Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2026) (Onsite)

RTX

2d•$37,000 - $82,000•Onsite

About The Position

The candidate will work on program sustainment and modernization efforts spanning the product lifecycle, including customer engagement, requirements definition, software/hardware development & integration, as system test & validation as well as deployment & maintenance. The candidate will work closely with the program team engaging engineers from systems, software, cybersecurity, and infrastructure to ensure the product delivery to the customer and end users is done with minimal impact to the operational execution.

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

Java experience
Unit experience
Configuration Management experience
Experience using Agile methodologies.
Experience with Atlassian/Jira toolset for task management.
Willingness to learn and engage with team.
Experience using continuous integration tools.
Linux command line, shell or python scripting
Experience with Test Driven Development
Elastic Stack experience(Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Log stash)
Problem-solving and analytical skills
Maven experience
Git experience
Automation tool solution experience (i.e. Ansible, puppet, or chef)
OpenShift/Kubernetes experience
Experience with Selenium
Experience with installing, configuring, integrating, troubleshooting, maintaining FOSS applications.
RHEL certification
Security+ certification

Responsibilities

Perform software engineering activities including but not limited to application development and maintenance, testing, integration, and documentation to ensure proper operation of the product within both factory environment.
Adhere to accepted standards and processes for development, including participating in peer reviews, maintaining test environments & coverage, providing feedback for product improvements as well as working to ensure consistency in quality and performance.
Will be working with the team supporting one of the program Product Owners executing the different facets of the program: sustainment and/or modernization.
Will work within the Engineering Team to ensure the overall system execution is reliable, maintainable, and deployable while always meeting operational performance.