Software Engineer Intern – 2025

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The Nightwing business provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges.

Summary:
We are seeking a highly motivated and talented Software Engineer Intern with a dedication to supporting a U.S. Government customer focused on incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation and resolution. Candidate will perform investigations to characterize of the severity of breaches, develop mitigation plans, and assist with the restoration of services. The ideal candidate will be willing to learn and passionate about critical customer missions.

This is a hybrid role.  No relocation assistance available.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data engineers, business analysts, and IT, to implement solutions.
• Contribute to data visualization and storytelling to present findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ensure technical correctness, timeliness and quality of deliverables.
• Work alongside other members of the software team to analyze and develop software verification test cases and procedures.
• Define and implement automated verification scripts.
• Participate in Requirement/Design and Code reviews.

Required Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelors program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
• GPA of 3.0+ in a 4.0 grade scale.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and critical thinking skills.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills to provide input to presentations to non-technical participants.
• Security Clearance: Although a clearance is not required at the time of application, the candidate must be willing to be submitted for a clearance and is expected to successfully obtain and maintain one. U.S. Citizenship is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud-based platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure for model training and deployment
• Experience with 1 or more programming and scripting languages (e.g Shell, Python, PERL, Java, C/C++/C, etc.) or ability to learn.
• Experience with 1 or more of the following SQL (e.g. MongoDB, SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres, Hbase, DynamoDB, etc.) or ability to learn.
• Experience with 1 or more DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Splunk, etc or ability to learn.

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Previously part of a leading Fortune 100 company and headquartered in Dulles, VA; Nightwing became independent in 2024 but continues to support the nation’s most mission impactful initiatives.

When we formed Nightwing, we brought a deep set of credentials and an unfaltering commitment to the mission. For over four decades, our team has been providing some of the world’s most technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence support services to the U.S. government on its most important missions.

At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. Together, we’ll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.

Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team

The salary range for this role is - . The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, 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, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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