Software Engineering Internship - Healthcare (2027 start)
Cambridge Consultants · United Kingdom
Introduction
Join our multidisciplinary team for a sandwich year placement in embedded software, where you’ll contribute to the development of innovative technologies for healthcare devices.
Candidates can start between May–September 2027.
There is no deadline for this role, as we recruit on a rolling basis. Once the position is filled, we will close the advert. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
What we do
Each project we undertake is different, and at the cutting edge of technology. This means we can't talk about much of our ongoing work, but here are some examples of completed projects that we are excited to share:
- An emergency-use ventilator, developed in just over six weeks in response to the government’s Ventilator Challenge
- A neurostimulation device allowing treatment to improve, or even restore, someone’s ability to walk
- An autoinjector capable of delivering a wide range of drugs, while being intuitive to use and beautiful to look at
What you'll be doing
From day one, you’ll be part of our multidisciplinary medical development team, tackling real technical problems while receiving guidance and training from experienced engineers. You’ll gain access to designing and developing embedded software to a high standard. You will be part of a team developing technologies that can make a meaningful difference to people’s lives.
During your internship, you'll likely:
- Design, develop, and test embedded software for complex medical systems used in diagnostic, surgical, implantable device, and drug-delivery applications.
- Contribute to a wide range of projects that span the full software development lifecycle.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary and supportive team, gaining exposure to systems involving electronics, optics, fluidics, robotics, and user-interface components.
- Work with industry best practices such as continuous integration, automated testing and analysis, and model-based systems engineering.
What You Can Bring
The most important technical skill for this role is programming in C.
The following skills and experience are advantageous:
- Experience with other languages such as Rust, Python or C++
- Working in a team using version control (ideally Git) and peer code reviews
- Contributing to open-source software
- Unit testing or other verification techniques
- Experience developing embedded software
- Knowledge of electronics and controlling peripherals using interfaces such as UART/I2C/SPI
- Signal processing and/or control theory
- Data science and/or AI
Knowledge of biology or medical subjects is not a requirement, though you should be enthusiastic about applying your technical skills to this field of application.
Application requirements
To apply for an internship role you must:
- Be currently studying towards a degree in a relevant field such as Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics.
- Have experience programming in C.
- Be eligible to undertake a 12-month industrial placement as part of that course.
Your CV should include all your A Level (or equivalent) subjects and grades, where applicable, as well as university modules, coursework, projects or other experience that demonstrates your relevant skills.
A covering statement is welcome but is not required.
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