Intern, development of computational mechanics capabilities (m/f/d)

Summary / Role Purpose

This engineer will join as an Intern (m,f,d) in the Mechanical Business Unit.

This position supports the development of our core computational mechanics capabilities. We are involved in the entire software life cycle, from research, planning, development, testing, documentation, and services. The intern will pursue tighter integration of the python programming language with our core computational mechanics physics engine (MAPDL), to allow users of the physics engine to extend and customize its behavior with the help of popular scientific python packages. In addition,the intern shall improve the architecture of our market-leading desktop application (Mechanical), which is written in C++, C#, javascript, and python. The intern may also help with pyAnsys, which brings our computational physics tools into the hands of python programmers.

This internship is a full time paid position for 6 months.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Learn the team’s software development processes and the problem domain. Develop software to improve specific areas.
• Diagnose and fix code problems.
• Deliver code and scripts that meet requirements on schedule. Ensure that code is efficient, scalable, maintainable, extensible, robust, and easy to understand.
• Create unit, regression and/or system-level tests to thoroughly validate new features or changes.
• Communicate clearly and work closely with manager, technical leads and other engineers to refine solutions and to describe changes that may affect others.
• Learn and follow best practices in software engineering.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Pursing a bachelors degree in Computer Science, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field
• Proficiency in C++ or Python
• Software development principals (git, unit testing, CICD)
• Knowledge of the Linux operating system
• Strong background in data structures, algorithms, and debugging
• Ability to learn quickly and work closely with others
• Interest in learning outside of his/her comfort zone.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Knowledge of the following areas are a plus:
• Commercial software development, including build and test automation
• Understanding of solid mechanics or fluids mechanics
• Development, debugging and optimization of systems
• Understanding of cloud (docker, Kubernetes, etc)