Wireless Network AI Engineer

Search JobsJob DescriptionThe Elevator Pitch: Why will you enjoy this new opportunity? This is an opportunity for a highly motivated wireless network AI engineer to intern with the VMware Service Provider & Edge Business Unit in its product R&D team that is developing intelligent controllers and applications for 5G wireless networks. The wireless industry is embracing open network architecture for 5G and beyond to facilitate interoperability and expedite innovations from all contributors. This role is an exciting opportunity to develop the intelligence for 5G wireless networks and make a lasting impact on society and industry.  In this role, you will design advanced data-driven intelligence, including AI/ML algorithms, for 5G wireless networks, turn them into production-grade cloud-native applications, and work with cross-functional teams to deploy them in live commercial 5G networks.  In the process, you will work and innovate with the latest technologies in wireless networking and cloud, collaborate closely with experts in these fields, gain the first-hand experience of building a new product, and enjoy the working environment that provides ample learning and career growth opportunities.  Success in the Role: What are the performance outcomes over 12 weeks you will work toward completing?  Within 2 weeks of joining, you will learn the product architecture, understand the technical value of the product for mobile network operators and gain an appreciation for the critical role the intelligent platforms and applications play in 5G wireless networks. Within 4 weeks of joining, you will be expected to understand some of the intelligent services and applications that the team has already developed through hands-on coding practices. You are expected to be comfortable with programming languages such as Python, Go and/or C++. You will be expected to deliver simple bug fixes or small features to gain familiarity with the software development process. Within 10 weeks of joining, you will be expected to contribute to the design, implementation and testing of new features in the platform or application. You will document your design in the functional specifications and perform unit/component tests to verify your implementation.   Before the end of the internship, you will be expected to make your software ready for customer demos and trials, before eventually it is released into production. You will work with the rest of the R&D team and other cross-functional teams to drive the overall design, implementation, testing and release of your features.   The Work: What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?  Your regular activities may be modified to suit your professional strengths, but you can expect a variety of the following assignments:  Implement intelligent platform services and applications for wireless networks. Be comfortable with developing software using Go, Python or C++, as well as processing data including AI/ML using Python frameworks. Experience in 5G is not mandatory, but knowledge of wireless networks is required. Collaborate with the rest of the R&D engineering team to package the application as a cloud-native service. Collaboration skills and team-first attitude are required. Understand standard specifications from 3GPP, O-RAN, etc and ensure full compatibility in design and implementation. Be comfortable with interface APIs with data representation in JSON, protobuf, etc. Be familiar with the workflow for data encoding/decoding and serialization/deserialization through communication interfaces. Be comfortable working in an agile development process with continuous improvements.   What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like? The hiring manager for this role is Rakesh Misra. Rakesh is a Director of R&D in VMware and leads an R&D engineering team that is responsible for several VMware products in the mobile networking space. Rakesh joined VMware in 2019 after the startup he had co-founded, Uhana Inc., to commercialize his research at Stanford University on data-driven and software-defined mobile networks, was acquired by VMware. His team is distributed across the US and Europe and follows an open culture at work where everyone is encouraged to learn from each other, teach and help others, and grow together by being collaborative and courteous.  Where is this role located?  This team has been historically based out of VMware’s Palo Alto office. However, this role is open to fully remote. If you live in the surrounding area, you will have the option to work from the office partly or fully if you wish to do so. This job may require the candidate to travel and/or work from a facility that requires full vaccination prior to entry.VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. 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