Student (Bootloader Sotware Engineering)

Welcome! Our Growth is Creating Great Opportunities! Our team is expanding, and we want to hire the most talented people we can. Continued success depends on it! Once you've had a chance to explore our current open positions, apply to the ones you feel suit you best and keep track of both your progress in the selection process, and new postings that might interest you! Thanks for your interest in working on our team! 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.

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

• At least 20 hours per week in our Gdynia office C programming: Good knowledge of C. Linux basics: Basic experience x command line and bash.
• Familiarity with gcc and git, from university or your own projects.
• Interest in embedded systems and low-level software.
• Experience with measuring instruments (multimeter, oscilloscope, logic analyzer).
• Basic hardware understanding and the ability to read schematics.
• Basic understanding of Python and GNU Make.

Preferred

• Experience with microcontrollers or embedded boards.

What We Expect Education

3rd-year student of Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Automation and Robotics, or a related field.

English

Good enough to read technical documentation and talk with colleagues in English.

Computer architecture

Basic understanding of the boot process, memory and peripherals (UART, SPI, I2C).

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.