Principal Software Engineer

About the job

The candidate will be responsible to lead development of OpenWrt-based firmware for our next-generation wireless routers. You will be the technical authority across the OpenWrt stack—bootloaders, kernel, drivers, networking, security, and system services—while setting architecture direction, mentoring engineers, and delivering production-grade firmware at scale.

This is a high-impact, hands‑on role driving roadmap, quality, and performance for devices used in safety- and mission‑critical deployments.

What You’ll Do

Architecture & Ownership

• Own the end-to-end OpenWrt platform: kernel, drivers, mac80211/cfg80211, hostapd/wpa_supplicant, UCI, init/system services, CI/CD, production and release tooling.
• Define technical strategy for Wi‑Fi 6/6E/7 and multi‑radio, multi‑band products (AP/STA/mesh), including roaming/fast transition (802.11r/k/v) and advanced QoS.
• Lead the abstraction of hardwa...