Summer Intern Q-Free
Ready to challenge yourself and work with innovation? Become a summer intern in our R&D department Trondheim
If you're a student who's curious about technology and innovation, up for a challenge, and a team player with strong communication skills, take a look here! At Q-Free, we believe in a world where roads connect us not just physically, but also through innovative solutions that improve everyday life for everyone. From the windy roads in Trondheim, where our journey began in 1984, to the bustling highways across the globe – our goal has been to reshape the future. And now? We're looking for you to join us!
"The big little company"
Imagine a place where every day is a little step out into the world. A place where your dining room is a melting pot of cultures and ideas. That's Q-Free. We pride ourselves on being a company where you're not just part of the team, but where your voice can shape the future of global technology solutions. We're small enough that you know everyone, but big enough that your work can find its way out into the world.
Would you like to be a summer intern in Q-Free in 2025?
We are currently looking for curious and engaged students to join Q-Free as summer interns at our headquarters in Trondheim in 2025. Maybe this could be the perfect opportunity for you?
By joining Q-Free, you join a company that contributes to making traffic and mobility more sustainable by offering technology that increases traffic flow, reduces emissions, and enhances traffic safety.
Q-Free is increasing our efforts to bring interns into the company, as this represents a sustainable long-term strategy for recruitment. In addition to offering summer internships, we have students working part-time with us alongside their studies, as well as students writing their bachelor and master thesis with us. This gives great benefits both for Q-Free and for our interns.
Your role with us in our Products R&D department
Our Products R&D department develops products for use in intelligent transport systems, with a focus on systems for tolling. The product portfolio includes onboard equipment (like tolling tags) and roadside equipment (like DSRC transceivers and advanced cameras). The department works with the entire development process from ideas to customer-ready products. This means that we work with electronics on all levels, from the prototype design to fully characterized product.
Q-Free also works on research and development of next-generation tolling systems, i.e. solutions for Road User Charging where traditional tolling technology is combined with IoT and positioning systems to enable a reliable, secure, and fair system for charging drivers for using the roads.
Some of the work we do in our Products R&D department:
Electronics design and prototyping
Testing and characterization of electronics in the lab, e.g. power use, RF-testing and application-level testing
Firmware development MCU applications on all levels from «bare metal» to RTOS solutions
Developing automated test-suits for product verification based on Python
Software development: Creating user interfaces and control systems for Q-Free solutions
Develop hardware and software for advanced image processing
Development of solutions from ideas to fully characterized product
We are looking for candidates with an interest in one or more of the following fields:
Electronics schematics design, layout, and simulation
Radio technology and signal processing
Positioning technology like GNSS, IMU etc.
Embedded programming, using tools like Linux, Docker, C/C++, Python and CI/CD
Prototype development and testing, using e.g. Arduino, Raspberry PI, 3D printing and lab test equipment
Test planning and data analysis
Cybersecurity
What do we have to offer?
A chance to work with some of the sharpest minds in the industry.
A culture that values diversity, inclusion, and professional development.
An opportunity to see your work in action all over the world.
Practical information
The internship period will be from June 10th until August 8th, with two weeks’ vacation in week 29 and 30. The workplace is our headquarters in Trondheim.
Q-Free is part of a collaborative project in Trondheim called Workation. Workation offers a unique summer program, and all summer interns who join Q-Free in 2025 will have full and free access to these activities. Last summer, our summer interns were free to join activities such as Volleyball and Padel, kayaking, beer tasting, and more. Workation also offers a great arena to meet summer interns working for other companies and make new friends. This project will make sure that your summer internship in Trondheim will be one to remember.
Please submit your CV and transcript of records. Instead of a traditional application letter, simply answer a few questions in the application form. Feel free to include your GitHub username if relevant. Applications can be submitted in either Norwegian or English.
Ready to join us?
We're more interested in your passion and potential than a long list of qualifications. So if this sounds like your next big adventure, why not take the step? Send us your application and tell us how you can contribute to our journey.
Visit www.q-free.com/careers to learn more about us and submit your application.
Contact person
Erlend Espeland
Commercial Product Owner
erlend.espeland@q-free.com