Cambridge Internship: Novel Light Source Design
Microsoft
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Overview The Future AI Infrastructure team at Microsoft Research Cambridge (UK) is pioneering scalable, energy-efficient optical technologies to redefine the future of data centre infrastructure. We’re looking for a talented, curious and motivated PhD student to join our multidisciplinary and highly collaborative team for a research internship starting in summer 2026. In this role, you will design and explore novel light source concepts for next-generation optical transmitters. You will tackle …
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Microsoft hires students into technology-focused teams where software, data, infrastructure, product thinking, reliability, and user impact often matter.
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Good preparation includes project evidence, curiosity, debugging examples, teamwork, and being able to explain technical choices clearly.
- Talk through one project in terms of problem, trade-offs, result, and what you would improve.
- Be ready to explain code or data decisions without jargon.
- Connect technical work to users, reliability, security, or business value.
