Prpl/OpenWRT Specialist

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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