Sr. Wireless Development Engineer

Description

About Us

Want to change the future of security integrated with networking?

Are you interested in fundamentally changing the technology and designs used in the $40B+ WAN, branch networks and managed services market? Does the concept of migrating global telcos and Fortune 500 customers from traditional network and security hardware to highly agile software and virtualized security driven network functions pump you up?

If so, Versa Networks might be a great place for you. Versa was founded by the engineering executives that built the multi-billion-dollar MX Series routers at Juniper and funded by top-tier and very network/security savvy investors Sequoia Capital, Mayfield, Comcast ventures, Verizon Ventures, Princeville Global fund and others.

We are looking for cutting edge technical and business talent to expand our innovation and bring it to an exciting set of customers. We have been named in Gartner’s magic quadrant (MQ) leader in Secure SD-WAN and have received leadership ratings of our product feature breadth by cybersecurity industry ratings leaders.

Job Summary & Responsibilities

As a Wireless Development Engineer at Versa Networks, you will be a critical member of the DEV team working with the engineering group. You will work on testing and verifying latest Networking products and technologies. While your primary responsibilities would be development of Wireless products, you are expected to be knowledgeable on Networking and L2/L3 technologies. We are looking for a Sr. W-Fi Domain Expert with hands-on experience in wireless development methodologies and usage of tools.

• Work with engineering teams to design, develop and debug new features
• Write/maintain design and architecture documents
• Work on reproducing and fixing the issues found during engineering test phase and field tests
• Improve performance, scalability, features  of the product
• Help improve product quality and performance through regular technical feedback

Job Requirements

• Proficient and Hands on in C programming, Data structures and Algorithms
• Experience Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax protocols
• Good debugging skills and especially with tools like GDB, strace etc
• Good understanding of Linux/Unix system programming, internals and drivers
• Good understanding of Networking protocol stack like TCP/IP
• Having working experience on OpenWRT/Wifi is added advantage

Bonus points

• Good understanding of 11ax features like UL and DL OFDMA,MU MIMO,TWT,BSS color
• Understanding of PHY Layer and MAC/application layer and experience in debugging throughput issues
• Strong scripting skills in at least one common language (Python, Perl, etc.)
• Knowledge of bug tracking tools such as Jira, Bugzilla

Job Qualifications

• 10+ years of work experience in the wireless industry.
• Bachelors or Masters in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.

Our Benefits

Versa Networks is a small but rapidly growing organization. It is built by people with vast experience in the networking industry. We are a pragmatic team with a healthy work-life balance. We offer competitive compensation packages with pre-IPO equity. Additionally, we offer a quality of life benefit to everyone in an inspiring environment with skilled and passionate co-workers. Our exciting company culture offers a great place to work and most important, to have fun.