Software Engineer Intern

Your Title: Software Engineer Intern
Job Location: Christchurch, NZ
Our Departments: CTCT, CCFS-CS, Geospatial, Field Systems Cloud, Corporate
Application Window: + June 2025 - 22 June 2025
Recruitment Timeline: Interviewing in June/July, offer by early August
Internship Period: 17th November 2025 to 13th February 2026
Number of Positions: +
Spend this summer as a software engineer intern helping transform one of our key industry sectors using cutting-edge technologies with an industry-leading organisation!
What You Will Do
As a Software Engineer Intern at Trimble, you will work as an integral member of one of our software development teams, developing one of our products, and usually working within an Agile environment. This position is a fixed-term role for working over the summer period, starting in November 2025.

This could see you working in one of the following areas:
Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies (CTCT), our joint venture with Caterpillar - Working on Grade Control and Automation, in an embedded C++ platform with Android (Java/Kotlin) and Angular (3 roles)
Field Systems Cloud, Geospatial, and Civil Construction Software (CCFS-CS) - coding large-scale cloud-based applications in C# and .NET Core, React, and Angular (3 roles)
Field Systems/Geospatial - developing a mobile CarPlay app using Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, Java (1 role)
Corporate Services - Enable Trimble to sell products and services by developing cloud-native applications used globally and underpinned by relational data structures. Workloads are deployed to AWS (2 roles).
Our software engineering internships offer a variety of hands-on experiences, depending on your area of interest and experience. You will receive hands-on experience using your coding and programming skills in a professional setting while learning how to operate in an agile team environment.
This will have you doing the following:
Become intimately familiar with product requirements
Develop high-quality software that satisfies the product requirements
Work with developers to make sure that new features are created according to market requirements
Work with development teams on complex, multi-dimensional projects, and learn valuable leadership skills
Learn how to work effectively under pressure and as part of a team
Understand and adopt coding standards and best practices.
Whichever team you join, you will gain valuable hands-on experience and be provided with challenging, meaningful tasks that will give you insight into what it's like working full-time as a valued member of a team.
Our internships are designed to prepare you for your career journey while growing as a professional through lunch and learns, team-building activities, and social networking events with other interns. Over the course of your internship, we want you to feel like you belong, innovate, and grow personally and professionally. Join Trimble’s community to have a global impact where we value you, your experience, and your skills to propel your career forward.

What You'll Bring?
Along with being a team player, with strong work prioritisation skills and a collaborative communication and working style, you will also possess these skills:
Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Mechatronics, Software Engineering, or other related field
Experience in one or more of the following languages: C++, C#, Angular, React, .NET Core, Python, Java, C, Robotics Operating Systems (ROS), Matlab, Linux/Bash, Typescript, SQL
Ability to think critically and work independently or collaborate with a team
A wide degree of creativity, openness, and latitude when approaching problems
Enjoy working with new and emerging technology.
Please note: Only applicants who are students and legally entitled to work in New Zealand will be considered.
About Your Location
Based at Trimble’s NZ headquarters in Christchurch, New Zealand (handily located on the Little River Link Cycleway), enjoy free parking, securely covered bike sheds, an onsite gym, showers, an active social club, and a great team environment where people love working with leading technology solutions.
At Trimble, you'll find the inspiration and opportunity to be yourself and thrive. The global community of Team Trimble, including more than 400 people in New Zealand, is passionate about bringing new ideas and innovations to life and building a better, more sustainable future.
Trimble’s Inclusiveness Commitment
We believe in celebrating our differences. That is why our diversity is our strength. To us, that means actively participating in opportunities to be inclusive. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have guided our current success while also moving our desire to improve. We actively seek to add members to our community who represent our customers and the places we live and work.
We have programs in place to make sure our people are seen, heard, and welcomed, and most importantly, that they know they belong, no matter who they are or where they are coming from.
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