Fall 2025 System Coupling Intern - BS/MS/PHD

 Requisition #: 16641 

Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement  

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys. 

Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career.  

SUMMARY 

Ansys is a leading computer-aided engineering (CAE) provider, creating products which simulate physics such as fluid dynamics, heat transfer, structural dynamics, and electromagnetics.  It is used in power generation, marine, automotive, biomedical, and other industries.  Ansys Canada Ltd., located in Waterloo, is one of many locations worldwide that develops these products. Our people are at the forefront of CAE technology, developing and applying new models to continuously improve, enhance, and extend the software.  The System Coupling team within Ansys couples together various physics solvers to enable simulation of multi-physics phenomena such as fluid-structure interaction, conjugate heat transfer, electro-mechanical, and many others.
 
The Ansys System Coupling team has an internship position available starting September 2025 for four month duration. The internship will focus on investigating best practices for conjugate heat transfer applications. This will involve a combination of literature review, consulting Ansys personnel, and interactive testing using Ansys software.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Perform research and development activities into computational conjugate heat transfer with moderate level of supervision
• Participate in planning meetings
• Create test cases and write testing scripts in Python
• Communicate findings with documents and presentations

REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS 

• Pursing a Bachelors, Masters, or PHD in engineering, computer science, applied mathematics, or related field    
• If pursuing a bachelor’s level degree, must be 3rd or 4th year. 
• Knowledge of heat transfer phenomena, especially in an engineering context
• Basic knowledge of numerical methods
• Good verbal and written communication

BENEFICIAL SKILLS 

• Experience with computer programming, especially Python
• Experience with numerical methods for solving engineering and physics problems
• Experience working with simulation software

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: our commitments to stakeholders, our values that guide how we work together, and our actions to deliver results. As ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement

Our Commitments:

• Amaze with innovative products and solutions
• Make our customers incredibly successful
• Act with integrity
• Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values:

• Adaptability: Be open, welcome what’s next
• Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
• Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions:

• We commit to audacious goals
• We work seamlessly as a team
• We demonstrate mastery
• We deliver outstanding results

VALUES IN ACTION

Ansys is committed to powering the people who power human advancement. We believe in creating and nurturing a workplace that supports and welcomes people of all backgrounds; encouraging them to bring their talents and experience to a workplace where they are valued and can thrive.  

Our culture is grounded in our four core values of adaptability, courage, generosity, and authenticity. Through our behaviors and actions, these values foster higher team performance and greater innovation for our customers.  

We’re proud to offer programs, available to all employees, to further impact innovation and business outcomes, such as employee networks and learning communities that inform solutions for our globally minded customer base. 

WELCOME WHAT’S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively, we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high — met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost. Ready to feel inspired? Check out some of our recent customer stories, here and here.

At Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission accomplished.” And it’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics.
 

CREATING A PLACE WE’RE PROUD TO BE 
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America’s Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and U.K.).

 
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com
 

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
 
Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.