Mechanical Engineering Co-op (Winter/Spring 2027)

RTX•Rockford, IL
•$37,000 - $82,000•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time, Monday-Friday co-op session that will run from January to July/August, including the Spring semester. Students are expected to take a semester off from coursework to fully engage in this working mentorship opportunity. As a Mechanical Engineering Co-op at Collins Aerospace, you will work with Electric Power Systems, which designs, tests, and manufactures aircraft generators and motors. The Electrical Power Generator and Motors Department covers all activities and designs to support the product from cradle to grave. You will be exposed to requirement discussions with the customer, product design experience, customer interaction, and product support along with Root Cause evaluation. Development and qualification testing are also supported in our group, which you may have the chance to witness and support.

Requirements

  • Must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering and actively enrolled through the completion of the internship/co-op session.
  • Experience with MATLAB or Computer Aided Design (CAD) software such as Creo, SolidWorks, and/or NX
  • Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
  • U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and/or Outlook)
  • Experience managing projects
  • Experience working on cross-functional teams
  • A minimum of 60 hours of credit by the start of the internship / co-op session
  • Prior RTX internship, co-op, or work experience

Responsibilities

  • Support the Electric Power Generator and Motor product lines in a variety of different ways.
  • Interact with customers and provide support to them and their products in the field.
  • Gain experience with the professional workplace support, interaction, responsibility etc.
  • Support team activities (writing CRs, supporting test, supporting assembly, writing reports and other documents).

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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