Flight Control Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)
About The Position
Are you ready to explore the world of aerospace and defense? Do you want to learn from and collaborate with some of the greatest minds in the industry? At RTX, our internships, co-ops and full-time careers provide an exceptional foundation to work on complex problems, advance your skills and create a safer, more connected world. Discover opportunities to make a difference at RTX. Collins Aerospace’s FCS products have been flying and landing airplanes for over 40 years. Our customer base is a who's who of aircraft manufacturers, and they demand systems which satisfy the highest levels of criticality at the lowest cost possible. This dichotomy provides a continuous challenge to our engineering team to employ new technology and methodologies in the development of our complex systems. We are looking for a Software Engineering Intern to join our team in Cedar Rapids, IA and contribute to the development of flight control products for the next generation of business, regional, military, and air-transport fixed and rotary wing platforms. Typical functions to implement include, but aren’t limited to, flight guidance, autothrottle, autopilot, maintenance, and autoland systems. This internship represents a great opportunity to apply your software engineering skills to actual real-time embedded systems with critical safety requirements. Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee or asylee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required.
Requirements
- Must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in an applicable discipline and actively enrolled through 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 developing in modern programming languages (e.g. C++; C)
- Experience with object oriented design
Nice To Haves
- Good working knowledge of data structures and how to efficiently use them to solve problems
- Experience with agile methodologies
- Experience with model-based development in Matlab/Simulink
- Experience with or passion for avionics systems
- Experience collaborating in a team environment
- Experience communicating technical information to management, customers, and engineering team members
Responsibilities
- Define and review software requirements for flight control systems, including interface requirements.
- Develop and implement software architecture and design from parent requirements.
- Implement control algorithms and signal processing for flight control systems. This includes writing hand-code and integrating auto-generated code from MATLAB Simulink / Stateflow models into a software application.
- Conduct requirements-based testing of flight controls software
- Support product certification by performing DO-178B/C compliant development.
- Mentor with experienced software engineers and learn about career opportunities in Flight Controls
Benefits
- Relocation Eligible
- 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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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
Associate degree
