About InterDigital

InterDigital develops mobile and video technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks, better video delivery, and richer multimedia experiences years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading technology companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ.

Job Summary

The Wireless Research group within InterDigital's Research and Innovation (R&I) organization is responsible for leading InterDigital's next generation wireless research projects. Our charter is to identify future technology needs, develop and learn from proof-of-concept prototypes, and innovate around a system focus. Today, our team is at the leading edge of 6G research.

We are seeking a highly motivated research & engineering intern to work in our team to analyze, design, and implement next generation 6G mobile networks and devices. These intelligent networks self-optimize to deliver advanced services to users and devices that are tailored to content, context, and connectivity. The selected candidate will research an innovation topic, including designing, implementing, and verifying a proof-of-concept prototype. Potential research topics include areas, such as: Distributed Edge Computing, Decentralized Networking, Device Trust, Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology in wireless networks, Converged Computing and Communications, and AI-enabled Networking & Services. The selected candidate will be fully integrated into a research team, with potential opportunity to contribute to open-source software projects, serve as an inventor on patent filings, contribute to global networking standards (3GPP, ETSI, IETF, IEEE), etc.

Responsibilities:

• Work in a team to develop innovative networking protocols, services, and solutions for future 6G distributed communications and computing systems and devices.


• Review and analyze research publications and networking standards.


• Responsible for researching selected innovation topics, which are discussed and agreed in the team. Documenting work which may include design & protocol descriptions, block diagrams, sequence diagrams, source code, test procedures, and simulation results.


• Design, implement, and test novel wireless network solutions, protocol software, user-interfaces, and applications, including utilizing InterDigital's AdvantEDGE, open edge networking emulator: https://github.com/InterDigitalInc/AdvantEDGE


• Help the team in writing external publications, such as a conference paper, standard contributions, etc.

Qualifications:

• PhD/MS Graduate Student, studying in Telecommunications / Network Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields.


• Knowledge or course work in wireless protocols (3GPP, IEEE 802.11, etc.)


• Knowledge or course work in networking concepts and protocols (e.g., IP, TCP, HTTP, VLAN, etc.)


• Programming experience in one or more of the following:
  
  
  
  • Proficient in Go and/or Java and web-programming (JavaScript, REST, JSON, etc.).
  
  
  • Proficient in C or C++, a plus.
  
  
  • Database experience (SQL, no SQL, etc.), a plus.
  
  
  • Proficient in scripting languages (e.g., python, bash), a plus.
  
  
  
  


• Knowledge or course work in Cloud / Edge Computing, AI/ML, or Distributed Ledgers/Blockchain.
  
  
  
  • Research experience in edge computing and/or edge intelligence is a plus.
  
  
  • Research experience in trustworthy 5G/6G, trusted computing, and/or network and system security is a plus.
  
  
  • Knowledge in Virtualization, including Kubernetes and Docker is a plus.
  
  
  
  


• Publications in relevant top conferences and journals is a plus.

Location: Conshohocken, PA; or Montreal, CQ Canada

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