About the role#
This is a full-time, on-site internship based in East Hartford, Connecticut. You will join the team to support safety and reliability efforts for gas turbine propulsion systems. This role involves collaborating with technical experts, aircraft manufacturers, and regulators to assess engine performance and safety hazards.
What you'll do#
- Perform quantitative safety risk assessments on flight safety hazards for commercial and military engines.
- Build quantitative models that combine engineering insights with statistical methods.
- Coordinate with technical experts to document engine event sequences and manage hazards within the safety issue management process.
- Use reliability tools such as FMECA and DFMEA to evaluate hardware failures and malfunctions on experimental engines.
- Estimate failure rates for hardware on development engines.
- Develop custom analytics tools to support hardware and software design trade studies.
What you'll need#
- Enrollment in a Bachelor’s or Advanced degree program in Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering.
- You must remain actively enrolled through the completion of the internship.
- A strong interest in learning the aerospace safety process.
- Coursework or project experience with programming languages or software such as Matlab, Python, C++, VBA, or Minitab.
- Exposure to mechanical design projects, statistics, and propulsion system basics.
- U.S. citizenship is required to access program information.
Location & details#
- Location: East Hartford, Connecticut.
- Work Modality: On-site.
- Employment Type: Full-time internship.
- Term: Rolling.
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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