Software Engineer Intern- Summer 2025 (On-site)

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Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global spanet.

The Air Traffic Systems (ATS) Software (SW) Engineering Department has an opportunity for a talented Software Engineer Intern to join a team of 100+ Software Engineers that are supporting a variety of ATS programs, such as the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS), NexGen Weather Processor (NWP), EnRoute Automation Modernization (ERAM), AutoTrac II and AutoTrac III Product lines in India, Hong Kong, Australia and Norway.   The ATS programs are safety-of-life Air Traffic Control Systems (ATCS) developed for the FAA for civil aviation and other commercial ATCS international agencies. The focus of the Software Engineer Intern position is to be an active team member to support: the design, development, integration and testing operational software components during software integration, system integration, and test/verification phases of the software lifecycle to support functionality within defined ATCS Programs.

What You Will Do:

• Performing/Supporting the software team to design, develop, and test operational and non-operational software updates for the various program software releases.

• Develop software in a hyper-collaborative engineering environment involving interacting with multiple domain engineers with the common team goal of satisfying customer operational requirements.

• Updating SW process documentation and work instructions needed to meet Collins software standards and processes.

• Working with the software team and leadership to support cost and schedule objectives.

• Monitoring work budgets, performance.

What You Will Learn:

• How to develop, unit test, and deliver your software to the internal integration and test team for ultimate deployment to operational Air Traffic Control Centers for use by Air Traffic Controllers.

• How to adhere to advanced software development methodologies and processes such as peer reviews, unit test coverage, development processes to add new/fix software into a large software baseline.

• How to use new Agile/Scrum processes and tools such as sprint planning, story pointing, daily stand-ups, post-sprint retrospectives, Git, Jira, Linux, Bit-bucket, and other tools.

• How to collaborate within a multi-disciplined scrum team working on a common goal to adhere to the sprint schedule and sprint feature content.

Qualifications You Must Have:  

• 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 absolutely required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under these programs/contracts.

Qualifications We Value:  

• Requires active enrollment in a Bachelors or Masters’ degree program from an accredited college or university, with a major STEM technical degree program in the area of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math, Physics or other related STEM field and will not have graduated before the end of the internship unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.  A current cumulative GPA of 3.0+ is strongly desired.

• An updated college transcript of your program is required and should be submitted with your application.

• Prior Agile/scrum experience and/or familiarity with agile processes and procedures

• Knowledge of agile, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), and automated testing concepts with Test Driven Development (TDD) concepts

• Experience with commercial or open-source test automation tools, environments, and frameworks such as Gherkin/Cucumber, Selenium, Eggplant, CUnit/Junit, Parasoft C++test, Jenkins, Grafana dashboards, kickstart

• Familiar with Networking Protocols SNMP, TDP/IP and other protocols

• Knowledge of Unix, Red Hat Linux, Python, SQL, bash/ksh scripting and command line usage

• Flexibility and desire in learning new COTS, tools, processes, or methodologies

• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, including formal presentations

• College-level course work and experience in Software Engineering to include experience working various phases of the software development lifecycle.  C/C++ Programming language with structured programming experience in a Unix/Linux based development environment and command line usage.  Other program language experience, such as: Java, Python, or Javascript.

• Experience utilizing Microsoft products and tools.

• Experience in SW testing and debugging source code; experience with ClearCase/ClearQuest, Jira, and Bit-Bucket configuration management tools.

• Experience working in a collaborative team environment that requires multi-level communication with other engineering, program, and external stakeholders.

Learn More and Apply Now!

Collins Aerospace, a RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global spanet.

Our Connected Aviation Solutions team provides advanced information management systems, products and services that enable the connected ecosystem by bringing together Collins’ unique breadth of aviation, surface transportation and critical infrastructure products with our smart digital solutions to help us enhance every aspect of the end-to-end travel experience. We help airlines, airports, business aircraft and rail operators turn data into value to streamline operations, increase efficiency and reduce cost, enhance the passenger experience and contribute to sustainable flight. By combining the best networks, connectivity and data/analytics solutions, we’re solving big problems for our customers and the world, while enhancing the security and connectivity of systems both on and off the aircraft, to help operators and passengers stay more connected and informed and create a more sustainable, efficient, reliable and enjoyable travel experience. Aviation connects the world. Our Connected Aviation Solutions team connects aviation. Sustainably. Seamlessly. Securely. 

Collins Aerospace Diversity & Inclusion Statement:

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

This position is eligible for relocation.

* Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world – and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.

The salary range for this role is 37,000 USD - 82,000 USD. 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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