DSP Software Engineer, Intern Summer 2025
Job Summary

Work Location: Milpitas office.

You will work on designing, developing, integrating, and testing the physical layer software (PHY) for Tarana's next-generation fixed wireless broadband access system.  You will develop software for the base station and user equipment, running on various multi-core DSP or ARM processors under real-time operating systems.

You need to have the ability to understand system requirements, translate them into a software implementation, drive projects to completion, test and debug code, understand critical issues, and devise optimal solutions to resolve them. You should be willing to learn continuously and collaborate with other team members.

Your job responsibilities will include:

  • Implementing PHY layer software features in C or C++ based on system design specifications
  • Developing automated unit tests in a Python test framework to ensure rigorous software quality and debugging test failures
  • Creating and maintaining accurate software design documents and participating in design reviews
  • Performing system integration and bring-up of a wireless broadband access system
 

Key requirements:

  • Enrollment in a BS, MS, or PhD program in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
  • Coursework in digital signal processing and/or digital communications
  • Strong programming background in C, C++, and/or Python
  • Experience with Linux or UNIX software development environments
 

Nice to have:

  • Coursework and/or work experience in wireless communications systems, including areas such as OFDM, array signal processing, beamforming, or MIMO communications
  • Experience with embedded software development, real-time operating systems, multi-core processors, inter-process communication, and/or multi-threaded programming
  • Familiarity with LTE and 5G wireless standards
  • Experience with modern version control systems, issue tracking, and collaboration tools, and continuous integration tools

Since our founding in 2009, we’ve been on a mission to accelerate the pace of bringing fast and affordable internet access — and all the benefits it provides — to the 90% of the world’s households who can’t get it. Through a decade of R&D and more than $400M of investment, we’ve created an entirely unique next-generation fixed wireless access technology, powering our first commercial platform, Gigabit 1 (G1). It delivers a game-changing advance in broadband economics in both mainstream and underserved markets, using either licensed or unlicensed spectrum. G1 started production in mid 2021 and has now been installed by over 160 service providers globally. We’re headquartered in Milpitas, California, with additional research and development in Pune, India.

G1 has been developed by an incredibly talented and pioneering core technical team. We are looking for more world-class problem solvers who can carry on our tradition of customer obsession and ground-breaking innovation. We’re well funded, growing incredibly quickly, maintaining a superb results-focused culture while we’re at it, and all grooving on the positive difference we are making for people all over the planet. If you want to help make a real difference in this world, apply now!

Since our founding in 2009, we’ve been on a mission to accelerate the pace of bringing fast and affordable internet access — and all the benefits it provides — to the 90% of the world’s households who can’t get it. Through a decade of R&D and more than $400M of investment, we’ve created an entirely unique next-generation fixed wireless access technology, powering our first commercial platform, Gigabit 1 (G1). It delivers a game-changing advance in broadband economics in both mainstream and underserved markets, using either licensed or unlicensed spectrum. G1 started production in mid 2021 and has now been installed by over 160 service providers globally. We’re headquartered in Milpitas, California, with additional research and development in Pune, India.

G1 has been developed by an incredibly talented and pioneering core technical team. We are looking for more world-class problem solvers who can carry on our tradition of customer obsession and ground-breaking innovation. We’re well funded, growing incredibly quickly, maintaining a superb results-focused culture while we’re at it, and all grooving on the positive difference we are making for people all over the planet. If you want to help make a real difference in this world, apply now!

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