Join our multidisciplinary team for a sandwich year placement in embedded software, where you’ll contribute to the development of innovative technologies for healthcare devices.
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Successful candidates can join us between May - September 2027.
There is no deadline for this role, as we recruit on a rolling basis. Once the position is filled, we will close the advert. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
What you’ll be doing
From day one, you’ll be part of our multidisciplinary medical development team, tackling real technical problems while receiving guidance and training from experienced engineers. You’ll gain access to designing and developing embedded software to a high standard. You will be part of a team developing technologies that can make a meaningful difference to people’s lives.
During your internship, you will likely:
Design, develop, and test embedded software for complex medical systems used in diagnostic, surgical, implantable device, and drug-delivery applications.
Contribute to a wide range of projects that span the full software development lifecycle.
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary and supportive team, gaining exposure to systems involving electronics, optics, fluidics, robotics, and user-interface components.
Work with industry best practices such as continuous integration, automated testing and analysis, and model-based systems engineering.
What you can bring
The most important technical skill for this role is programming in C.
The following skills and experience are advantageous:
Experience with other languages such as Rust, Python or C++
Working in a team using version control (ideally Git) and peer code reviews
Contributing to open-source software
Unit testing or other verification techniques
Experience developing embedded software
Knowledge of electronics and controlling peripherals using interfaces such as UART/I2C/SPI
Signal processing and/or control theory
Data science and/or AI
Knowledge of biology or medical subjects is not a requirement, though you should be enthusiastic about applying your technical skills to this field of application.
Application requirements
To apply for an internship role you must:
Be currently studying towards a degree in a relevant field such as Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics.
Have experience programming in C.
Be eligible to undertake a 12-month industrial placement as part of that course.
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