• Drive interoperability and certification readiness and resolve field issues
• Contribute to OTA-safe configuration, telemetry, and diagnostics

Required qualifications

• Deep experience shipping wireless features on Linux-based products
• Highly proficient in C/C++ with scripting experience (Python or shell)
• Systems debugging experience (gdb, strace, logs, packet traces)
• Deep knowledge of Bluetooth Classic/BLE (HCI, L2CAP, GATT/GAP, profiles)
• Deep knowledge of Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, WPA2/3, nl80211, NAN)
• Hands-on experience with BlueZ, wpa_supplicant/hostapd, NetworkManager, and driver bring-up on ARM64 or x86 platforms
• Proven track record of improving real-world performance and reliability under RF constraints

Nice to have

• Experience with LE Audio (LC3), BLE Mesh, advanced roaming (802.11k/v/r), QoS/WMM, multicast/IGMP
• Coexistence tuning across radios (BT/Wi-Fi/UWB/mmWave) and antenna/RF fundamentals with test equipment workflows
• Familiarity with UWB (IEEE 802.15.4z, FiRa) ranging/integration; mmWave/Wi-Gig (802.11ad/ay)
• Experience with security and provisioning at scale (EAP-TLS, device identity, secure boot, disk/network hardening)
• Background in building factory test, interoperability, and certification test plans; upstream/open-source contributions

Benefits

• Relocation assistance

Before you apply

• Background checks for applicants will be administered

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.