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Job Title: Product Owner – Large-Scale IoT Network Platform (RF Mesh)

Department: Product Management / Engineering

Location: [Bangalore / Onsite]

Job Summary:

We are seeking a dynamic Product Owner to drive the roadmap, development, and performance of our large-scale IoT Network Management Platform built on RF Mesh communication technologies.

The Product Owner will be responsible for defining product vision, translating business needs into technical requirements, and ensuring that the platform delivers high scalability, reliability, and security across millions of connected IoT endpoints (e.g., smart meters, gateways, sensors).

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, business, and customer success — ideal for someone who understands IoT communication networks, cloud platforms, and real-world deployment challenges.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Define and own the product vision, roadmap, and feature priorities for the IoT RF Mesh Network Platform.
• Align platform capabilities with business objectives, deployment needs, and customer use cases (e.g., Smart Metering, Smart City, Industrial IoT).
• Identify market trends, competitive offerings, and technology advancements to keep the platform ahead.

2. Requirement Definition & Backlog Management

• Translate high-level business requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications.
• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog based on business value, technical feasibility, and stakeholder input.
• Collaborate with solution architects, firmware, and cloud engineering teams to ensure end-to-end coherence across the IoT stack.

3. Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with hardware, network, firmware, and platform teams to align product features with RF Mesh communication layers (FAN, PHY/MAC, IPv6, etc.).
• Coordinate with UI/UX designers to ensure intuitive visualization and control of network data and device operations.
• Partner with project and field teams to incorporate real-world deployment feedback into the product roadmap.

4. Platform Performance & Customer Experience

• Define and monitor KPIs for scalability, uptime, latency, and throughput across large IoT networks.
• Ensure the platform supports secure provisioning, device management, firmware upgrades, and diagnostics at scale.
• Work with the Operations and Support teams to optimize performance, issue resolution, and user experience.

5. Stakeholder & Release Management

• Present roadmap updates and feature releases to executive leadership and clients.
• Drive agile sprint planning, ensuring timely delivery of prioritized features.
• Own product documentation, training materials, and demo environments for internal and customer use.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Electronics, Computer Science, or Communication Engineering.
• 5–10 years of experience in IoT, communication networks, or embedded system platforms, with at least 2+ years as Product Owner / Product Manager.
• Deep understanding of RF Mesh communication (Wi-SUN, IEEE 802.15.4g/e, 6LoWPAN, RPL) and IoT network architecture.
• Familiarity with network management systems (NMS), device provisioning, and cloud integration.
• Strong grasp of IoT protocols and technologies: IPv6, MQTT, CoAP, DLMS/COSEM, TLS, REST APIs.
• Experience with agile product development (Scrum / Kanban).
• Excellent skills in requirement documentation, stakeholder communication, and prioritization.

Preferred Attributes:

• Exposure to large-scale AMI / Smart City deployments using RF Mesh or LPWAN technologies.
• Experience working with IoT platforms (AWS IoT, Azure IoT, or custom NMS solutions).
• Understanding of data analytics, device diagnostics, and remote O&M workflows.
• Strong technical curiosity, with ability to communicate effectively between engineering and business teams.
• PMP or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification is a plus.

Why Join Us:

• Lead the development of a nation-scale IoT communication platform connecting millions of devices.
• Collaborate with world-class RF, cloud, and embedded engineers.
• Opportunity to shape next-generation IoT connectivity and data intelligence solutions.
• A fast-paced startup environment where your ideas directly influence real-world deployments.

About us:

Arista Networks was founded to pioneer and deliver software driven cloud networking solutions for large datacenter storage and computing environments. Arista's award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds from 10 to 400 gigabits per second, redefine scalability, agility and resilience. Arista has shipped more than 20 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system. Committed to open standards, Arista is a founding member of the 25/50GbE consortium. Arista Networks products are available worldwide directly and through partners.

About this role:

• You will be working with the WiFi team at Arista, developing cutting edge and next generation WiFi solutions in a fast-paced environment. The WiFi team is responsible for the end to end development of the Cloud managed WiFi product portfolio of Arista. This specific position is for the WiFi AccessPoint team.
• As a core member of the AccessPoint team, you will be working closely with relevant teams to understand product requirements, design the solution, build the software and deliver it for final validation and customer deployment.
• You will also keep track of new and emerging technologies and their impact on Arista products, come up with new and innovative ideas to improve and differentiate the product and help Arista become a leading player in the Campus space.
• You will work closely with sales and support teams to push new solutions, understand customer needs and pain points and help resolve escalations.
• You will not be limited to a single aspect of the product, it will be broad encompassing many different aspects including but not limited to developing new Access Points, designing and implementing new features, tracking new technologies and working closely with the sales and customer teams.

Requirements:

• Strong engineering and Computer Science fundamentals

• Expected to have a strong background in software development and good understanding of systems and networking areas with the knowledge of the WiFi area as an added bonus.

