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Wireless Software Engineer

San Francisco💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-31 → 2026-10-03

Core

Design, implement, and maintain the wireless software stack for distributed mesh sensor networks, including radio configuration, fleet telemetry, and deployment tooling. (via careerplan.io/jobs/702586cc-1a00-4fd0-89ed-2207f0d0095b-wireless-software-engineer-at-specter)

Role type

Senior IC wireless software engineer

Builds

Wireless software stack, fleet telemetry/diagnostics, RF simulation tools, and deployment automation for edge devices

Domain

IoT, wireless networking, embedded systems, robotics

Required skills

Python, C/C++/Go/Rust, Linux networking stack, WLAN standards (802.11), cfg80211/nl80211, embedded system design, distributed systems debugging, wireless performance analysis, hardware/software boundary debugging

Preferred skills

Sub-GHz/mesh networking, LTE/5G protocol stacks, embedded interfaces (UART/SPI/CAN), video pipeline knowledge, software-defined radio, time-series observability

Technologies

Wireshark, systemd, hostapd, wpa_supplicant, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers

Responsibilities

Design and maintain wireless software for edge devices; own fleetwide telemetry and diagnostics; integrate and characterize vendor chipsets; debug complex radio/driver/kernel issues; build automation tooling for fleet operations; develop RF simulation and deployment planning tools; support field deployments and bring-up processes

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC