Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2026) (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-08-11

Country:

United States of America

Location:

UT207: 1127 West 2320 South , West Valley City, UT, 84119 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Applied Signal Technology (AST) is seeking engineers who strive for excellence and have a passion to be part of a team that strengthens our nation and improves the security of our world.

AST provides trusted strategic and tactical SIGINT solutions that secure the interests of the U.S. and its partners.  AST’s work in areas such as high-capacity broadband communications, signal processing and analysis, tactical SIGINT, and wireless communications continually challenges our extraordinary engineers to resolve problems and make the world a safer place.  AST’s work environment is dynamic, highly collaborative and provides engineers the freedom to strengthen and expand their skills, explore new and creative ideas, and work closely with our nation’s finest service members all while embracing integrity, diversity and work-life balance.  AST offers generous reward and recognition programs in compensation, broad career development opportunities, excellent health care options, educational assistance, parental leave, flexible work schedules, 401(k) with matching, paid holidays and paid time off.

**This position will be staffed in Salt Lake City, UT **

Key responsibilities for the qualified candidate:

Our team has a need for a Software Engineer who is inspired by a job that challenges them to be proactive, make decisions, and generate ideas that drive product development to greater heights. Responsibilities span the full lifecycle of product development, from architecture and design, through integration, test, and field support. You will contribute to the build, test, and delivery of a set of software applications to be deployed to advanced systems that process modern communications for the U.S. Government. The successful candidate will have a solid understanding of concepts related to standard programming practices, software architecture, and networking.

What You Will Do:

• Work on complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative while participating on collaborative, cross-disciplined integrated product teams 

• Once cleared, work on actual field deployments of the product under development, ensuring proper setup, configuration, and functionality of systems being deployed. 

• Work will be performed with guidance of a product lead and team members who will assist in establishing an approach

• Perform code review and support in testing to achieve long-range goals and objectives

What You Will Learn:

• You will learn COMINT/ELINT principles and concepts and work side-by-side with industry recognized technical leaders to develop and implement state of the art systems.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and student must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or advanced degree in an applicable discipline.

• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience developing in C++ in a Linux environment

• Experience with one or more scripting languages, Python, Linux script, bash

• Experience with Object Oriented Design and Development

• Software development experience (i.e. internship, co-op, or other work or academic project experience)

• Experience working both in a team environment and individually

• Experience with Qt

• Experience with User Interface development

• Experience with Angular web GUI development

• Experience with Multithreading

• Embedded SW Design Experience

• Experience in integrating software with hardware

• Experience with Configuration Management tools, such as git

• Experience maintaining and using build processes (makefiles, CMake)

• Experience and/or knowledge of network protocols, such as TCP/IP

• Experience with or basic understanding of telecommunications systems concepts and/or signal processing

• Experience with Network Protocols

• Experience with or basic understanding of International Telecommunication