Electrical Engineering Co-op (Winter/Spring 2027)
About The Position
The Electrical Engineering Co-op at Collins Aerospace joins the Avionics Network Hardware team within the Computing Products Department of the Displays, Controls, Computing & Networking Directorate. The role supports development of digital hardware circuit boards for new products and support of existing products, including recertification prompted by product changes, cost-savings identification, troubleshooting equipment from the field or OEM assembly line, and obsolescence management. The work involves avionics networking technologies that affect aircraft performance, safety, and reliability. The co-op is a full-time, Monday–Friday session running January through July/August 2027, including the Spring semester. Students are expected to take a semester away from coursework to participate fully in the work and mentorship opportunity. The position is primarily onsite in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Requirements
- Be pursuing a bachelor's or advanced degree in Electrical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering and remain actively enrolled through the end of the co-op session.
- Have a minimum of 30 credit hours by the start of the co-op session.
- Be authorized to work in the United States without current or future company immigration sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- Experience developing and designing electronic circuits and/or multi-assembly systems or units.
- Experience working on cross-functional teams.
- Experience taking design concepts from block diagrams or requirements through complete hardware design, verification, testing, and integration.
- Experience with schematic-capture design tools and the PCB design process, including analyzing and simulating designs before hardware implementation.
- Experience using PCB electronic circuit design software for signal integrity, power integrity, and analog simulation.
Responsibilities
- Design, analyze, simulate, and test circuit card assemblies for avionics computers, including processors, FPGAs, memory, and high-speed interfaces.
- Operate laboratory equipment to perform integration testing on hardware designs.
- Create schematic captures for mixed-signal digital and analog electrical circuit designs.
- Support existing products through recertification following minor or major changes, cost-savings identification, troubleshooting equipment from the field or OEM assembly line, and obsolescence management.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 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
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, depending on position level and applicable agreement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
