Real-Time Embedded Staff Software Engineer (10208) at extremenetworks

extremenetworks

Toronto, Canada·13h ago

LeadFull-timeC++

Salary Range

$99,450 - $134,550 /year

Estimated

This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.

About the Role

We are seeking a Real-Time Embedded Staff Software Engineer to serve as a senior technical leader driving the architecture, development, and evolution of next-generation Wi-Fi solutions. This role involves influencing system-level design decisions, guiding engineering teams, and ensuring the robustness, performance, and scalability of embedded applications running on Linux OS.

Key Responsibilities

→Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of complex real-time embedded software systems for Wi-Fi products.
→Define technical direction for embedded Linux components, ensuring long-term maintainability, performance, and scalability.
→Drive cross-team technical initiatives, aligning embedded software, hardware, and systems engineering.
→Evaluate new technologies, tools, and methodologies to improve product quality and development efficiency.
→Own critical software modules end-to-end, from requirements and design through implementation, validation, and long-term sustainment.
→Maintain and enhance existing embedded Wi-Fi products, providing engineering support to customers as needed.
→Develop and execute component-level, module-level, subsystem, and system-level test procedures.
→Provide expert-level debugging and root-cause analysis for complex issues across the embedded Linux stack.
→Lead the development of multi-threaded, high-performance applications under Linux with real-time constraints.
→Conduct and enforce code reviews sessions, offering constructive feedback and mentoring junior developers.
→Ensure engineering rigor by defining best practices, coding standards, and design patterns for embedded development.
→Partner with product management, hardware teams, and customer engineering to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.
→Act as a senior technical point of escalation for customer issues, guiding teams through complex problem resolution.
→Mentor and coach junior and intermediate engineers, fostering growth in embedded systems, networking, and Linux development.
→Champion a culture of technical excellence, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

✓Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (Master’s preferred).
✓Extensive experience in real-time embedded systems and data communication.
✓Deep expertise in embedded Linux internals, kernel-space and user-space interactions, and performance optimization.
✓Strong understanding of Wi-Fi protocols (IEEE 802.11) and wireless networking fundamentals.
✓Advanced proficiency in C and C++ for embedded development.
✓Proven track record designing and delivering complex embedded systems at scale.
✓Strong experience with multi-threaded programming, concurrency models, and synchronization mechanisms.
✓Solid understanding of networking technologies: Ethernet, IP, routing, switching, and LAN/WLAN concepts.
✓Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence across teams and present complex ideas clearly.
✓Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and drive architectural decisions.