WiFi SW Director

The role

You will lead the delivery of production WiFi capabilities across firmware, drivers, validation, and system integration. You will manage release cycles, drive performance improvements, and lead engineering execution for multiple platforms.

What you will do

• Lead WiFi engineering execution for platforms and products from feature delivery to release.
• Lead AI-centric network self-healing and autonomous networking initiatives.
• Drive system-level requirements across AI, security, usability, stability, and performance.
• Own release readiness including quality gates, regression strategy, defect triage, and go/no-go reviews.
• Partner cross-functionally with Silicon/ASIC, RF, Systems, QA, Security, Product, Manufacturing, and Customer Engineering teams.
• Lead root-cause analyses for complex field issues and drive corrective actions.
• Own WiFi Alliance certification and interoperability campaigns.
• Drive lab automation, CI/regression modernization, and KPI dashboard development.
• Lead coexistence programs across WiFi/Bluetooth, RF constraints, power optimization, and field reliability.
• Build and develop high-performing teams, managers, tech leads, and senior ICs.

Required qualifications

• 12+ years in wireless or connectivity engineering with strong WiFi depth.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience, including leading teams and managing managers.
• Strong knowledge of WiFi 6/6E/7 and next-generation WiFi standards.
• Proven track record delivering WiFi in production environments, client devices, gateways, APs, embedded/IoT, PC, or automotive.
• Working knowledge of WiFi software stacks including firmware (C/C++ embedded) and/or Linux, Android, or Windows drivers, plus system integration and debug.
• Knowledge of major WiFi chipset vendor software.
• Familiarity with OpenWrt, QSDK, Broadcom SDK, MediaTek SDK, and prplOS including EasyMesh and 802.11s.
• Strong scaling skills leveraging AI tools and practices across engineering workflows.

About the company

NETGEAR is on a mission to unleash the full potential of connectivity with intelligent solutions. They are a performance-driven team that turns ideas into innovative networking products.