AccelerComm was founded by Rob Maunder, whose vision during his tenure as a professor at the University of Southampton was to establish a company centred around his wireless communications PhD research team.
This team continues to drive the development of the technology, so you will be working with some of the world’s top experts in 5G communications. Since its inception, AccelerComm has been dedicated to advancing the field of wireless communications, and today we continue to grow our Southampton-based centre of excellence.
Our commitment to excellence is driven by our vision to accelerate the development of the next generation of wireless communications worldwide. We work on a hybrid basis, with most of the team spending two or three days a week in the office. This gives you the opportunity to work closely with your colleagues and have real input into how the business moves forward. Given the nature of this role, the successful candidate should have an understanding that their presence in the office will be required more often.
The Infrastructure Development Engineer will adopt the following responsibilities:
- Installation, configuration and maintenance of the full range of physical and virtualised Engineering infrastructure that services the Software and Hardware development functions of Accelercomm.
- The role involves on-prem equipment and systems almost exclusively, although there may be a small cloud-based element at some point in the future.
- This role is not a direct contributory role to product development; however, the role necessitates balancing operational development needs of the product teams against hardware and infrastructure availability, and the successful candidate should expect to be taking part in the full range of tasks in supporting and developing on-prem infrastructure.
- Assist in the implementation of internal tools to simplify the operational activities associated with Accelercomm’s day-to-day infrastructure tasks.
Essential:
- Linux system administration (Ubuntu, Rocky / RedHat, Debian)
- Networking (Switch / Firewall configuration, network troubleshooting)
- Virtualisation stack management (ideally XCP-ng / XOA)
- Storage configuration and management (ideally NetApp)
- "Automation first" mindset - experience with Ansible, Terraform / OpenTofu
- Jenkins - installation, configuration and management; pipeline development
- Experience of Dashboard and Metrics monitoring (Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana etc.)
- Scripting using tool such as bash & Python.
Desirable:
- Kubernetes admin / Rancher cluster manager
- IPXE / RedFish or other bare metal OS installation automation
- Hashicorp Vault or similar
- License server administration (FlexLM / FlexNet)
- Experience of pipeline build systems such as or Jenkins or ADO
- Artifactory - any experience with installation, configuration or daily administration
- Slurm Workload Manager - any experience with installation or administration
- Familiarity with Windows Server/AD administration alongside Microsoft 365, Azure, and Entra ID tenant management
Personal Attributes
- Must be personable, highly capable, motivated, enthusiastic, and innovative.
- Should have hands-on experience of relevant industry tools, techniques and technology.
- Good communication skills – written, presentational and verbal.
AccelerComm is a pioneering UK technology company delivering high-performance physical layer solutions for 5G and next‑generation wireless networks, with a particular focus on Non‑Terrestrial Networks (NTN) such as satellite communications.
Founded in 2016 as a spinout from the University of Southampton, the company combines world leading research with real world deployment expertise to solve some of the most demanding challenges in modern connectivity.
AccelerComm specialises in advanced signal processing and error resilient physical layer IP, enabling significantly improved performance, efficiency, and power consumption for 5G systems. Its technology processes substantially more data per watt than traditional software‑only approaches and is already proven in orbit, powering hundreds of operational satellite communications systems worldwide.
With a growing global customer base that includes leading mobile operators, semiconductor vendors, and aerospace organisations, we are at the forefront of the convergence between terrestrial and satellite communications—helping to enable truly global, always‑on connectivity.
Driven by continuous innovation and a strong patent portfolio, we are shaping the future of wireless communications by bringing cutting edge research into commercially deployed, mission critical systems.
