Director – Technology / Engineering – Residential Gateways, Embedded Platforms & Wireless
On-siteBengaluru, Karnataka, India or Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Job Summary
Define and drive the long-term technology roadmap for residential gateway software platforms, ensuring alignment with business priorities and evolving broadband standards. Lead, mentor, and develop managers, architects, and senior engineers across embedded firmware, wireless, networking, and automation functions. Own architectural direction for scalable, hardware-agnostic gateway platforms leveraging prplOS/OpenWrt, SoC abstraction, and containerized services. Oversee end-to-end engineering delivery from requirements through production support, establishing standards for code quality, test automation, and carrier-grade reliability. Provide strategic oversight for Wi-Fi 6E/Wi-Fi 7, Linux wireless stacks, and device management protocols including TR-181 and USP/TR-369. Collaborate with product, architecture, and vendor teams to translate business priorities into scalable technology outcomes while managing workforce planning and budget inputs.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of technology, embedded software, platform engineering, or telecom/networking product development experience
- 5+ years in engineering leadership roles
- Strong background in broadband, telecom, networking, residential gateways, embedded Linux, connected devices, or carrier-grade platform software
- Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams, managers, architects, and senior technical contributors across complex product portfolios
- Strong understanding of C/C++, embedded Linux, OpenWrt/prplOS, firmware architecture, SoC integration, hardware abstraction, and platform lifecycle management
- Deep knowledge of L2/L3 networking concepts, routing, bridging, Wi-Fi architecture, Linux wireless stack, and broadband connectivity standards
- Strong working knowledge of TR-181, USP/TR-369, remote device management, telemetry, provisioning, and carrier operations requirements
- Demonstrated success delivering complex technology programs across architecture, development, testing, release, and production support
- Experience establishing best practices for SDLC, automation, CI/CD, test strategy, code quality, observability, performance profiling, security, and reliability
- Ability to influence senior leaders, product stakeholders, vendors, customers, and distributed engineering teams through clear communication and data-driven decision-making
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline
Desired Qualifications
- advanced degree
- Hands-on experience with prplOS, prpl Foundation ecosystem, OpenWrt ubus, iMTP, Docker-based embedded services, or prpl LCM
- Experience working with Broadcom, MaxLinear, Qualcomm, or similar residential gateway SoC platforms
- Exposure to Wi-Fi 7, EasyMesh, multi-AP architectures, cloud-managed CPE, telemetry platforms, or large-scale broadband device fleets
- Experience contributing to open-source ecosystems or working with standards bodies, silicon vendors, OEMs, ODMs, or telecom operators
- Certifications or formal training in technology leadership, agile delivery, cybersecurity, cloud platforms, product management, or program management
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