My name is Bipasa, and I'm reaching out from Intellectt Inc. regarding an exciting contract opportunity for Wi-Fi Architect based in Philadelphia, PA with one of our prestigious clients.
I would love to connect and discuss this opportunity in more detail. Please feel free to share your updated resume at
bipasa.s@intellectt.com
Job Summary
We are seeking a Wi-Fi Architect with strong hands-on experience in Wi-Fi testing, broadband CPE devices, and Linux-based embedded systems. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Wi-Fi standards, mesh and roaming behavior, performance testing, network troubleshooting, and exploratory testing across gateways, routers, and extenders.
Job Title: Wi-Fi Architect
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Key Responsibilities
- Perform exploratory testing of Wi-Fi features across broadband CPE devices, including gateways, routers, and extenders.
- Validate SSID management, WPA2/WPA3, WPS, band steering, client steering, mesh behavior, roaming, handoff, and multi-AP scenarios.
- Test real-world scenarios involving mobile devices, laptops, IoT devices, smart TVs, and dense client environments.
- Evaluate Wi-Fi performance under interference, channel congestion, and varying environmental conditions.
- Identify edge cases, race conditions, intermittent issues, and complex customer-impacting problems.
- Perform performance and stability testing for throughput, latency, packet loss, soak, and stress scenarios.
- Analyze logs, packet captures, and system traces for issue triage and troubleshooting.
- Collaborate with developers, architects, and product teams to reproduce issues and develop effective test scenarios.
- Execute targeted scripted and regression testing while maintaining a primary focus on exploratory testing.
- Document high-quality defects with detailed observations, logs, and reproduction steps.
Required Qualifications
- Strong hands-on experience in Wi-Fi testing and troubleshooting.
- Strong understanding of 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax (Wi-Fi 4/5/6).
- Good understanding of 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz Wi-Fi technologies.
- Hands-on experience testing broadband gateways, routers, mesh systems, and extenders.
- Experience working with Linux-based embedded systems.
- Experience with Wi-Fi functional, performance, stability, and exploratory testing.
- Hands-on experience with iPerf, Wireshark, and tcpdump.
- Familiarity with Wi-Fi analyzer tools on mobile or desktop platforms.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills, including packet capture and system trace analysis.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, architecture, and product teams.
Experience & Education
- Experience: Strong professional experience in Wi-Fi testing, broadband networking, CPE devices, and embedded Linux environments.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field is preferred.
- Equivalent combination of relevant technical education and hands-on experience may be considered.
Bipasa Swain
Sourcing Specialist
7329976610 | Ext: 300
bipasa.s@intellectt.com