Mechanical Engineering Co-op (Winter/Spring 2027)
About The Position
This is a full-time, Monday-Friday co-op session that will run January-July/August, including the Spring semester. Students are expected to take a semester off from coursework to fully engage with this working mentorship opportunity. As a Mechanical Engineering Co-op in the Displays, Controls, Computing & Networking department at Collins Aerospace, you will be responsible for working with other hardware and systems engineers to support new and existing products. Projects include support of cockpit displays and control panels, servos for control surface actuation, as well as a variety of other avionics equipment to enable aircraft connectivity.
Requirements
- Must be pursuing Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering and actively enrolled through the completion of the internship/co-op session.
- Experience with 3D parametric modeling in computer aided design (CAD) tools such as: NX, SolidWorks, Catia, Creo, or equivalent
- Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with thermodynamics.
- Experience with manufacturing methods & limitations (i.e. sheet metal fabrication, machining, casting, plastic molding, etc.).
Responsibilities
- Investigate production issues, including developing and implementing solutions
- Support thermal and/or vibration testing of products to ensure survivability or product improvement
- Support in-service avionics hardware failure investigations
- Facilitate build of prototype assemblies for testing
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
