Director – Technology Engineering – Residential Gateways, Embedded Platforms & Wireless

Job Title: Director Technology / Engineering Residential Gateways Embedded Platforms & Wireless

We are looking for a Director of Technology / Engineering to lead the strategy architecture execution and delivery of next-generation residential gateway platforms. This role will own the technical roadmap across embedded firmware prplOS/OpenWrt-based platforms Linux wireless broadband device management networking containerization and carrier-grade software reliability.

The Director will partner closely with product architecture platform engineering quality operations vendors and senior leadership to translate business priorities into scalable technology outcomes. The ideal candidate combines deep embedded systems expertise with strong engineering leadership program execution discipline stakeholder management and the ability to build high-performing global teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Technology Strategy & Roadmap: Define and drive the long-term technology roadmap for residential gateway software platforms ensuring alignment with business priorities product strategy customer commitments and evolving broadband technology standards.

• Engineering Leadership: Lead mentor and develop managers architects technical leads and senior engineers across embedded firmware wireless networking platform QA and automation functions.

• Architecture Governance: Own architectural direction for scalable hardware-agnostic gateway platforms leveraging prplOS/OpenWrt SoC abstraction Linux networking device management containerized services and lifecycle management.

• Execution & Delivery: Oversee end-to-end engineering delivery from requirements and architecture through development validation release deployment and production support.

• Wireless & Broadband Platform Leadership: Provide strategic oversight for Wi-Fi 6E/Wi-Fi 7 Linux wireless stack hostapd wpasupplicant iw TR-181 USP/TR-369 L2/L3 networking routing bridging and packet forwarding capabilities.

• Quality Reliability & Performance: Establish engineering standards for code quality test automation unit testing performance profiling memory optimization stability observability and carrier-grade reliability.

• Operational Excellence: Drive continuous improvement across engineering processes CI/CD practices release governance defect management incident response technical debt reduction and productivity metrics.

• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with product program management architecture security operations customer-facing teams and external partners to ensure technology solutions are scalable secure cost-effective and commercially viable.

• Vendor & Ecosystem Management: Manage strategic relationships with silicon vendors software partners open-source communities and technology suppliers to influence roadmaps and resolve complex integration challenges.

• People Budget & Resource Planning: Own workforce planning hiring capability development budget inputs resource allocation and succession planning for the technology organization.

Must-Have Requirements

• Experience: 15 years of technology embedded software platform engineering or telecom/networking product development experience including 5 years in engineering leadership roles.

• Domain Expertise: Strong background in broadband telecom networking residential gateways embedded Linux connected devices or carrier-grade platform software.

• Leadership Scale: Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams managers architects and senior technical contributors across complex product portfolios.

• Embedded Platform Knowledge: Strong understanding of C/C embedded Linux OpenWrt/prplOS firmware architecture SoC integration hardware abstraction and platform lifecycle management.

• Networking & Wireless: Deep knowledge of L2/L3 networking concepts routing bridging Wi-Fi architecture Linux wireless stack and broadband connectivity standards.

• Device Management: Strong working knowledge of TR-181 USP/TR-369 remote device management telemetry provisioning and carrier operations requirements.

• Delivery Leadership: Demonstrated success delivering complex technology programs across architecture development testing release and production support.

• Engineering Excellence: Experience establishing best practices for SDLC automation CI/CD test strategy code quality observability performance profiling security and reliability.

• Stakeholder Management: Ability to influence senior leaders product stakeholders vendors customers and distributed engineering teams through clear communication and data-driven decision-making.

• Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Electronics Electrical Engineering Information Technology or a related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred.

Good-to-Have Requirements

• 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.

Leadership Expectations

• Set a clear technical vision and translate it into measurable engineering outcomes.

• Build a culture of ownership accountability innovation quality and continuous improvement.

• Develop strong technical leaders and succession depth across the organization.

• Balance strategic thinking with the ability to dive deep into complex technical and operational issues when required.

• Communicate effectively with executive stakeholders engineering teams partners and customer-facing groups.

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