Software Engineer Intern

Job Description and Requirements

Synopsys technology is at the heart of innovations that are changing the way we live and work. The Internet of Things. Autonomous cars. Wearables. Smart medical devices. Secure financial services. Machine learning and computer vision. These breakthroughs are ushering in the era of Smart, Secure Everything―where devices are getting smarter, everything’s connected, and everything must be secure.

Powering this new era of technology are advanced silicon chips, which are made even smarter by the remarkable software that drives them. Synopsys is at the forefront of Smart, Secure Everything with the world’s most advanced tools for silicon chip design, verification, IP integration, and application security testing. Our technology helps customers innovate from Silicon to Software, so they can deliver Smart, Secure Everything.

Synopsys Software Integrity Group helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Synopsys, a recognized leader in application security, provides static analysis, software composition analysis, and dynamic analysis solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Synopsys helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle. For more information, go to www.synopsys.com/software.

This position is for someone looking for a 6-month internship or co-op.

• Participate in our vulnerability response and remediation
• Support security integration in our SDLC process
• Evaluate application security tools for internal consumption
• Develop new automation and tooling to improve the detection and prevention capabilities
• Identify, report and fix security specific technical debt
• Work with product teams to perform design and code review

Skill Requirements: 

• Basic knowledge of security concepts on relevant courses, self-learning or past internships
• Familiarity with identifying and remediating web application vulnerabilities including OWASP Top 10
• Attacker mindset: Passion for breaking into secure web application
• Familiarity with security tools category such as static analysis, dynamic analysis
• Familiarity with Docker containers
• Knowledge of technologies like: Java, Spring, XML, AJAX, JavaScript, Python, SQL, UNIX scripting, HTML5, CSS, Nodejs
• Knowledge of security tools are beneficial like: Burp Proxy, Firebug, Nmap, AppScan

Education Requirements:
– Currently pursuing a BS (or higher, e.g., MS) in computer science or related technical field