Mechanical Design Engineer Intern (Summer 2026)(Onsite)
About The Position
This position is for a Mechanical Design Engineer Intern (Summer 2026) at RTX, specifically within the Ejection Seating team at Collins Aerospace. The role involves providing engineering deliverables through all phases of development, bid and proposals, support through qualification testing, and initial production implementation. The intern will propose new technology, create innovative design solutions, execute design reviews, work directly with customers, and support testing of ejection seat products. This position partners with System Engineering, Test Engineering, and Program Management.
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 required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
Nice To Haves
- Advancing towards a B.S. in Engineering, Aerospace or Mechanical preferred.
- 3D CAD experience with high end CAD software (e.q. NX, Catia,).
- Previous experience using Unigraphics/NX CAD experience including Enovia PLM experience.
- Experience with Dynamic Modeling practices: assembly relations, establishing mechanical movement & relationships, and/or simulations.
- Previous experience in the aerospace and defense industry.
- Previous experience with aircraft cockpit, crew station, escape system, ejection seat, or crew systems design.
- Previous experience with machining, sheet metal, composites, and fabric design.
- Previous experience with energetic cartridge actuated devices or propellant actuated devices.
- Previous experience of aerospace/military specifications.
- Proven use of Continuous Improvement principles and/or design optimization experience.
- Understanding of mechanical principles to solve classical structural analysis solutions both inside and outside of finite element tools.
Responsibilities
- Support through all phases of design including: bid and proposal, conceptual design, preliminary design, detailed design, qualification testing, new product introduction, and production implementation.
- Successfully execute on design/project tasks required to develop and qualify aircraft ejection seats by ensuring technical scope integrity and budget/schedule accuracy.
- Utilize UG/NX CAD software and facilitate the drafting department to produce standard, quality, and industry producible models/drawings.
- Work as part of a cohesive team with test engineering, product engineering, system engineering, and program management.
- Support program by technical writing presentations and reports for customer approval.
- Support Program Management with any preparation of bids and proposals.
- Support Systems Engineering on requirements analysis and the requirement compliance plan.
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
