Sr. Wi-Fi Developer

Family Description

Join our Strategy and Technology Space Communication Solutions team as a Wi-Fi Developer and immerse yourself in a dynamic hybrid work environment. Collaborate with system and hardware engineers to analyze Wi-Fi performance and enhance integration with RF front-end components. You'll take the lead in designing, developing, and optimizing the Wi-Fi MAC and PHY for cutting-edge Wi-Fi 6 NR, leveraging your hands-on experience with PHY and MAC layer algorithms. Your contributions will directly impact the future of wireless communication. Enjoy benefits that position you at the forefront of innovation, including flexible work arrangements, professional development opportunities, and a supportive team culture focused on pushing the boundaries of technology together. Join us and help shape tomorrow's connectivity.

• Develop, maintain, and optimize Wi-Fi drivers, firmware, or protocol stacks, including 802.11s mesh networking features.
• Implement and debug 802.11 MAC and PHY interactions, supporting features like OFDMA, MU-MIMO, beamforming, and channel bonding.
• Contribute to integration and bring-up of Wi-Fi SoCs or chipsets in embedded Linux or RTOS environments.
• Design and implement mesh peering mechanisms per IEEE 802.11s.
• Ensure standards compliance (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be and 802.11s) and interoperability with mesh-capable devices.
• Optimize performance, roaming, mesh path selection, and power-saving modes in mesh and infrastructure modes.
• Collaborate with QA and systems teams to resolve field and lab issues involving mesh and multi-hop topologies.
• Support coexistence (e.g., Wi-Fi, 5G), advanced security (WPA3), and optional features such as 802.11r, 802.11k/v.
  
  

You Have:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in Wi-Fi system or driver development.
• Strong knowledge of the IEEE 802.11 standard, with practical experience implementing or debugging 802.11s.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and embedded systems development.
• Experience working with Linux wireless subsystems (cfg80211/mac80211/nl80211).
• Familiarity with Wireshark, packet sniffing, and mesh trace analysis.
• Ability to analyze and troubleshoot mesh path selection, peering, and multi-hop forwarding behavior.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with wireless SoCs from Qualcomm, Broadcom, MediaTek, TI, or NXP.
• Knowledge of mesh scalability, performance tuning, and quality-of-service (QoS) in mesh networks.
• Experience with Wi-Fi certification processes and regulatory requirements.
• Exposure to mesh-related security models (SAE, PMF, etc.).
• Experience developing or integrating 802.11s mesh features on platforms like OpenWRT, Qualcomm SDK, or/and custom embedded firmware.

Nice to have:

• Contributions to open-source mesh implementations (e.g., Linux mac80211/mesh, OpenWRT mesh).
• Knowledge of 802.11ah (Wi-Fi HaLow) or Time-Sensitive Networking over Wi-Fi.
• Experience with dynamic topology changes, self-healing networks, and multi-radio mesh optimization.

Come create the technology that helps the world act together

Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people's lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.
We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work

What we offer

Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer

Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:

• One of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark