Mechanical Design Engineering Co-op (Summer/Fall 2027)

RTX•Rockford, IL

3d•$37,000 - $82,000•Onsite

About The Position

Immerse yourself in a full-time, Monday-Friday co-op session, that will run May/June- December (including the Fall semester; it is expected students will take a semester off from coursework to fully engage with this working mentorship opportunity). As a Mechanical Design Engineering Co-op at Collins Aerospace, you will: Review completed layouts and drawings to ensure clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning. Communicate with the other engineering personnel to coordinate the interrelated design and ensure project completion. Support a Design lead in the creation and review of components, calculates stack-up of detail components, and performs analysis to substantiate model and print definition. Resolve design problems of difficult scope to ensure project completion. Engage with manufacturing and engineering counterparts to collaborate on production problem solving opportunities. Will be utilized as an individual contributor diagnosing and solving problems and building engineering capabilities. Will follow common procedures and standard work across the organization to optimize efficiency and quality of work performed. Develop data and make layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposals. Design components or portions of functional systems with assistance of experienced contributors and brainstorming technically advanced prototypes using computer design and engineering systems. Investigate pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replaceability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost. Design, develop and test metallic or non-metallic structures or materials and their related fabrication processes for use in engineering designs.

Requirements

Must be pursuing Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) major and actively enrolled through the completion of the internship/co-op session.
Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.

Nice To Haves

Experience with manufacturing techniques
Experience with Aerospace and Industrial Power Transmission systems
Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and/or PowerPoint)
Prior RTX internship, co-op, or work experience

Responsibilities

Review completed layouts and drawings to ensure clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning.
Communicate with the other engineering personnel to coordinate the interrelated design and ensure project completion.
Support a Design lead in the creation and review of components, calculates stack-up of detail components, and performs analysis to substantiate model and print definition.
Resolve design problems of difficult scope to ensure project completion.
Engage with manufacturing and engineering counterparts to collaborate on production problem solving opportunities.
Will be utilized as an individual contributor diagnosing and solving problems and building engineering capabilities.
Will follow common procedures and standard work across the organization to optimize efficiency and quality of work performed.
Develop data and make layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposals.
Design components or portions of functional systems with assistance of experienced contributors and brainstorming technically advanced prototypes using computer design and engineering systems.
Investigate pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replaceability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost.
Design, develop and test metallic or non-metallic structures or materials and their related fabrication processes for use in engineering designs.