PHY SW Engineer - 12 Month Internship

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, disruptive 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 (Android), 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.