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    Working for Nordic Semiconductor, you will be challenged, inspired and supported. Our teams enjoy a professional and informal working environment. We value and encourage continuous development of skills and expertise to the highest levels. We are proud of our Norwegian heritage, our highly skilled international workforce, world-leading innovation and professional excellence. We offer a variety of tasks and projects and the possibility to work alongside some of the world’s leading experts within their field. We encourage our employees to challenge the established and dare to innovate, while expecting high performance, dedication and the will to learn.

    We welcome talented, motivated students from across the globe and offer cutting-edge R&D facilities, products with global reach and impact, and a stimulating environment in which excellence is fostered and prized.

    ​We offer 6-12 months placements in a range of different R&D departments: Digital- and analog design, Test & Verification, Software development and System Architecture. You will work at one of our R&D sites in Bristol, Hatfield or Swindon

    Key responsibilities

    We offer various positions within different teams. Below you can see some of the disciplines and fields we offer for students.

    Swindon:

    • 2 internship - (1-6 months) - analog design
    • 1 placement - (6-12 months) - digtal design
      • Key tasks: System level definition, ultra-low power design and mixed signal devlopment

    Bristol:

    • 1 placement – (6-12 months) – Software
    • 2 placements – (6-12 months) – Digital verification
      • Key tasks: verification methodology (EE,CS and some ML), using python for verification/debug.
      • Key tasks: verification methodology (EE and CS), formal verification (maths, CS, some EE)
    • 1 placement - (6-12 months) – Computer science and digital design
      • Key tasks: Connectivitity checks, automating register verification, Devops/design methodology (EE, CS), ML software (CS, maths)

    Hatfield:

    • 1 placement – (6-12 months) – digital design and electronics
      • Key tasks: RTL design & verification of complex DSP datapath for WiFi PHY & MAC, algorithmic & hardware architecture exploration
    • 1 placement – (6-12 months) – computer science
      • Key tasks: System C modelling of WiFi PHY & MAC hardware, creating test vectors to validate the RTL vs System C model

    Note: We will prefer 3 and 4th year students for placements. First and Second years will be competing directly with them.

    Qualifications and skills

    • In your third or fourth year of your Master’s degree within a relevant field, with good academic results

    Nordic Semiconductor is a Norwegian fabless semiconductor company specializing in wireless communication technology that powers the Internet of Things (IoT). Nordic was established in 1983 and has more than 1000 employees across the globe. Our award-winning Bluetooth Low Energy solutions pioneered ultra-low power wireless, making us the global market leader. Our technology range was later supplemented by ANT+, Thread and Zigbee, and in 2018 we launched our low power, compact LTE-M/NB-IoT cellular IoT solutions to extend the penetration of the IoT. The Nordic portfolio was further complemented by Wi-Fi technology in 2021.