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 hardware capabilities for performance and power efficiency. Platform Development Build...