Senior Embedded System Software Engineer (Communication)

$150,000 - $220,000/Yr

Tp-Link North America - Irvine, CA

Full-time - Senior

Irvine, CA

About the position

The Senior Embedded System Software Engineer at TP-Link North America, Inc. is responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing software for enterprise networking products such as routers and access points. This hands-on role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams throughout the product life cycle, ensuring high standards of performance, reliability, and safety. The engineer will also provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software systems for embedded network devices.
• Design and integrate network solutions into overall architecture and hardware design across multiple platforms.
• Responsible for device driver development and maintenance, such as Flash, Wi-Fi, wired network etc.
• Design and development of features in the area of L2/Bridging/L3/Routing for the network devices.
• Implement, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve manufacturing processes, including maintaining flow charts, develop manufacture software, identify and fix issues, and make improvements.
• Work closely with hardware team to deliver high quality products.
• Responsible for design and development review of software systems.
• Responsible for identifying and fixing bugs prior to software release.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Implement software features of high quality and on schedule.
• Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, and QA engineers, to deliver unparalleled user experiences.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.
• Conduct meticulous code reviews and provide mentorship to junior developers, ensuring strict adherence to coding standards and industry best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience.
• Proficiency in embedded software programming skills with C/C++ language.
• Experience with embedded Linux kernel and application development.
• Experience with audio/video encoding, motor controls software development.
• Proficiency in ONVIF, RTCP, RTSP application development.
• Knowledge of network technology including NAT, TCP, UDP, IPv4, IPv6, HTTP etc.
• Experience in analyzing crash logs, stack trace, faults by utilizing basic debugging techniques.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Highly motivated, positive, detail oriented and responsible.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with designing and delivering storage software modules.
• Deep knowledge of Linux kernel internals (process scheduler, concurrency, synchronization, memory allocation, file systems).
• Knowledge of wireless communication protocols, e.g. 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be.

Benefits

• Salary range: $150,000 - $220,000
• Fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance (partial coverage for dependents)
• Contributions to 401k funds
• Over four weeks of PTO per year
• Bi-annual pay increases
• Health and wellness benefits, including free gym membership
• Quarterly team-building events