Advanced Wireless Communication Research Internship

Would you like an opportunity to work with world-class R&D talent?

As MediaTek’s successful intern you will work as part of an outstanding research team that is responsible for driving innovation in advanced cellular wireless communication systems, such as the definition of new communication standards within 3GPP.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain exposure to new cellular communication standards such as 5G/Beyond-5G/6G, allowing you to understand how these new communication standards are derived and how these translate in the design and implementation of the devices used by consumers to exchange information over these wireless links.

Using a combination of theoretical analysis and software simulations, you will be involved in the modelling of their performance at the system level as well as at the user device level. This is also a great opportunity to develop your research and programming/scripting proficiency and apply these skills to the development of complex simulation environments.

Currently, there are multiple open positions on different projects that can be offered for the successful candidates.

Key responsibilities:

• To take part in research and development of new ideas for advanced cellular communication systems supported by evidence-based research.
• To extend the simulation source code for the link-layer and/or system-level simulation environments to validate expected performance for new concepts in cutting-edge wireless technology.
• To take part into technical contribution drafting for submission to 3GPP RAN1/2/4 working groups. 

Desirable experience and knowledge: 

• Familiarity with any wireless communication system, such as 3GPP 5G NR/LTE, IEEE 802.11 systems.  
• Good English skills, both written and spoken. 
• Involvement in link-level simulation (LLS) and/or system-level simulation (SLS)
• Programming experience: ideally in C/C++ and Python languages. 
• Good mathematical skills.
• Currently enrolled or completed a Master/PhD study in the related fields.

Duration

The placement will begin in 2023 and we can be flexible about the start date. The length of the internship will need to be 6 to 12 months long.

Location

This internship will be at our Cambourne, Cambridgeshire office, based 9 miles outside Cambridge city centre (with frequent direct bus services). Cambridge is also conveniently located within one hour from Central London, four main London airports and The Eurostar. 

MediaTek and You

MediaTek is the world’s 4th largest global fabless semiconductor company. We are market leaders in developing innovative systems-on-chip (SoC) for mobile device, home entertainment, connectivity and IoT products. Ultimately, we power more than 2 billion devices a year – that’s in 20 percent of homes and nearly 1 of every 3 mobile phones globally.  

We work with the global brands you love to make our great technology accessible to everyone, and it drives everything we do.

Our engineers have a great passion and work ethic, have a broad set of technical skills and are ready to master new technologies and tackle some of industry’s greatest challenges. We pride ourselves on our global collaborative team culture and a competitive compensation package.  

We know that each person makes important contributions, and that they are integral to our success.

What we’ll offer you in return

• Convenient location (Cambourne), very close to Cambridge and served by very frequent bus services from Cambridge.
• Excellent and varied experience working on real projects in a leading, global, high-tech company.
• Opportunity to work with skilled engineers, as well as with other interns.
• Contributing to a project in a leading global team working on the latest 3GPP release for 5G systems.

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