- Parallelwireless
- Bristol, West of England
- 18 days ago
- £28,000–£30,000 / year
PHY SW Engineer - 12 Month Internship (July 2027).
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PHY SW Engineer - 12 Month Internship (July 2027): our view in 3 lines...
- The Role:This role contributes to the development of physical-layer software for 4G and 5G telecommunications products.
- The Person:The person will develop PHY software features, integrate and validate them in lab and AWS environments, build test scripts and debugging tools, and perform end-to-end testing with telecoms equipment.
- Requirements:The role calls for strong C and/or C++ programming, Python scripting, an interest in AI-assisted software development, and willingness to learn about wireless communications.
About the role
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, Parallel Wireless is for you.
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, Parallel Wireless is for you.
What you'll do:
- Develop real-time PHY software features on the latest multi-core Intel / AMD / ARM CPUs.
- Integrate, test and validate features on servers within lab and AWS cloud end-to-end environments.
- Build test scripts and debug tools that form part of our software CI/CD and release packages.
- Use AI coding agents day to day to develop and debug PHY software, scripts and tools.
- Use various lab equipment for end-to-end testing: UE simulators, mobile phones (Android), and other RF equipment.
What you'll gain:
- Hands-on experience of developing real-time high-performance C/C++ software in a Linux environment, using Docker containers and Kubernetes
- Understanding of modern CPU instruction sets and SIMD programming.
- Experience of a modern software development environment (Git, JIRA, Bitbucket, Jenkins CI/CD).
- Hands-on experience of agentic development including building the skills and tools to automate engineering workflows.
- A better understanding of wireless telecommunications and digital signal processing concepts.
- Experience of working in multi-national Agile teams, familiarity with modern Scrum and SAFe ways of thinking and working.