Real-Time Indoor Location For Firefighters

The Role Junior Design Engineer (Intern) The duties of the role will include: This project will research the use of Ultra Wide Band (UWB) which is an RF technology which is maturing and becoming more common in consumables (eg mobile phones, location tags etc). This technology allows the location of items to be located via a 'tag' attached to the item. This technology is now finding applications in Public Safety as part of a growing requirement to increase Situational Awareness, particularly reporting the location of Firefighters in buildings in real-time. The successful applicant will become familiar with UWB initially using third party development kits. The student will conduct testing on these evaluation kits to evaluate such parameters as latency, location accuracy and overall range. Finally the student will develop visualization techniques to show the location of a person in a building. You have the opportunity to gain experience in: Experimenting with an exciting RF technology called Ultra Wide Band Developing Embedded Software on state-of-the-art Microcontrollers Development of visualisation tools to show location in two and three dimensions This opportunity is suited to someone: Interested in novel RF technology Wanting to gain further experience in Embedded Software development Having experience of a high-level programming language such as C# This is a great opportunity to be part of the global team at Tait Communications, to learn about our products, to gain exposure to different technologies and apply real world customer solutions. For more information about the company, our products and solutions offered to our customers, please visit our website: To be eligible for a summer internship, you must: Be studying, or have recently completed, an undergraduate or postgraduate degree or qualification at NZQA level 7-10. If study has been completed, the closing date of your final semester should be less than 12 months ago Be studying science, technology, engineering, design or business at a New Zealand tertiary education institute Be legally permitted to work in New Zealand Not have undertaken more than two Experience Grant internships with the same business. This is a fixed term paid summer internship position for 400 hours, commencing in November 2024. Applications will close 21st July 2024. All applications will be considered, and you will be advised should you be shortlisted for an Interview. Job Posted by ApplicantPro