PhD Software Security Internship - 2026 summer placement

About the role

<p><strong></strong></p> <h3 data-section-id="9c2g90" data-start="485" data-end="513"><strong><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">Overview </span></strong></h3> <p data-section-id="9c2g90" data-start="485" data-end="513"><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">This internship focuses on advanced defence and security technology development. The role is suited to a PhD-level researcher with strong technical grounding in software security, cyber technologies, and embedded or distributed systems. </span></p> <p data-section-id="9c2g90" data-start="485" data-end="513"><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">This placement can be between 3- and 6-months duration with a flexible start date, and is suitable for PhD students who have completed their first year of study. </span></p> <p data-section-id="9c2g90" data-start="485" data-end="513"><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">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.</span></p> <h3 data-section-id="9c2g90" data-start="485" data-end="513">&nbsp;</h3> <h3 data-section-id="9c2g90" data-start="485" data-end="513"><strong data-start="489" data-end="513"><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">What </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">you'll </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">be </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">doing</span></strong></h3> <ul data-start="514" data-end="1274"> <li data-section-id="13e5gdg" data-start="514" data-end="611"> <p data-start="516" data-end="611"><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">Contribute </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">to </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">research </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">and </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">development </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">of </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">secure </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">systems </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">across </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">defence </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">and </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">security </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">domains.</span></p> </li> <li data-section-id="1bykx7y" data-start="612" data-end="805"> <p data-start="614" data-end="805"><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">Support </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">the </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">creation </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">of </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">novel </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">security </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">technologies, </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">including </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">areas </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">such </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">as </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">threat </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">landscaping, </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">post-</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">quantum </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">cryptography, </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">privacy-</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">enhancing </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">technologies, </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">and </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">trusted </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">execution </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">approaches.</span></p> </li> <li data-section-id="ab6fdp" data-start="806" data-end="932"> <p data-start="808" data-end="932"><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">Investigate </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">and </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">prototype </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">embedded </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">and </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">distributed </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">software </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">for </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">constrained, </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">safety-</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">critical, </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">or </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">adversarial </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">environments.</span></p> </li> <li data-section-id="1l590lj" data-start="933" data-end="1039"> <p data-start="935" data-end="1039"><span clas

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