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Senior Software Engineer

AccelerComm·Southampton·Posted 22 days ago

AccelerComm provides high-performance physical layer IP for 5G and satellite networks, optimising power, latency, and resilience. They're hiring a Senior Software Engineer, based in Southampton. This software engineering role sits within the UK's growing telecommunications sector.

About the Role

Senior Software Engineer for AccelerComm's Software & Systems Development Team, contributing to wireless communication signal processing.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, code, and test real-time wireless communication signal processing software for x86 or ARM platforms
  • Develop high-performance software and APIs for hardware-based wireless signal processing using Linux, DPDK, and PCIe
  • Provide technical leadership for project delivery
  • Mentor junior colleagues

Essential Skills

  • Proven experience in wireless communications industry
  • Senior-level software engineering with C++/C
  • Linux development and deployment experience
  • Embedded or high-performance computing background
  • Git version control and peer review proficiency

About AccelerComm

AccelerComm is a Southampton-based semiconductor IP company spun out of the University of Southampton's Electronics and Computer Science department in 2016 by Professor Rob Maunder and Dr Taihai Chen. The company commercialises forward error correction and channel coding algorithms for 5G, 6G, and satellite non-terrestrial networks, with products including high-performance LDPC and POLAR error correction IP. AccelerComm's technology powers over 200 production satellites currently in orbit, with customers including Vodafone, Intel, AMD, and National Instruments. The company raised a total of $52.8M, including a £21.5M Series B in 2023 led by ParkWalk, SwisscomVentures, and Hostplus, and a subsequent $15M round in 2025.

Stage: Series BSouthampton
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