Software Engineer Intern

Location: Plantation, United States of America

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

When you trust institutions to secure your personal data and protect your financial transactions, you are trusting Thales. In an increasingly fast paced and unpredictable world, our architects design and deliver the extrordinary solutions that make your life better and keep your information safer. Combining a diversity of talents, we master the decisive moments that matter to you. Whatever it takes.

This is a Hybrid role in Plantation, FL.

Position Summary

As a member of a collaborative development team, the Engineering Intern will be involved in developing solutions and applications specializing in Cybersecurity for the Financial Services market. This engineering focus will be geared towards supporting the existing Thales product portfolio, which is best in class, as well as next generation products currently in development.

Additionally, the Junior Engineer will be a contributor in the refactoring of an embedded software baseline onto a platform containing new systems, hardware, software, and security architectures for the next generation product offering. 

The Engineering Intern will work closely with systems, software, security, and test engineers (both onsite and remote) to ensure timely delivery of quality products. 

Key Areas of Responsibility
 

• Follow software engineering principles and best practices across all phases of commercial development and engineering product release.

• Debug and resolve problems with limited scope in multi-threaded and concurrent applications.

• Escalate complex issues as needed.

• Communicating task and project status to the team and product owners.

• Ensuring assigned tasks are on time.

• Accurately breaking down, estimating, and scheduling software tasks.

• Utilize formal software configuration management & control tools.

• Understand and follow routine policies and procedures.

• Ensure compliance to company formal quality system.

• Any other duties or tasks as assigned.

Basic Qualifications
 

Skills and Abilities:
 

• Understanding of JIRA, GIT, Confluence, Python, C/C++

• Experience with Linux and Linux virtual machines

• Strong skills in Python and C/C++ programming languages.

• Knowledge of REST APIs.

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and make decisions with supervisory review.

Education:

• Computer Science or Computer Engineering student, Junior year or above.

Preferred Qualifications
 

Skills and Abilities:

• Familiar with Agile and/or SAFE methodologies.

• Familiar with AI tooling (code assistants, LLM usage)

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Physical Demands
 

• Prolonged periods of working on a computer.

• Work is generally performed within an office environment, with standard office equipment available.
   

Special Position Requirements

Schedule: Core Business Hours Monday-Friday.

Physical Environment: The working environment is generally indoors in environmentally controlled conditions where lighting and temperature are adequate, and there are no hazardous conditions.

Why Join Us? 

OUR COMMITMENT TO STEM 
 

Advancing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is a critical focus for Thales. Our future success depends on our collective of highly trained, highly capable technical talent, and we’re committed to providing our co-ops with in-depth experience in these areas.

From supporting global engineering and technology nonprofits like Technovation, to offering different leadership development programs and bursaries to female students, including the Canadian Industrial Leadership Award (CILA), we take pride in our role in inspiring the STEM leaders of tomorrow.
 
Supporting non-profit STEM partnerships and projects is a worldwide commitment for Thales, an