Parallel Wireless
PHY SW Engineer - 12 Month Internship (July 2027)
- Compensation
- £28K–£30K / yr
- Location
- Bristol, GB
- Arrangement
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Internship
- Level
- Intern
- Posted
- 13 October 2026 (about a month ago)
Checked 2 days agoApplications go to the employer, never to RoleSprint
About this 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 experiencein 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.
What you must have: • Strong C and/or C++ programming skills (assessed at technical interview).
• Experience with Python scripting.
• Interest in AI-assisted software development.
• Willingness to learn about wireless communications. Prior experience is an advantage but not a requirement.
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
Work location
- Bristol, GB
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Published 13 October 2026, last checked 2 days ago. A posting stops being advertised here 90 days after the employer published it, and one the employer takes down is marked closed rather than quietly removed.