Senior Embedded WLAN Security Engineer – WPA Supplicant | RTOS | Wi-Fi Security

📍 Location: Bangalore, India

💼 Experience: 4–8 Years

ChipWave™ is a leading technology talent and engineering solutions company specializing in delivering highly skilled IT professionals for project-based engagements and long-term strategic staffing requirements.

We partner with global technology leaders to bridge critical talent gaps by providing engineers who integrate seamlessly into client teams and contribute to the development of innovative semiconductor, embedded systems, and wireless connectivity solutions.

At ChipWave, you'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies while collaborating with some of the industry's brightest engineering minds.

ChipWave is seeking an experienced Senior Embedded WLAN Security Engineer with strong expertise in WPA Supplicant development, embedded Wi-Fi security, and RTOS-based embedded platforms .

In this role, you will lead the design, development, integration, and optimization of WPA Supplicant for next-generation embedded chipsets. You will collaborate closely with firmware, driver, platform, and validation teams to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performance wireless connectivity solutions.

This opportunity is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving complex embedded system challenges, defining software architecture, and owning product features from concept through production.

• Design, develop, customize, and maintain WPA Supplicant for embedded RTOS platforms.
• Architect and integrate WPA Supplicant with Wi-Fi drivers, firmware, RTOS services, and platform components.
• Analyze product requirements and translate them into scalable software architecture and detailed technical designs.
• Develop and optimize WLAN security features supporting:
• WPA
• WPA2
• WPA3
• IEEE 802.1X
• EAP
• SAE
• Lead supplicant integration, customization, optimization, and performance tuning for resource-constrained embedded platforms.
• Debug complex security, authentication, roaming, connectivity, and platform integration issues.
• Collaborate with firmware, driver, platform, system, and validation teams during chipset bring-up and feature enablement.
• Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, design discussions, and software quality initiatives.
• Prepare architecture documents, interface specifications, sequence diagrams, and technical documentation.
• Drive continuous improvements in software quality, scalability, maintainability, and performance.

• 4–8 years of experience in Embedded Software Development.
• Strong programming expertise in C .
• Hands-on experience in WPA Supplicant development, customization, integration, or porting.
• Strong understanding of RTOS concepts, including:
• Task Scheduling
• Memory Management
• Synchronization
• Timers
• Queues
• Inter-task Communication
• Experience working in RTOS-based embedded environments; exposure to Zephyr OS is an advantage.
• Strong understanding of WLAN security protocols:
• WPA / WPA2 / WPA3
• IEEE 802.1X
• EAP
• SAE
• PMK / PTK / GTK
• Authentication & Key Management
• Good understanding of Wi-Fi connection flows including scanning, association, authentication, roaming, and disconnection.
• Experience integrating WPA Supplicant with Wi-Fi drivers, firmware, host interface layers, and platform abstraction layers.
• Strong debugging expertise using JTAG, GDB, RTOS traces, protocol analyzers, firmware logs, and logic analyzers .
• Ability to independently own features from requirement analysis through design, implementation, debugging, validation, and production release.

Experience in one or more of the following areas will be an added advantage:

• Zephyr Networking Stack
• Wi-Fi Driver Development
• Firmware Development
• Host Interface Integration
• New Chipset Bring-up
• Secure Boot & Bootloader Security
• TLS & Cryptographic Libraries
• Certificate Management & Secure Storage
• Key Provisioning
• Embedded Security Frameworks
• Bluetooth Security
• Cybersecurity Compliance (CRA / Product Security)
• Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
• Performance optimization for memory, CPU, and timing-constrained embedded systems

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in:

• Computer Science
• Electronics & Communication Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Embedded Systems
• Or an equivalent engineering discipline

• Work on next-generation wireless connectivity and embedded security technologies.
• Build secure software solutions for leading semiconductor and IoT platforms.
• Collaborate with world-class engineering teams on innovative global products.
• Gain hands-on experience with advanced Wi-Fi security, embedded architecture, and modern cybersecurity technologies.
• Grow your career in an environment that values innovation, technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.