Systems Engineering Co-op
About The Position
The Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities team in Woburn, Massachusetts integrates hardware and software, develops test plans and procedures, debugs and evaluates system functions and interfaces, and verifies system requirements in support of customer sell-off. The team assembles and exercises systems in laboratory or field settings, measures and analyzes performance, and works to ensure products function reliably. The co-op will collaborate across engineering disciplines and support teams conducting integration and test work, contributing to activities throughout the product lifecycle, including program development, engineering testing, integration, flight testing, production, system deployment, and post-deployment support. This is an onsite position in Woburn, Massachusetts. Test-event support may require travel, not expected to exceed 20%.
Requirements
- Be pursuing a bachelor's or advanced degree in, or related to, a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) major and remain actively enrolled through completion of the co-op session.
- Have a minimum of 60 credit hours by the start of the co-op session.
- Have experience troubleshooting technical issues in an academic or internship setting, including use of common commercial test equipment such as oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers. Experience may come from on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
- U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for the required security clearance.
- An active and transferable U.S. government-issued security clearance is required before the start date; ability to obtain an interim U.S. government-issued security clearance is also required before the start date.
Nice To Haves
- Strong undergraduate-level understanding of electrical, mechanical, and/or software system integration.
- Familiarity with C, C++, or C#.
- Experience with or exposure to military platforms such as ships, ground combat systems, fixed-wing aircraft, and rotary-wing aircraft.
- Experience with tools such as MATLAB or Python scripting for instrumentation, collecting large data sets, data analysis, and automation.
- Experience with electrical schematics, interface control documentation, and communications protocols.
Responsibilities
- Support engineering activities related to testing and troubleshooting hardware and software.
- Analyze real-world and test data and conduct trade studies to bring advanced features to fielded systems.
- Support troubleshooting and failure-data analysis, including root-cause and corrective-action processes, using laboratory or field test equipment.
- Support system integration and testing, potentially including live-fire test events.
- Complete and compile performance evaluations using analysis tools such as MATLAB.
- Support product qualification.
- Support sustainment, depot returns, and repair.
- Maintain engineering specifications, such as DS and ARD, and drawings, including schematics and assembly drawings.
- Prepare and present results in reports and briefings to internal or external stakeholders.
- Maintain engineering databases.
- Participate in periodic team meetings, interface teleconference meetings, and working-group meetings.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 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
- Potential eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs
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Career Level
Intern
