Software Security Internship - Defence & Security – 2026 summer placement

Job description

Overview This internship focuses on advanced defence and security technology development. The role is suited to students at undergraduate, master’s, or PhD level with a strong technical grounding in software security, cyber technologies, and embedded or distributed systems The placement will last 12 weeks. Successful candidates should be available to start their placement between May and October 2026. There is no deadline for this role, as we recruit on a rolling basis. Once the position is filled, we will close the advert. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. What you’ll be doing: Contribute to research and development of secure systems across defence and security domains. Support the creation of novel security technologies, including areas such as threat landscaping, post- quantum cryptography, privacy- enhancing technologies, and trusted execution approaches. Investigate and prototype embedded and distributed software for constrained, safety- critical, or adversarial environments. Perform threat analysis, security architecture reviews, and experimental validation of new techniques. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams covering software, electronics, RF, AI, autonom...