Interim Engineering Intern_Systems- 2027

Qualcomm; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 312,000 - 469,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited invites innovative students for an Interim Engineering Intern - HW role. You will work with the systems engineering team on wireless communications concepts, 3GPP/3GPP2 references, and baseband algorithm development, under supervision.

The internship focuses on practical exposure to PHY/MAC, programming in C/C++/MATLAB, and hands-on lab work with test benches and simulations to validate performance.

Qualifications

• Pursuing or recently completed a degree in engineering or related field.
• Strong fundamentals in wireless communications and signal processing.
• Exposure to C/C++ and MATLAB; willingness to work in a lab environment.

Responsibilities

• Support design and validation of baseband algorithms in a lab setting.
• Contribute to analytical and data-driven evaluations and documentation.

Skills

PHY and MAC layers

Information theory

3GPP/3GPP2 familiarity

Modem algorithm design

C/C++

MATLAB

Lab testing

Tools

C/C++

MATLAB

UNIX/Linux

Job description

Qualcomm Overview

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

Company

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area

Interns Group, Interns Group > Interim Engineering Intern - HW

Qualcomm Overview

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

General Summary

Over the past thirty years, the systems engineering team at Qualcomm conceived and commercialized key innovations in wireless communication systems including cdma2000, EV-DO, HSPA, OFDMA based LTE-Advanced, Carrier Aggregation, HetNets, Small Cells, LTE in Unlicensed, LTE Direct, M2M (eMTC, NB-IoT), Wi-Fi 802.11ac and 802.11ax.

We are looking for innovative engineers in the areas of wireless communications and signal processing, who develop deep understanding of problems through thoughtful data-driven analysis and then shepherd the solutions through the lab to real world deployment.

Individuals in this role will actively participate and contribute to Qualcomm's systems engineering activities related to the evolution of 3G, 4G, 5G, WLAN and satellite communications technologies towards ever improving efficiency and capability. They will be required to gain thorough understanding of 3GPP/3GPP2 physical layer specifications and will be responsible for designing WWAN modem baseband algorithms and subsequent performance characterization, fixed point design and validation. The work would include theoretical analysis, computer aided analysis, regular active participation in design and review sessions, contribution to QUALCOMM's IP portfolio, systems support for implementation, technical contributions towards proprietary or public air interface specifications.

Individuals who possess skills/experience in one or more of the following are requested to apply:

• PHY and MAC Layers
• Information theory, Coding theory, Adaptive filtering, Signal Detection and Estimation, Digital Communications
• Familiarity with 3GPP/3GPP2 standards.
• Modem algorithms design, including channel and interference estimation, advanced receivers, decoders, tracking loops, techniques to mitigate RF impairments/distortions
• Interference and mobility management in radio access networks, interference cancellation, equalization, multi-user detection
• Mobile broadband, IoE, Mission Critical, Vehicular Communications, eMBB, massive IoT
• OFDMA and CDMA based FDD/TDD licensed/unlicensed systems
• RLC, PDCP, RRC, S1, X2, IP, UDP, TCP, HTTP protocols
• Radio access and core network design
• Programming skills in C/C++/MATLAB

Familiarity with UNIX/Win/Linux computing platforms

Applicants

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