Sr Engineer - Wireless Network Engineering

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About us:

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

As a Senior Engineer, you serve as a specialist in the engineering team that supports the product. You help develop and gain insight in the application architecture. You can distill an abstract architecture into concrete design and influence the implementation. You show expertise in applying the appropriate software engineering patterns to build robust and scalable systems. You are an expert in programming and apply your skills in developing the product. You have the skills to design and implement the architecture on your own, but choose to influence your fellow engineers by proposing software designs, providing feedback on software designs and/or implementation. You show good problem solving skills and can help the team in triaging operational issues. You leverage your expertise in eliminating repeat occurrences.

As a Senior Engineer on our Wireless Network team, you will help evolve Wi-Fi connectivity across all our Stores, Distribution Centers, and Headquarters locations. The Wi-Fi platform is the critical infrastructure that is essential to help Target deliver on its purpose “To help all families discover the joy of everyday life.” We connect our Target Guests and over 350,000 Team Members to our Target Tech delivered Services and Applications. This team is building the network of the future at Target through adopting AI enhanced Wi-Fi operating systems and further developing them to meet Target’s needs.

As a Senior Engineer on the Wireless Network team you will:

Be a key contributor to designing, building, and deploying Wi-Fi connectivity at Target. You will partner with other engineers to ensure we build quality products. You will use your talents to help improve the efficiency of our Wi-Fi connectivity through automation. You will help build tools to operate our fleet of access points.

TEAM AND CULTURE

We value engineers that care about:

• An automation first mindset

• Reliability of the Services we provide making our Guests and Team Members their top priority

• Continuous learning – Embrace 50 days of learning

• Progress over perfection, build, learn, adapt mindset

• High observability with extensive metrics and logs

• Build secure products to protect our systems

• No Silos. We are a team and anyone can help on anything

• A diverse, inclusive, and collaborative culture

• Curiosity

TECHNOLOGY

• Wireless Platforms: HPE/Juniper Mist, Cisco AireOS

• Software Development in Python

• Metrics visualization with tools like Grafana

• Tools: Ekahau, Wireshark

About You
• 4-year degree or equivalent experience
• 2-5+ years of hands-on wireless networking experience supporting Enterprise environments.

• Demonstrates strong knowledge of 802.11 standards (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)

• Practical understanding of RF concepts including frequency planning, channel utilization, attenuation, SNR, and antenna selection
• Working knowledge of foundational network concepts: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP/HTTPS

• Experience operating and supporting multi-site Wireless network environments

• Ability to troubleshoot wireless performance issues using a combination of logs, metrics, packet captures, and RF analysis tools.

• Experience with at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Go, Rust) to improve operational efficiency or automation.

• Experience utilizing version control and CI/CD technologies (Git, Jenkins/Drone)

• Experience with Linux-based Operating Systems

• Participates in wireless network design and architecture discussions, contributing implementation and operational perspective

• Communicates effectively in written and verbal formats with technical and non-technical partners

• Produces clear technical documentation to support systems, designs, and operational processes

• Troubleshoot and resolves routine and moderately complex technical issues with minimal assistance
• Collaborates effectively within the team and supports shared priorities
• Demonstrates a commitment to continuous learning and professional growth

Preferred

• Experience or familiarity with Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking concepts, including VLANs, routing, WAN connectivity, and firewalls

• Understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking, including VLANs, routing, WAN connectivity, and firewalls

• Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) Certification

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Benefits Eligibility

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to [email protected]. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.