Engineer Summer Placement - 2026

This is a Summer 2026 placement only.

Are
you looking for a career where you get to use your full range of technical and
problem-solving skills? 

Life at MAC Ltd

Your
Skills & Experience

We are looking for candidates with an interest in and
enthusiasm for wireless technology, signal processing and embedded systems. You will be engaged on a project focused on innovative wireless
technologies. This could include FPGA design, modelling using MATLAB and Simulink,
digital signal processing on software defined radios, waveform development and
artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Your
degree course will be giving you experience in
some or all of the following areas:

• FPGA design, including experience in languages
  such as VHDL
  
• Verilog and High-Level Synthesis Modelling
  tools such as MATLAB and Simulink
  
• Radio communications and Digital Signal
  Processing (DSP) techniques
  
• Software Defined Radio (SDR) and RF techniques
  
• Software Development
  
• Development of communication waveforms
  
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine
  learning (ML)
  

And
you’ll have a rounded skill set including:

• Able to take a
  defined problem and solve with guidance from colleagues
  
• Able to apply your course knowledge and demonstrate emerging technical competence
  
• Good personal time
  management.
  
• Demonstrable
  communication skills, able to explain technical problems to peers
  

Requirements

• Must be in the penultimate year of an
  electronics degree from a top UK university.
  
• Already have full eligibility to work in the UK.
  
• Eligible for UKSV (SC) security clearance, including a minimum of 5 years
  permanent residency in the UK.
  

Benefits

The benefits of working at MAC Ltd include:

• Opportunities to work on cutting edge technologies to make a real
  difference in a dynamic and agile environment.
  
• Mentoring from talented and experienced world-leading industry experts.
  
• Beautiful rural office
  setting at the University of Southampton Science Park (https://www.science-park.co.uk/), a short drive or bus ride
  from Southampton City Centre.
  
• Competitive salary.
  

Security
Clearance

Some of our work is in the security
sector, so you must be eligible for security check (SC) clearance, including
having been resident in the UK for over five years. For more information and
guidance please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels.

Company Background

 
Our success is built on a culture of
diversity and inclusion and bringing together people with different experiences,
backgrounds, skills, perspectives and life experiences into a cohesive and
supportive team.  This is further demonstrated by converting to an
Employee-Owned Trust (EOT) in March 2025.