Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

RTX•State College, PA

2d•$37,000 - $82,000•Onsite

About The Position

Are you ready to explore the world of aerospace and defense? Do you want to learn from and collaborate with some of the greatest minds in the industry? At RTX, our internships, co-ops and full-time careers provide an exceptional foundation to work on complex problems, advance your skills and create a safer, more connected world. Discover opportunities to make a difference at RTX. What You Will Do: Bring your talent and skills to Raytheon Software Engineering team! The selected candidate will intern with Raytheon during summer 2027 as part of the Raytheon Fellowship Program. About the Raytheon Fellowship Program: Seeking students in their sophomore or junior year or seniors if pursuing a master’s. Upon program acceptance, participants will be submitted for a national security clearance. Participants may be eligible to receive a $10,000 signing bonus, and an additional $10,000 signing bonus upon converting to full-time employee status post-graduation (payable within 60 days of employment and subject to all applicable withholdings). Participants will sign an offer agreement, committing to remain with Raytheon for a minimum of two years after becoming a full-time employee. As an employee you will have opportunities to grow your career beyond software if you choose. Former Software employees are now Vice Presidents of various Raytheon Businesses. We also have dozens of Engineering Fellows recognized throughout industry as the subject matter experts in their fields. Raytheon is seeking people looking to join Raytheon not just to have a job, but a fulfilling career. What You Will Do: Work as a software developer and integrator as part of a development team which utilizes a dynamic workforce, including many experts in their fields. Specific duties include: Responsible for performing development, integration, test and documentation duties to ensure proper operation of hardware and software platforms. Integrate a wide variety of applications from various sources, integrate and ensure they meet performance standards for stability and utilization Develop software as necessary to integrate between components, perform new capabilities, to facilitate testing, etc. Adhere to accepted standards for development, including writing unit tests which provide a high percentage of code overage, participating in code peer reviews, conducting design reviews, and generating test plans to ensure maximum stability and quality of code

Requirements

This position is for an intern who is enrolled in a Bachelor’s (or higher) degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or related field and will be at minimum Sophomore, Junior, Senior or Post Grad year by summer 2027.
Software development experience with Java in a Unix/Linux environment
Familiarity with agile development and version control systems such as GIT
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government–issued security clearance is required.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience with scripting languages such as Python
Familiarity with continuous integration tools such as Jenkins or Maven or GITLAB
Experience or familiarity with Agile development practices

Responsibilities

Responsible for performing development, integration, test and documentation duties to ensure proper operation of hardware and software platforms.
Integrate a wide variety of applications from various sources, integrate and ensure they meet performance standards for stability and utilization
Develop software as necessary to integrate between components, perform new capabilities, to facilitate testing, etc.
Adhere to accepted standards for development, including writing unit tests which provide a high percentage of code overage, participating in code peer reviews, conducting design reviews, and generating test plans to ensure maximum stability and quality of code