Job Description
Location Internship: In office - Champaign, Illinois, USA
Full-Time Employment (FTE) after graduation: Hybrid or in office:
- USA, Illinois, Champaign (Preferred)
- USA, Virginia, Herndon
- USA, Texas, Richardson
Role Type Intern: Full-Time
Employment Period Summer 2027 (with possible semester extensions and FTE placement)
About the Company Trusted Connectivity for AI-Powered Dominance. Everfox delivers trusted connectivity to protect the world's most critical environments and safeguard the sensitive data powering decision advantage.
Built for mission-critical operations, Everfox protects what matters most by securing how data moves, how users access it, and how threats are neutralized across every domain. We enable mission speed and secure collaboration across networks, domains, and allies, while ensuring the data powering AI and advanced analytics remains trusted and protected.
We don't just defend systems; we deliver decision dominance.
- Our Purpose: Protect what matters most by enabling organizations to operate security in the most complex and high-risk digital environments.
- Our Vision: To be the most trusted authority in high-assurance cybersecurity, enabling secure collaboration across every domain.
- Our Belief: Security should never limit mission success - it should enable it.
Our Promise: We deliver absolute confidence in environments where failure is not an option.
About the Role As a software engineering intern at Everfox, you'll gain hands-on experience in the defense tech industry, working alongside experienced cybersecurity engineers across the software development process as a full member of the team. You'll use AI as part of the team's everyday workflow, with mentorship to help you build both the skill and the judgment to use it well.
Your projects will span our Cross Domain Solutions portfolio, the technology that moves data securely between networks of different security levels. That work takes many forms: research, tool development, and product engineering, across the full cybersecurity stack, from hardware and firmware to operating systems, applications, and human factors.
Pay: $35/hour
The Intern Experience The internship is a real entry point into the defense tech industry:
- A path to full-time - we aim to convert every intern who performs well into a full-time engineer
- Real projects, your choice - genuine engineering work you help select: pick from available projects to start, then propose your own, join an existing effort, or embed with a team
- Broad exposure - you're encouraged to work in a different area with each project to maximize your learning
- A culture of support - a project lead and their team, a program coordinator, fellow interns, and often a peer mentor from a past cohort
- Built-in learning - "Biz Topics" with executives and senior leaders, "Tech Topics" with senior technical leaders and architects, a hands-on Linux course, and more
- UIUC Research Park - encouraged to take part in Research Park training and events
- Give back - a group volunteering project each summer
- Flexible timing - start in the summer, with the option to continue part-time in the fall, spring, or both
- Social events
Requirements We're looking for candidates who share our commitment to our mission: protecting customers against complex cyber threats with innovative, high-assurance solutions.
Required:
- Able to obtain a US Government security clearance
- Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree or higher (any field of study)
- Demonstrated software development, debugging, and testing skills - comparable to a computer science or related degree, or equivalent experience
- Graduating August 2027 through May 2028
Ideal candidates also have many of the following:
- Cybersecurity coursework, work experience, or strong interest
- Comfortable with at least one language (Rust, C, Java, or Python preferred)
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Linux experience (development or system administration)
- Experience with AI coding tools (e.g., Claude, Copilot, Cursor)
Don't meet every single qualification? Studies show people are hesitant to apply if they don't meet all requirements listed in a job posting. If there is something slightly different about your previous experience, but it otherwise aligns and you're excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You could be a great candidate for this or other roles on our team.
Everfox is an equal employment opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination. Everfox does not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital status, medical condition, or any other category protected by applicable law. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Company's career webpage as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by sending an email to humanresources@everfox.com.
Everfox is a Federal Contractor. Certain positions with Everfox require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. Applicants for these positions may need to be "U.S. Persons," as defined in these regulations. Generally, a "U.S. Person" is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or an individual who has been admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.
Applicants must have the right to work in the location to which you have applied.
Candidates should submit:
- a resume; and,
- a statement of interest, cover letter, or similar.
Applicants may apply on Handshake here or send their application documents to champaign-jobs@everfox.com.
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Full time, For contractors, Work experience placement, Summer work, Internship, Work at office, Local area, Flexible hours