Guidance, Navigation and Control Intern (Summer 2027)
About The Position
This requisition is for an RTX intern returning for an internship in 2027. The Effectors PG&C Center is currently hiring for an Intern - Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer position in Tucson, AZ to support execution of the portfolio of current and upcoming missile programs. As an Intern - Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer, you will play a critical role in helping with the evaluation, design, implementation, and integration of embedded software algorithms. You will collaborate with a team of engineers in an integrated product team that will be responsible for tactical embedded software, firmware, and integrated flight software 6 Degrees-of-Freedom simulations to achieve overall system performance requirements. This position is an onsite role located in Tucson, AZ.
Requirements
- Must be pursuing Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Mathematics, Physics, or Electrical, Aerospace Engineering and actively enrolled through the 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.
- Prior RTX internship experience
- Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
- Active and existing security clearance required on day 1
Nice To Haves
- Desire to pursue a career and deepen knowledge within guidance, navigation, and control.
- Ability to communicate effectively with internal leadership regarding matters of importance
- Ability to balance multiple concurrent priorities with overlapping deadline in an Agile environment
- Experience with and demonstrable achievement in systems engineering principals with regards to product development
Responsibilities
- Development, integration, and testing of embedded tactical missile flight code
- Definition and execution of system level performance studies and analyses to inform the development and integration of new capabilities, refinement of existing capability, or to address obsolescence
- Work within an agile framework to lead development of backlogs, plans, and metrics
- Support missile performance analysis including model development, system optimization, and Monte Carlo assessments with expected system disturbances.
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
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
Associate degree
