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2013 Industrial Placement - SDD Validation
Job ID #: 2564
Country: UK Location: Cambridge
Job Category: Software Engineering Employment Type: Students/Interns/Coops
Division: System Design Division Department: SDD Validation and Applications Team
Hours of work (per week): 37.5



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System Design Division
System Design Division of ARM develops and markets the Software Development Suites as end-to-end solution for software development supporting all ARM® processors and ARM CoreSight™ debug technology.
The Applications and Validation team is part of System Design Division and is based in Cambridge, UK. The team is responsible in ensuring quality products with ease of use are delivered to customers.

Role
We have a vacancy for a 12-month Industrial Placement student within the Validation team in System Design Division at our Cambridge office. The role is best suited to undergraduate students with an interest in software testing. You will work on various projects with a senior ARM engineer acting as your mentor and supervisor. The successful applicant will be involved in all aspects of the testing and validation of the ARM Software Development Suites and maintaining the required test infrastructure that comprises development boards, desktop PCs and test software . Formal training is provided where needed, but most candidates learn by working ‘hands-on’ alongside experienced engineers.



Education & Qualifications

  • Studying or completed relevant degree (Computer Science or Electronics Engineering preferred), with demonstrable knowledge of software development and testing.


    • Essential Skills

  • Experience in using scripting languages like Perl/Python.
  • Basic understanding of embedded environments.
  • Familiarity/interest in software testing.
  • Enthusiastic, self motivated, flexible, with strong inter-personal skills, ability to work on own initiative and enjoy working in a team.


    • Desirable Skills

  • Experience of programming in an embedded software environment.
  • Knowledge of ARM architecture.
  • C and C++ coding and debugging skills.
  • Knowledge of Linux and Android
  • Hands-on experience with ARM based development or evaluation boards, such as Beagleboard
  • Knowledge of PC maintenance including ghosting solutions.
  • Familiar with HTML, Google Web Toolkit, Source control systems (CVS, Subversion, GIT) and MySQL or Oracle DB programming.

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