Wi-fi Architect in Philadelphia, PA (ONSITE ONLY)

Role: Wi-Fi Architect

Location: Philadelphia, PA (ONSITE ONLY)

Duration: Contract / Fulltime

Core Responsibilities

• Strong understanding on Wi-Fi Fundamentals. Knowledge on 802.11 Wi-Fi protocols(a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
• Collaborates closely with Product & Development teams to identify product and technical requirements
• Develops strategies and characterizing Wi-Fi behavior in our new products; leads and able to resolve engineering investigations which includes identifying, reproducing, and resolving product defects
• Reviews and verifies requirements and design specifications for validity in overall product design, with an emphasis towards product architecture requirements, testability and verification
• Assists in developing Quality Assurance test philosophies and methodologies; assists in identifying viable test strategies to support testing product functionality
• Familiar with advanced Wi-Fi test automation frameworks and industry trends from IEEE, WFA, WBA, IETF
• Assist in the identification and resolution of problems and defects; able to initiate investigation processes, identifies and reproduces bugs or defects and drives issues and improvements to resolution

Experience/ Technical Skills

Pre-Requisite:

• BS degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related technical field
• Solid understanding of Wi-Fi antennas, frequency coordination, 802.11 WLAN technologies and IP protocols.
• Excellent communication skills
• Moderate level knowledge of scripting
• Troubleshooting and root-cause-analysis skills.
• 5+ years of experience in networking and wireless technologies.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance; variable schedule(s) as necessary

Optional:

• Experience in home networking protocols and technologies such as Bluetooth, Matter, Wi-Fi and other
• Experience with broadband product test including DOCSIS, Ethernet, Cable modem standards
• Hands-on experience with device/consumer products test, ideally in high performance applications
• Background on automated product test environments and able to assist in test automation/maintenance when necessary
• Ability to work with technology partner/vendor teams to drive architecture decisions and troubleshoot problems
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned
• Languages: Good knowledge of data science tools, scripting and programming languages