About the role#
This internship supports the Advanced Products and Solutions Mission Area. You will join a design team focused on building advanced electro-optical systems, including imagers, LIDAR, directed energy, and active or passive tracking systems. This is a full-time, paid position for Summer 2027.
What you'll do#
- Contribute to systems architecture assessments.
- Develop requirements for electro-optical systems.
- Support design and build efforts for various hardware systems.
- Assess mission and system requirements to derive design and performance specifications at the subsystem and unit levels.
- Assist in the creation of an Integration, Verification, and Validation (IV&V) plan.
What you'll need#
- Enrollment in a Bachelor’s or Advanced degree program in Physics, Optical Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM).
- Completion of at least 30 credit hours by the start of the internship.
- Experience with electro-optical infrared imagery, focal plane technology, lenses, or apertures.
- Understanding of fundamental optical principles, such as physical and geometrical optics, imaging systems, aberrations, or detectors.
- Hands-on experience with optical testing or alignment through lab work or coursework.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
Preferred qualifications include:
- Project or internship experience in infrared physics, opto-mechanical engineering, photonics, or optical systems.
- Programming skills in Python or C++.
- Knowledge of signal processing, image processing, machine learning, tracking, or computer vision.
- Familiarity with systems engineering architecture, integration, test, and verification approaches.
- Experience using MATLAB for data analysis.
Location & details#
- This role is located in Goleta, California.
- The position requires on-site attendance.
About Raytheon Technologies
Raytheon Technologies operates within the aviation and aerospace component manufacturing industry. The company functions as a public organization with a workforce exceeding 10,000 employees. It focuses on scientific research and complex problem solving. The entity currently operates under the name RTX.
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