Flight Controls Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2026) (Onsite)
About The Position
Collins Aerospace’s FCS products have been flying and landing airplanes for over 4 0 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 l ooking 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.
Requirements
- Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and student must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or advanced degree in an applicable discipline.
- U.S. citizenship is , as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract
Nice To Haves
- E xperience with object - oriented and embedded software development
- F amiliarity with software requirement and configuration management principles or tools .
- Experience with MATLAB / Simulink
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 includ es writing hand-cod e 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
- 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
Career Level
Intern
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
