Director, Software Engineering

As an experienced Software Director, you will lead the development of next-gen Home Gateway products at an onsite role in Chennai. Your responsibilities will include: - Defining and driving the overall software architecture for home gateway products, encompassing firmware, middleware, and cloud connectivity. - Leading and mentoring a team of software engineers, architects, QA, and DevOps professionals. - Fostering a high-performance engineering culture centered on quality, agility, and innovation. - Establishing best practices for CI/CD, automated testing, performance tuning, and field reliability. To qualify for this role, you should have: - 15+ years of experience in embedded software development, with a minimum of 8 years in a leadership role. - A proven track record of shipping home networking or consumer electronics products at scale. - Strong understanding of networking stacks (Ethernet, VLAN, Wi-Fi, IPv4/IPv6, NAT, DHCP, DNS, VPN) and security (TLS, WPA3). - Experience with prplOS/prplMesh, RDK-B, and OpenWrt 802.11s based embedded Linux solution. - Experience collaborating with chipset vendors (Qualcomm, Broadcom, MediaTek, RealTek, Marvell, SiLabs, Infineon, Qorvo, Nordic). - Excellent communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills. - Agile/Scrum and DevOps experience in a scaled engineering environment. In addition to the above requirements, as part of NETGEAR, you will be contributing to a company that values its employees as the essential building blocks of success. The company is committed to delivering world-class products, fostering a culture of innovation, and shaping the future of connectivity. If you are creative, forward-thinking, and passionate about technology, NETGEAR provides a rewarding career opportunity where you can make a significant impact.,