• Minimum 4+ years of relevant experience

• Well versed with programming in one of C/C++ languages

• Experience working in a Linux environment, developing applications or Linux drivers

• Proven experience in any of the below:

1. Network device drivers, operating system internals, Kernels, compilers, SOC architecture
2. Experience in developing Wi-Fi features (802.11), WLAN MAC Protocol, system integration, evaluate various performance parameters.
3. User space development for connectivity related products (Wireless Lan access points/ controllers, networking equipment) in one or more of following areas:

• HostAPD, Portal, RADIUS, AAA, Identity and role management, Radsec

• Tunnels, Firewall, Iptables, Flow Classification, QoS, TLS, DTLS Preferred Skills

• Experience with Wi-Fi device drivers on Linux.

• Hands-on experience in working with one or more WIFI chipset platforms

• Good System Level understanding of the Wireless AP functionality

• Experience in developing Wi-Fi features, system integration, evaluate various performance parameters

Resources:

• Arista Cognitive WiFi : https://www.arista.com/en/products/cognitive-wifi https://youtu.be/cT1INdR-xHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olPkCOT3MdA
• Arista Cognitive WiFi Datasheet: https://www.arista.com/assets/data/pdf/Datasheets/CloudVision-Wifi-Datasheet.pdf
• Arista's Approach to Software with Ken Duda (CTO): https://youtu.be/TU8yNh5JCyw
• Additional information and resources can be found at https://www.arista.com/en/

Job Description:

WLAN Linux Device Driver development (802.11ax preferred)

• WLAN Debugging
• WLAN Firmware development (802.11ac, 802.11n)
• Networking/Wireless Domain knowledge
• Hostapd, Supplicant
• Cross compiling/porting experience
• Performance optimization & Firmware enhancements

Must have Skills:

• 1-10 years of experience in Embedded Software Design, Implementation and testing
• Good knowledge of C or C++
• Basic knowledge in Scripting (Shell, Perl or Python)
• Proficiency in Problem Solving and Debugging skills
• Excellent team working skills
• Experience with version control e.g. GIT
• Basic experience of working in Linux OS
• Network Drivers
• WLAN Protocol Knowledge – 11n, 11ac
• WLAN Linux Device Drivers
• Hostpad, Supplicant
• WLAN Debugging
• Fluent in English

Desired Candidate Details:

• Design, development, and maintenance
• WLAN Stack development and debugging
• Feature Enhancements, Applications, Tools for SDKs
• Basic module level unit testing, System testing
• Providing support to technical documentation team and field application engineers
• Close collaboration with the Chipset Vendor on the Software Development
• Participations in the Product design and Software Design Documentation – High level / Module level / Low level design
• Troubleshooting software and architectural issues

We are looking for a seasoned Wireless LAN Software Engineer to join our Wireless & Networking team in Chennai, Pollachi, Kochi (Cochin), Gurugram, Manesar, Bengaluru (Bangalore). The candidate must be an experienced Engineer and a good team player, who will work on Wireless software solutions which will enable us to develop the products for our customers quickly with industry leading quality. Working with Embedded Software in agile development projects, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining software of Wireless Access Point and Router Products including Module design, Development, JIRA Updates and Unit testing of the Software that is meeting industry standards, creating demos of the solution and customer support.

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Overview
Analyzes, develops, designs, and maintains software for the organization’s products and systems. Performs system integration of software and hardware to maintain throughput and program consistency. Develops, validates, and tests: structures and user documentation. Work may be reviewed for accuracy and overall adequacy. Follows established processes and directions
ü 3 – 8years of overall industry experience with a bachelor’s degree in an appropriate engineering discipline.
ü 3+ years of experience in network protocol stack design and Android networking software components. (e.g. DHCP, TCP/IP, UDP, Socket Programming, Routing concept, Subnet Concept etc.)
ü WLAN device driver design & development skills for Qualcomm, Broadcom, Marvel or MediaTek Wi-Fi stack.
ü Solid understanding of Wi-Fi 802.11 principles and functionality. Must be able to speak to topics including Wi-Fi roaming logic, security protocols (WPA, WPA2..), etc.
ü Proficient in debugging and implementing Linux device drivers.
ü Working knowledge of development and debugging tools on Android OS, including Klocworks.
ü Experience with network protocol stack design and Android networking software components. (e.g. DHCP, TCP/IP, UDP, Socket Programming, Routing concept, Subnet Concept etc.)
ü Experience with bus interfaces (PCIe, USB, SDIO, etc.). This is to make sure issues can be debugged related to SDIO, USB and PCIe interface between Wi-Fi driver and firmware communication path.
ü Should very capable in handling Wireshark and omni peek wireless sniffer tools to capture wireless packets and analyze the network and device problems.