Job Description & Details
This role sits at the intersection of deep wireless engineering and people management, putting you in charge of a 14-person technical team in Columbus. If you are tired of pure coding and want to own complex network architectures while mentoring engineers, this is a solid operational leadership gig.
What You'll Actually Be Doing
You will spend your days balancing high-level wireless architecture decisions with ground-level firefighting. One hour you might be deep-diving into a stubborn roaming or interoperability issue, and the next you are allocating tasks, mentoring junior engineers, and handling technical escalations. You will act as the bridge between engineering, testing, and operations, ensuring your team of 14 delivers quality output without burning out.
The Core Tech Stack
You need absolute mastery over Wi-Fi protocols and WLAN architecture, specifically keeping up with modern standards like IEEE 802.11ax, Wi-Fi 6/6E, and Wi-Fi 7. The company heavily relies on your ability to use advanced wireless diagnostic tools and network monitoring solutions to perform root cause analysis, so knowing your way through packet captures and performance optimization metrics is non-negotiable.
Interview Expectations
Expect the hiring managers to test both your wireless depth and your leadership maturity by asking you to walk through a severe, intermittent roaming failure in a high-density enterprise environment. They want to hear your methodical troubleshooting steps using specific diagnostic tools, while also evaluating how you would isolate the root cause without pointing fingers at other teams. For the leadership portion, be prepared to discuss how you handle underperforming engineers on a 14-person team while still hitting aggressive delivery milestones.
Application Advice
To get past the ATS, your resume needs to explicitly feature keywords like 'WLAN architecture', 'Wi-Fi 6/6E/7', 'packet analysis', and 'technical team leadership'. Do not just list the technologies you've used; quantify your impact by mentioning the size of the teams you have managed and the scale of the wireless networks you have architected or troubleshot in past roles.