Qualcomm
WLAN Senior Engineer
$134K–$202K
Santa Clara, California · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years with the bachelor's degree route; 1+ year with the master's degree route; no experience minimum stated for the PhD route. Also requires 2+ years of academic or work experience with a programming language. Preferred: 3–6 years in networking, WLAN, Linux kernel, or device driver development.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field; OR master's degree in those fields; OR PhD in those fields.
About the job
Develop and maintain Linux wireless drivers and Wi-Fi protocol features for Qualcomm access point hardware, optimizing and validating system performance.
What you'll do
- Design, test, document, and implement Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 8 features and Linux wireless drivers for Qualcomm AP SoCs.
- Bring up and validate drivers on new hardware; debug protocol, interoperability, performance, and system issues.
- Collaborate with engineering teams and the open-source community, including upstreaming ath12k enhancements to the Linux kernel.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and 2+ years of software engineering or related experience; OR master's degree and 1+ year; OR PhD.
- 2+ years of academic or work experience with a programming language such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
Nice to have
- 3–6 years of hands-on experience in Networking, Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11), Linux kernel, or device driver development.
- Experience with C, Linux kernel architecture and networking subsystems, networking drivers, and wireless communication protocols.
Pay
$134,500.00 - $201,700.00 USD base salary
Tools
Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 8, Linux, C, C++, Java, Python, ath12k
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