Flight Controls Systems Engineer Intern

Garmin International, Inc.•Olathe, KS

3d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a full-time Flight Controls Systems Engineer Intern at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for learning and training to support successful conception, development, and/or application of sophisticated avionics systems by creating, gathering and documenting cohesive customer and regulatory requirements, supporting system level designs and subsequent installation and certification in aircraft, and assuring system compliance to all requirements, including quantitative compliance with robustness needs.

Requirements

Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or other related field
Excellent academics (minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA)
Experience and/or training in working with cross functional teams
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship skills
Other education and/or experiences as required for the specific projects this individual will develop
Strong analytical skills

Nice To Haves

Previous experience working with avionics products and/or designing electrical systems
Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)
Pilot’s License

Responsibilities

Support engineers to maintain and communicate requirements, allocate requirements among subsystems, and assure compatibility among subsystems so that the product ultimately meets its final objectives
Participate in product design activities including electrical, software, or mechanical development
Conduct verification and validation testing in accordance with formal or informal test plans
Help develop systems requirements for autopilot/flight director systems including system performance, system interfaces, architecture, and algorithms
Analyze and test existing autopilot systems to determine transport delays and appropriate control system response