Fall 2023 Intern - Lumerical

Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation. We empower the world’s most innovative companies to deliver transformational products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software solutions, we help our customers solve the most complex design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination. Whether you are a software developer, product engineer, sales team member, or part of our corporate team, at Ansys we know that by embracing what makes us each unique, we become collectively better.

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.

 Ansys Lumerical's photonic simulation software enables research and development professionals to predict how light behaves within complex structures, circuits, and systems.  Photonics unlocks many possibilities for the world’s most innovative companies who increasingly rely on virtual prototyping to explore new product concepts and optimize designs. Our customers are developing the technology of tomorrow – things like LiDAR systems for autonomous cars, virtual reality headsets, cellphone cameras, communications equipment for data centers and new platforms for quantum computing.

As an R&D Verification Engineer, you will interact closely with Software Developers, Research Scientists and Applications Engineers to create, maintain, and improve automated acceptance and regression tests, to ensure that software builds are continuously and expediently tested and that defects are reported and monitored. 

Responsibilities

The successful candidate works both independently and within a highly integrated team to:

•    Maintain a basic understanding of how to operate Ansys Lumerical software products;
•    Develop and maintain accurate and reliable test scripts using various testing tools;
•    Assist the other teams with troubleshooting and recreating customer issues;
•    Identify and report bugs using a defect tracking system and verify fixes;
•    Perform manual software testing on release candidate software builds; and
•    Support improvements to QA process, procedures, and infrastructure.

Minimum Qualifications

The successful applicant will possess all or most of the following qualifications and experience:

•    Pursuing a degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Physics;
•    Experience with MATLAB, Python, or a similar scripting language;
•    Experience with revision control using tools such as Git or CVS;
•    Exposure to QA methodologies, and testing techniques;
•    Excellent problem solving and analytic ability; and
•    Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

Preferred Qualifications

•    Basic understanding of photonic science, applications, and technologies;
•    Previous experience in an agile software development environment;
•    Familiarity with Linux and Mac, and command line scripting; 
•    Exposure to software development lifecycle and
•    Previous Quality Assurance and testing experience.

ALIGNING YOUR VALUES TO OUR SOLUTIONS
At Ansys, our diverse, collaborative teams give us the strength and insight to solve the world’s most challenging engineering problems. Our ONE Ansys culture has at its core:

• Customer Focus
• Results and Accountability
• Innovation
• Transparency and Integrity
• Mastery
• Inclusiveness
• Sense of Urgency
• Collaboration and Teamwork

 
ENGINEERING 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 servicing 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. 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.
 
At Ansys, you will find yourself among those eager to drive the world towards the next best thing with hands planted firmly on the wheel. 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 lower cost.  As a measure of our success in attaining these goals, Ansys has been recognized as one of the world's most innovative companies by prestigious publications such as Bloomberg Businessweek and FORTUNE magazines.
 
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following awards: Bay Area Best Places to Work, a Pillar World Awards Gold Winner, Fast Company Best Places to Work for Innovators, a Gold Stevie Award for Great Employers, the FORTUNE Future 50, a DCA Silver Winner, an R&D100 Finalist, a 20% by 2020 Women on Boards winner, a 2020 Pittsburgh Tech 50 – finalist, and America’s Most Responsible Companies.
 
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com
 

We are committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging where everyone thrives as ONE Ansys team.
 

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.