Security Engineering Internship

Qualcomm

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Posted
39 days ago
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Confirmed live today
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Mar 17, 2027

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TL;DR · Security Engineering Internship

The Security (Product, Systems, Cyber) Engineering Internship - Summer 2027 offers students the chance to join the Interns Group to enhance security for mobile, IoT, and connectivity devices. Interns collaborate with engineers to protect real-world systems from attacks across three technical tracks. Product Security Engineering focuses on threat modeling, fuzzing, and exploit countermeasures. Secure Systems Engineering involves working on secure OS features, hypervisors, and secure boot using C, C++, Java, and Python. Cybersecurity Engineering covers OT security, threat hunting, and incident response using Windows, Linux, Go, C#, PowerShell, and Bash. Candidates must be enrolled in a degree program in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or related fields. This role solves critical security problems by securing complex infrastructure, applications, and embedded device environments.

What you'll do

  • Enhance the security of systems and products powering mobile, IoT, and connectivity devices.
  • Protect real-world devices and systems from various cyber attacks.
  • Work cross-functionally with engineers and stakeholders to secure complex infrastructure and applications.
  • Perform threat modeling, security risk assessments, and vulnerability research.
  • Conduct program analysis on source and binary code to identify security flaws.
  • Implement exploit countermeasures and secure execution environments.
  • Develop and maintain secure OS features, hypervisors, and secure boot processes.
  • Execute incident response, threat hunting, and security architecture tasks.

What we're looking for

  • Must be currently enrolled in a bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. program in ECE, CS, Security, Information Systems, or a related field.
  • Must be available for 11–14 weeks during Summer 2027 (May–September).
  • Must have an expected graduation date of November 2027 or later.
  • Candidates actively pursuing a degree with an anticipated graduation between November 2027 to June 2028 are preferred.
  • Track 1 requires 1+ years of academic experience in computer systems security or embedded device security.
  • Track 2 requires 1+ years of academic experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
  • Track 3 requires programming experience in Java, C, C++, C#, Go, Python, PowerShell, Bash, or Perl.
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