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