Spring 2026 Co-Op - Release Management (Bachelor's)

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Job Summary

Job Description

As a Product QA co-op, you will help develop industry-leading simulation software while gaining real experience. You will work on impactful projects to maintain, advance, and accelerate Ansys products. You will support the Product QA Team. This is a 40-hour per week paid position starting January 2025 and concluding April 2025. The responsibilities include performing interactive and automated testing of Ansys software, debugging tests, creating new defects, reviewing and investigating existing defects, collaborating with developers, creating new automated tests, analyzing results, and communicating findings.
Must have:
  • Pursuing a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related technical degree with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
  • Currently enrolled in a full-time degree program and returning to university after the completion of the internship program.
Good to have:
  • Hand-on experience with debugging software/hardware issues
  • Desire to develop coding experience skills
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work individually
  • Exposure to engineering simulation software and/or a strong desire to learn about engineering simulation software
  • Strong Windows system skills and at least some exposure to Linux operating systems
  • Experience with coding is a good quality but not a must upon hiring

Job Details

 Requisition #: 16669

 

Internal Job Title:     Intern   

Job Level:             XX

Hiring Mgr:     Jamie Criss  

External Job Title:    Spring 2026 Co-Op - Release Management (Bachelor's) 

Business Unit:    Release Management 

Recruiter:       Jo Platt

 

 

Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement  

 

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys. 

 

Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career.  

 

SUMMARY
Ansys empowers the world's most innovative companies to design and deliver transformational products by offering the best and broadest engineering simulation software to solve the most complex design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination. Thus, through our enriching internship program, we help develop the next-generation of engineers and technologists.

As a Product QA co-op, you will help develop our industry-leading simulation software while gaining real experience in your field of study.  You will work on a variety of impactful projects to help maintain, advance, and accelerate Ansys products.

In this internship, you will support our Product QA Team. This is a 40-hour per week paid position starting January 2025 and concluding April 2025.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Perform interactive and automated testing of Ansys software
  • Debug tests and create new defects as applicable
  • Review and investigate existing defects within Ansys software
  • Collaborate with developers on different Ansys teams
  • Create new automated tests using internal tools
  • Analyze results and communicate findings to team members
  • Adhere to all quality procedures when performing assigned tests

 

 MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • Pursuing a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related technical degree with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
  • Currently enrolled in a full-time degree program and returning to university after the completion of the internship program.

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Candidates should have hand-on experience with debugging software/hardware issues
  • Candidates must show desire to develop coding experience skills
  • Candidates should exhibit strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work individually
  • Candidates should either have exposure to engineering simulation software and/or a strong desire to learn about engineering simulation software
  • Candidates should have strong Windows system skills and at least some exposure to Linux operating systems
  • Exposure/experience with coding is a good quality but not a must upon hiring

 

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: our commitments to stakeholders, our values that guide how we work together, and our actions to deliver results. As ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement

 

Our Commitments:

  • Amaze with innovative products and solutions
  • Make our customers incredibly successful
  • Act with integrity
  • Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values:

  • Adaptability: Be open, welcome what’s next
  • Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
  • Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
  • Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions:

  • We commit to audacious goals
  • We work seamlessly as a team
  • We demonstrate mastery
  • We deliver outstanding results

 

VALUES IN ACTION

Ansys is committed to powering the people who power human advancement. We believe in creating and nurturing a workplace that supports and welcomes people of all backgrounds; encouraging them to bring their talents and experience to a workplace where they are valued and can thrive.  

 

Our culture is grounded in our four core values of adaptability, courage, generosity, and authenticity. Through our behaviors and actions, these values foster higher team performance and greater innovation for our customers.  

 

We’re proud to offer programs, available to all employees, to further impact innovation and business outcomes, such as employee networks and learning communities that inform solutions for our globally minded customer base. 


WELCOME WHAT’S NEXT IN 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 working with 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. 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 a lower cost. Ready to feel inspired? Check out some of our recent customer stories, here and here.

 

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.
 

CREATING A PLACE WE’RE PROUD TO BE 
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America’s Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and U.K.).

 
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com
 

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.

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