Requisition #: 15902
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.
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As a student intern, you will help develop our industry-leading simulation software while gaining real experience in your field of study. You will work on impactful projects to help maintain, advance, and accelerate ANSYS products.
In this internship, you will support the User Experience Team within the Design Business Unit (DBU). This is a 40-hour per week paid position that will start in August 2025 and conclude in December 2025.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist in preparing low and medium-fidelity UI designs and/or prototypes using design documents, acceptance criteria, and other sources.
- Assist with creating high-fidelity visual designs and/or visual assets (e.g., icons).
- Assist with formulating, conducting, and analyzing the results of usability studies.
- Assist in creating and validating personas and user scenarios based on user research to communicate user needs and goals.
- Understand user needs and business goals when generating new ideas and concepts.
- Informally present design work to stakeholders, within and outside of the UX team, as part of a rapid iterative design process
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- University student pursuing a degree in UX, Industrial design, Human Factors engineering, or any other design-related field with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
- Ability to support UX team efforts to communicate business requirements into relevant designs.
- Basic understanding of the user-centered design process and experience with user research, UI design, interaction design, and usability testing.
- A desire and background in understanding and translating project needs into wireframes and/or prototypes to demonstrate concepts to stakeholders.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Prior experience or good working knowledge of Adobe Suite Products (e.g., Photoshop and Illustrator) and Figma
- Portfolio of design projects to show skill and background as a UX Designer
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.
Nearest Major Market: Pittsburgh