Ejection Seating Co-Op - SEIT
About The Position
Our Colorado Springs Ejection Seating Division is recognized as the leader in design, development, and manufacturing of our ACES ejection seats. Our ACES 5 Ejection Seat is recognized as the benchmark in aircrew ejection safety. Thousands of Collins ejection seats are in service today on F-15, F-16, A-10, B-1, B-2, AV-8, WB-57, and other aircraft across the world in more than 25 countries. ACES ejection seats have saved the lives of more than 700 aircrew over the last few decades. The selected candidate will join the ejection seating Systems Engineering, Integration & Test (SEIT) team to support the teams daily tasking, while gaining exposure to all phases of the engineering development lifecycle of a real world, critical product. This is an onsite role, in Colorado Springs, CO.
Requirements
- Must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
- Must be actively enrolled through the completion of the internship/co-op session.
- Must have a minimum of 60 hours of credit by the start of the internship / co-op session.
- Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
Nice To Haves
- Must be coachable and adaptable.
- Willingness to learn, grow and try.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- High degree of comfort with ambiguity.
- Good project discipline.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- High computer/technology proficiency.
- Ability to work independently.
Responsibilities
- Support the SEIT team's daily tasking.
- Gain exposure to all phases of the engineering development lifecycle of a real-world, critical product.
- Learn systems engineering practices in support of assigned projects.
- Assist in evaluating external and internal customer needs to help define system performance requirements, document architecture, and validate requirements are met.
- Learn test engineering methodologies, including test planning, preparation, data analysis and verification documentation.
- Potentially support test engineers with test execution, depending on program schedules and demonstrated proficiency.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- short-term disability
- long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- flexible spending accounts
- flexible work schedules
- employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- parental leave
- paid time off
- holidays
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Career Level
Intern
