Spring 2026 Intern - Meshing (MS/PHD)
Apply now »Date: Jul 17, 2025
Location: Evanston, IL, US, 60201
Company: Ansys
Requisition #: 16664
Ansys is now a part of Synopsys. Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) accelerates technology innovation from silicon to systems. Catalyzing the era of pervasive intelligence, we deliver design solutions, from electronic design automation to silicon IP, to system design and multiphysics simulation and analysis. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow. Learn more at www.synopsys.com.
SUMMARY
Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation, helping the world's most innovative companies deliver radically better products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, Ansys helps companies solve the most complex design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination.
The goal of the Ansys Emerging Talent program is to provide experiential learning, structured job experiences, and a platform to help talented students launch their career with Ansys. The Emerging Talent program will allow students the opportunity to refine technical knowledge, enhance personal talents, and encourage collaboration and networking in our areas of focus with the ultimate goal of converting our Emerging Talent interns into full-time Ansys employees at the completion of the program. Entry into the Emerging Talent Program is through a paid 40-hour per week internship, for 14-16 weeks per rotation, and requires a 1-2 rotation commitment from a student beginning in January 2026.
As an Emerging Talent Intern, you will be provided with continuous role-based skills training and development as well as formal assessment and evaluations. You will have a dedicated mentor and receive regular coaching.
The Emerging Talent Intern will be part of the Ansys Meshing development team and will work together with the team to develop advanced engineering features in core meshing libraries. The Intern will get an opportunity to experience how software development is done to discretize engineering problems in an intuitive and integrated mesh generation development environment and will contribute to advance mesh generation algorithms used for various physics applications such as mechanical, fluid and electro-magnetic simulations. The Intern will also get to experience of how software design principles apply in an engineering discipline to simulate physics for next generation products.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Research, design and implement mesh generation algorithms and features for state-of-the-art Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software applications.
- Develop, maintain and improve object-oriented data structures, algorithms and modules in large and complex software systems.
- Enhance and extend the User Interface for set-up and execution of pre-processing workflow for engineering simulations.
- Engages a network of expert professionals to collaborate and accomplish development objectives
- Investigate defects in production code
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree program in Computer Science, Mechanical, Aerospace or related engineering field
- Design and implementation of object-oriented application features using programming languages such as C++ or C
- Exposure to scripting languages such as Python or equivalent
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in using Microsoft Visual Studio and Software Configuration management tools (GIT, SVN)
- Coursework in the area of computational geometry and Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- Knowledge of agile development methodologies
- Experience in doing research in engineering discipline like mesh generation, computational geometry, etc. or computer science domain like distributed computing, parallel programming, etc.
- Knowledge of software design patterns and test-driven development
Rewards and Benefits:
We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings. Your recruiter will provide more details about the salary range and benefits during the hiring process.
At Ansys, part of Synopsys, we want talented people of every background to feel valued and supported to do their best work. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, military veteran status, or disability.
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