Systems Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

RTX•Woburn, MA

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. The Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities (SE&TC) Surface Radars & Sensors Center is currently looking for an intern to support the Missile Defense Sensors (MDS) department. The MDS department provides subject matter expertise for concept development, architectural design, requirements generation & flow-down, modeling and simulation, systems analysis, integration, test and evaluation of world-class Missile Defense & Sensor Systems to be achieved through our people, processes, technology and performance. This position is on site in Woburn, MA. You will be working as part of a team to define radar system requirements, design architectures and algorithms in support of those requirements and collaborate with software development teams to ensure effective implementation.

Requirements

Must be pursuing Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and actively enrolled through the completion of the internship/co-op session.
Must have a minimum of 60 hours of credit by the start of the internship / co-op session.
Experience working with Matlab, C/C++, Java or DOORS
Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date

Nice To Haves

Strong analytic, technical and problem-solving skills
Experience with system level requirements development, documentation and maintenance and/or requirements development and design of system level software architecture
Experience with radar system concepts; detection, discrimination, track and signal processing algorithms and their behaviors and performance
Experience with the development and coding of system models, algorithms, test vectors and analysis tools in support of analyzing radar requirements and performance
Strong analytic, technical and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

Analyzing radar system performance data with respect to requirements
Identifying performance deficiencies and proposing solutions
Defining and prototyping new algorithms to enhance system performance
Presenting plans, designs and system performance to peers, internal leadership and external customers
Providing subject matter expertise to agile software development teams to ensure proper implementation of requirements