Electrical Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)

Pratt & Whitney • Cedar Rapids, IA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, is seeking motivated and innovative Electrical Engineering students for an internship opportunity. This role is with Collins Aerospace, a leader in technologically advanced solutions for the aerospace and defense industry. The intern will join the Applied Research and Technology (ART) Microelectronics Technology team, contributing to the development of cutting-edge defense solutions. The work will involve the design, implementation, verification, and integration of high-performance digital FPGAs & ASICs, leveraging skills in RTL coding and simulation.

Requirements

• Must be pursuing Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and actively enrolled through the completion of the internship.
• Experience with RTL coding and simulation in VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, team with engineers of a variety of skills and backgrounds, and matrix into projects with aggressive schedules and frequent milestones.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using ASIC and/or FPGA design tools (e.g. Modelsim, Quartus, Vivado or other FPGA-specific tools).
• Experience with debugging and root cause investigations on hardware using hardware schematics, integrated FPGA vendor debug tools, and digital lab equipment.
• Digital circuit architecture and resource tradeoffs.
• Some background in signal processing and/or information assurance.
• Familiarity with the signal processing system simulation & analysis tools (e.g. Matlab, Simulink).
• Familiarity with revision control concepts and tools (e.g. Git, Subversion).

Responsibilities

• Support requirements capture and ASIC / FPGA digital architecture.
• Implement ASIC / FPGA digital design using RTL.
• Support verification and system integration of ASIC / FPGA implementations.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Associate degree