Interim Engineering Intern — Systems, 2026
Qualcomm — Bangalore
₹3–4 LPA (HireSetu estimate) · Entry level · Freshers eligible · Internship · onsite
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Quick answer: A systems engineering internship on wireless modem baseband algorithms. You need a real foundation in digital communications and signal processing, plus the coding ability to turn designs into working simulations, and the work runs from analysis through fixed-point validation, onsite in Bangalore.
From Qualcomm's job posting
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
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HireSetu's note
The maths leads the coding
Qualcomm's systems team has worked on wireless standards from 3G through 5G and WLAN, and this intern role sits inside that history. The listing names fixed-point design and validation next to algorithm design. That means you'll spend time understanding why a receiver block behaves as it does, then making it work with limited bits. It is a different kind of internship from building an app or training a model.
Ask which technology and which layer your project covers: PHY, MAC, or something higher. An internship spent simulating one algorithm looks very different from one spent debugging fixed-point code with a hardware team. The answer tells you whether your existing projects line up with the work.
Revision that pays off
Before you apply, return to the maths behind receivers: estimating signals in noise, adaptive filters, error correction, and what a basic receiver chain does. If your course treated a channel model as a passing example, work through one properly. Quantization, scaling, and overflow deserve the same attention. Fixed-point conversion is fiddly, and the posting calls it out for a reason.
You don't need satellite or unlicensed spectrum experience to be useful. A final-year project in DSP, communications, or wireless simulation gives you enough to discuss. A clear account of what you built, what assumptions you made, and what broke when conditions changed will carry the conversation.
Drafted with AI from Qualcomm's job posting and checked by Prashanth Jakkula before publishing. See our Editorial Policy.
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