Senior Software Engineer, Wireless HP IQ

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About The Role

HP IQs Wireless Engineering team is seeking a Software Engineer with deep expertise in Wi-Fi standards and wireless software stack development. The ideal candidate will bring strong knowledge of lower-layer protocols and hands-on experience developing integrating and optimizing wireless software to deliver industry-leading connectivity performance and user experiences. You will work at the intersection of Wi-Fi Bluetooth and emerging device-to-device transport technologies tackling complex challenges in performance reliability and low-latency communication. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge innovations that are redefining how people and devices seamlessly connect across the modern enterprise.

What You Might Do

• Design develop and integrate wireless software features across Android Windows and embedded platforms including SDKs frameworks and system services.
• Implement optimize and tune wireless networking protocols with a focus on enterprise-scale architectures and deployments.
• Design implement and troubleshoot peer-to-peer technologies - such as Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi Aware to deliver secure reliable and low-latency connectivity across diverse networking scenarios.
• Collaborate closely with wireless chipset vendors industry partners and internal engineering teams to align designs debug system-level issues and optimize end-to-end wireless performance.
• Analyze and troubleshoot complex wireless behavior including performance degradation QoS bottlenecks interoperability issues and security constraints in large-scale networks.

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
• 6 years of experience in Wi-Fi software development including protocol behavior performance tuning and debugging.
• 3 years of experience developing software SDKs/frameworks on Android Linux or similar OS platforms.
• Strong programming skills in Java C C or Objective-C with solid grounding in software engineering fundamentals (OO design debugging system-level architecture).
• Familiarity with radio standards such as 802.11 and Bluetooth and an understanding of related protocol stacks.
• Experience collaborating across hardware OS QA and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Ability to work independently drive technical tasks to closure and clearly communicate root-cause findings to senior leadership and partners.

Preferred Skills

• Deep understanding of 802.11 standards WLAN MAC/PHY operation RF concepts and enterprise Wi-Fi architectures (controller-based or cloud-managed).
• Proficiency in C/C and embedded systems programming for performance-critical wireless features.
• Experience working directly with wireless chipset vendors to optimize connectivity performance and resolve interoperability issues.
• Comfort working across diverse platforms including Linux Windows embedded systems cloud-managed networks and mobile OS stacks.
• Expertise in Wi-Fi performance analysis using tools such as Wireshark spectrum/RF analyzers logging frameworks and low-level tracing.
• Strong understanding of peer-to-peer technologies (Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi Aware) including device discovery group formation and data transport mechanisms.

Salary Range: $140000 - $225000

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