Intern Software Developer (Feb 2025)

Leidos Australia has been identified as #4 on the Australian Association of Graduate Employers (AAGE)'s Top Intern Programs – Small Program List. Leidos Australia has also been identified as a Top 100 Graduate Employer in Australia for the fourth year in a row, and again ranked in the Top 5 for the Defence and Aerospace sector for the third year in a row by Prosple - So what makes our early careers program award-winning?

• As an intern, you get to work on real projects as an embedded team member to help bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world experience
• You will be allocated a ‘Leidos Purple Buddy’ to help get you settled in
• You will attend an early careers-specific induction along with monthly early careers catch-ups as an opportunity to build connections internally and learn more about the business
• You will be offered a formal mentoring program to help grow your career and will undertake several professional development and training courses to get you upskilled.

Leidos Benefits

• Access to over 100,000 online training and development courses through our technical training portal Percipio
• Support of advocacy groups including; The Young Professionals, Women and Allies Network, Allies & Action for Accessibility and Abilities and the Defence & Emergency Services
• Entitlement to one day a year of volunteer leave to support a cause you’re passionate about
• Leidos is a family-friendly certified organisation and we provide flexible work arrangements that are outcomes-focused and may consist of; flexible work hours, Life Days (formally RDOs), and Switch Days where you can switch a public holiday for an alternative day that means more to you, and a career break of between 3 months and 2 years to take time out from Leidos to explore other interests
• Access to Reward Gateway to give upfront discounts or cashback rewards with over 400 Australian and International retailers

What makes Leidos stand out?

Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defence, intelligence, civil and health markets. Leidos' 46,000 employees globally support vital missions for government and commercial customers.

Leidos Australia has been a trusted partner to the Australian Government for over 25 years, having delivered some of the most complex software and systems integration projects in Australia. Led by a local leadership team, we deliver projects and services through five lines of business – Airborne Solutions, Civil Services & Projects, Defence Digital Solutions & Support, Defence Mission Systems and Intelligence (C4ISR) – supported by local corporate functions.

Leidos Australia’s government and defence customers enjoy the advantage of a 2000+ local workforce, backed by Leidos’ global expertise, experience and capabilities. With a focus on sovereign development and support, the company invests locally in R&D both directly and in combination with local Small and Medium Enterprises.

Job Description

Our customers have complex requirements, and expect us to use the latest software development and cloud technologies to meet their ambitious aims while maintaining the highest levels of cyber security. Often this involves solving problems that can’t be addressed with off-the-shelf technologies, meaning that we rely on our staff to be well-informed, creative and adaptable.

The Leidos paid industry-based learning program is for an initial 12 months. Ideal for students in their penultimate year at university, this offers the chance to turn the theory they have learned into hands-on work experience by working on real projects alongside experienced team members.

Your new role

An average week for an Intern Software Developer could span a wide range of activities, including:

• Designing and implementing efficient, appropriate and correct algorithms, data structures, database definitions, object classes, inheritance hierarchies, user interfaces and other software components;
• Writing code adhering to quality management principles adopted within the software development environment, including the development of unit and system tests and peer code review;
• Building software releases, installing and configuring software required for project delivery;
• Writing and reviewing relevant documentation;
• Collaborating effectively with a team of engineers maintaining and developing software;
• Meeting project deadlines for delivery of software modules, and being responsible for identifiable areas within developed applications.

Qualifications

About you and what you’ll bring

This role is ideal for someone who is completing a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related discipline, such as:

• Bachelor Software Engineering
• Bachelor Information Technology
• Bachelor Information Systems
• Bachelor Computer Science
• Bachelor Computing

Along with your education and any practical experience, Leidos values individuals who use their initiative and seek to understand the business and develop relationships based on respect.

What you’ll enjoy…

As a Leidos intern, you will be working on interesting and challenging projects. Students who are successful in completing an internship, and based on performance, are likely to be offered casual/part-time employment whilst they return to their final year of studies and ongoing full-time employment upon successful completion of their degree.

Additional information

Successful candidates must be Australian Citizens at the time of application to be eligible to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Clearance.

At Leidos, we proudly embrace diversity and support our people at every stage of their Leidos journey in terms of inclusion, accessibility and flexibility. We have a strong track record of internal promotion and career transitions. And at Leidos you’ll enjoy flexible work practices, discounted health insurance, novated leasing, 12 weeks of paid parental leave as a primary carer and more. We look forward to welcoming you.