Electrical Engineering Co-op (Winter/Spring 2027)

RTX•Cedar Rapids, IA

20h•$37,000 - $82,000•Onsite

About The Position

Immerse yourself in a full-time, Monday-Friday co-op session, that will run January- July/August (including the Spring semester; it is expected students will take a semester off from coursework to fully engage with this working mentorship opportunity). As an Electrical Engineering Co-op at Collins Aerospace, you will be involved in the development of digital hardware circuit boards for new products. Responsibilities will also include support of existing products including product recertification driven by minor or major changes, cost savings identification, troubleshooting equipment from the field or OEM assembly line and obsolescence management. This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge avionics networking technologies that directly impact aircraft performance, safety, and reliability. We are seeking a highly motivated Electrical Engineering Co-op to join our Avionics Network Hardware team within the Computing Products Department of the Displays, Controls, Computing & Networking Directorate.

Requirements

Must be pursuing Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering and actively enrolled through the completion of the internship/co-op session.
Must have a minimum of 30 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.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the company’s immigration sponsorship now or in the future. The company will not offer immigration sponsorship for this position. The company will not seek an export authorization for this role.

Nice To Haves

Experience with the development and design of electronic circuit designs and/or multi-assembly system/unit design
Experience working on cross-functional teams
Experience with taking design concepts from block diagrams or requirements to developing complete hardware designs, including verification through testing and integration.
Experience with design tools (schematic capture) and PCB design process to analyze and simulate designs prior to hardware implementation.
Experience using PCB electronic circuit design software: signal integrity, power integrity and analog simulation.

Responsibilities

Design, analyze, simulate and test Circuit Card Assemblies for Avionics Computers (Processors, FPGAs, Memory, high-speed interfaces).
Operate lab equipment to perform integration testing on hardware designs.
Schematic capture of digital/analog mixed signal electrical circuit designs.