At RACOM, we have always believed that great technology starts with curious minds and the courage to solve real problems.
For more than 30 years, we have been designing and manufacturing communication systems that keep critical infrastructure running – water management, energy networks, industrial automation, public safety, and defence applications where reliability is essential and failure is not an option.
Behind every product is deep engineering expertise: RF design, FPGA development, embedded systems, cybersecurity, microwave technologies, mechanical precision, and software development. Everything is developed and manufactured in-house in Czechia, giving us full control over quality and innovation.
This high-tech foundation has naturally brought us close to the academic world. For many years, we have worked closely with leading Czech technical universities, especially Czech Technical University in Prague and Brno University of Technology, as well as other top institutions across the country.
We know that the next generation of engineers is not built after graduation – it starts much earlier.
That is why we created RACOM Academy.
RACOM Academy connects talented students with real engineering challenges. Instead of waiting until graduation to gain practical experience, students can start working now – on technologies that are deployed in the field and used around the world.
This is not an internship built around observation. It is direct involvement in meaningful projects.
Students work on real assignments with experienced mentors, contributing to communication systems used in critical infrastructure and advanced wireless technologies. Whether the focus is radio systems, microwave links, embedded development, cybersecurity, or signal processing, the goal is always the same: practical experience with real impact.
As Marek Bobula, Technical Director at RACOM, often says:
“Our goal has never been to create ordinary products, but to push technology further. Working with talented students helps us do exactly that.”
We designed RACOM Academy to make cooperation meaningful – for students and for mentors.
Participants gain flexibility to work remotely, from the office, or in a hybrid mode depending on their studies and project needs. Students visiting our headquarters can even stay in company accommodation, making collaboration easier and more comfortable.
Each student works with a dedicated mentor. We intentionally accept only as many students as we have mentors for, ensuring personal guidance instead of generic task assignment.
The Academy also helps students connect their diploma thesis or PhD research with real industrial applications. Instead of writing work that ends in a drawer, they can build something that solves real-world problems.
“What impressed me most was that RACOM is a Czech company with development and manufacturing based in Czechia. They offered me an attractive diploma thesis topic, and I have the freedom to manage my time between my studies, my thesis, and my work at RACOM. It gives me real flexibility while allowing me to work on something meaningful.”
Pavol, Masaryk University Faculty of Informatics
Many students join RACOM through their university projects and stay much longer.
Some start with a diploma thesis topic, others bring their own research ideas. Typical areas include advanced RF engineering, wideband frequency modulation, frequency synthesizer optimization, signal equalization, or solving residual frequency offset challenges in broadband systems.
But the Academy is not limited to predefined topics.
If a student has an ambitious idea worth developing, we want to hear it.
Because innovation rarely starts with a perfectly prepared assignment – it starts with curiosity.
Our cooperation with universities is not occasional; it is part of how we grow.
From student projects and diploma theses to long-term research collaboration, partnerships with institutions like Czech Technical University in Prague and Brno University of Technology help us stay close to emerging talent and fresh technical perspectives.
A recent example is our colleague and PhD student Radim Zedka, a graduate of RACOM Academy, whose paper Unique Word Channel Estimation for Oversampled OTFS was accepted to the prestigious journal IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. His research addresses a real-world challenge in modern wireless communication, where standard OTFS waveforms lose reliability under oversampling and pulse shaping. Radim’s UW-OTFS approach removes pilot-data interference, improves performance in high-mobility environments, increases spectral efficiency by up to 36%, and reduces out-of-band emissions for practical deployment. Developed in cooperation with Trinity College Dublin and Brno University of Technology, the paper is a strong example of how scientific research at RACOM moves directly from academic theory into robust engineering practice.
This relationship benefits both sides: universities stay connected to industrial practice, and we gain access to brilliant young engineers ready to challenge established thinking.
RACOM Academy gives this cooperation a clear structure and long-term vision.
Technology companies often talk about innovation. For us, innovation means investing in people who will shape the next generation of communication systems.
RACOM Academy is not just a recruitment programme. It is a commitment to technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and long-term development.
Because the best engineers are not found – they are built.
And the best time to start is while they are still sitting in a lecture hall.
