We are looking for a talented and motivated intern to join our team developing physical layer (PHY*) software for our 4G and 5G products. The position is a 12-month internship at our office in the centre of Bristol, where you will be working alongside a team of approximately 50 people, part of a larger (500+) international R&D team motivated by building the future of telecoms.
If you are looking for a chance to work on cutting edge, distruptive technology, and gain invaluable experience
in a well-paid internship in the centre of Bristol - Parallel Wireless is for you.
What you'll do
- You will be involved in the development, optimization, integration, and validation of real-time PHY software and wireless algorithms on the latest Intel / AMD / ARM CPUs.
- Integrate and test physical layer features on servers within lab and AWS cloud environments.
- Create and improve test and debug tools that make up part of our software release packages.
- Use mobile phones (iPhone/Andoid),emulators and other RF equipment.
What you'll gain
- Hands-on experience of developing real-time embedded C/C++ software in the Linux environment, using docker containers and kubernetes
- Understanding of modern CPU instruction sets and SIMD programming
- Experience of working in a modern software development environment (git, JIRA, Bitbucket, Jenkins, etc)
- An understanding of wireless algorithms and digital signal processing concepts
- Experience of working in multi-national Agile teams, familiarity with modern Scrum and SAFe ways of thinking and working
What you must have
- Strong C and/or C++ programming skills (assessed at technical interview)
- Experience of script language (ideally Python)
- Exposure to digital signal processing or wireless software algorithms- advantage
During your internship you'll get
- 25 days of annual leave a year (pro-rata) and an extra day off in the month of your birthday
- Monthly team lunches, a kitchen stocked daily with fresh healthy fruits & snacks, and activities with the team (lunchtime table tennis, chess, running, etc.)
- Private medical care + medical/dental cash plan
- Personal travel insurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Opt in 5% employer contribution pension
- Salary between £28-30k per annum
- Flexible working hours
