Student (Bootloader Sotware Engineering)

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Our Growth is Creating Great Opportunities!

Our Optical Transport Infrastructure team in Gdynia is expanding, and we are looking for a curious, motivated student who is interested in hardware/software interactions and wants to learn and grow in the area of Embedded Software Engineering.

Position: Student (Bootloader Software Engineering) - Optical Transport You will work side by side with our experienced Bootloader Engineers on real hardware prototypes for next-generation Adtran telecommunication products, learning how devices boot, initialize and get ready to run their software. This is a learning role: you start with well-defined tasks under close mentorship, take on more responsibility as you grow, and build up your embedded and low-level software expertise.

What You Will Do

• Bootloader development support: Help the bootloader engineers develop, test and debug bootloader software for our telecom systems.
• Coding: Implement smaller features and bug fixes in C under the guidance of principal engineers.
• Lab work and bring-up: Work with hardware prototypes: flash images, support board bring-up, collect logs and reproduce issues.
• Testing: Help write and run unit and integration tests.
• NPI support: Support the product's function test for New Product Introduction (NPI).
• Documentation: Help prepare and update technical documentation.

What We Expect

• Education: 3rd-year student of Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Automation and Robotics, or a related field.
• Availability: At least 20 hours per week in our Gdynia office
• C programming: Good knowledge of C. with the Linu
• Linux basics: Basic experience x command line and bash.
• Development tools: Familiarity with gcc and git, from university or your own projects.
• Embedded mindset: Interest in embedded systems and low-level software.
• English: Good enough to read technical documentation and talk with colleagues in English.

Nice to Have

• Embedded experience: Experience with microcontrollers or embedded boards.
• Computer architecture: Basic understanding of the boot process, memory and peripherals (UART, SPI, I2C).
• Lab skills: Experience with measuring instruments (multimeter, oscilloscope, logic analyzer).
• Hardware basics: Basic hardware understanding and the ability to read schematics.
• Scripting and build tools: Basic understanding of Python and GNU Make.

What We Offer

• Long-term paid internship - 6,000 PLN per month for a full-time position.
• Mentoring: Guidance from experienced embedded and bootloader engineers, built around real product work.
• Hours that fit your studies: Flexible working hours planned around your class schedule and exam sessions.
• Real embedded experience: Hands-on work with real hardware and products that ship to customers.
• International environment: Work in a multicultural team with colleagues in Germany and the USA.
• Learning: English lessons during working hours and access to our internal training program.
• Multisport Card and sport sections (running, basketball, volleyball, cycling and more).
• Friendly culture: A team-oriented, friendly work culture.
• Great office: A modern office in Gdynia (gym and playroom) close to the SKM/PKM stations.