Prpl/OpenWRT Specialist

13 hours ago

Bengaluru, India Tata Elxsi Full time

Role: Prpl/OpenWRT Specialist

Experience: 5 - 12 Years

Location: Chennai/Bangalore/Trivandrum


Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop, integrate, and maintain networking stacks using OpenWRT/PrplOS for CPE and broadband gateway devices including Wi-Fi, Low-Level APIs and SoC integration.
  • Customize and optimize OpenWRT builds for target hardware platforms (e.g., MIPS/ARM-based SoCs).
  • Implement and test Prpl Foundation initiatives, including PrplOS, PrplMesh, PrplSecurity, and containerization support.
  • Driving technical discussions with customers by interfacing with silicon vendors, ODMs, and other technology partners for BSP integration and feature enablement.
  • Contribute to architecture and system design discussions for scalable and modular firmware.
  • Lead or support feature development, bug fixing, and performance tuning across multiple networking layers (e.g., Wi-Fi, Ethernet, routing, firewall, TR-069/TR-369).
  • Participate in open-source communities, contribute patches, and ensure compliance with licensing (e.g., GPL, BSD).
  • Manage project environments including build, review and debugging, configuration management, and CI/CD pipelines for firmware release cycles.
  • Understanding project requirements and breaking it down to tasks and sub tasks
  • Assign tasks to team members, track and monitor progress, perform code reviews and mentor junior team members.
  • Lead teams, drive scrum meetings and enable team to be productive


Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in embedded systems development, with at least 3+ years on OpenWRT or Prpl-based platforms.
  • Strong proficiency in C, shell scripting, and Linux-based embedded development.
  • Proven experience with networking protocols: 802.11, IPv4/IPv6, NAT, DNS, DHCP, VLAN, QoS.
  • Familiarity with Prpl Foundation initiatives like PrplOS, PrplMesh, and LXC/Docker support on embedded devices.
  • Experience with wireless driver integration, MAC/PHY layer debugging, and Wi-Fi mesh solutions.
  • Exposure to management protocols such as TR-069, TR-369 (USP), SNMP, and cloud-based CPE management.
  • Familiarity with Yocto, Buildroot, or custom OpenWRT build systems.
  • Hands-on with tools such as Wireshark, U-Boot, JTAG, and gdb.
  • Experience with Git, Jenkins, JIRA, and Agile methodologies.

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