About the role#
This is a full-time, paid Summer 2027 internship based in East Hartford, Connecticut. You will join the Real-Time Embedded Systems discipline within the Control and Diagnostic Systems organization. This team develops software for gas turbine engine control and diagnostic systems. You will work on-site to support the development and certification of these systems for military and commercial engines.
What you'll do#
- Contribute to requirements definition, software architecture, and low-level design for embedded software written in C.
- Assist with development tasks to ensure compliance with airworthiness standards like MIL-STD-516 and DO-178.
- Support hardware and software integration and debugging on target platforms using tools such as logic analyzers, emulators, and hardware test benches.
- Collaborate with system architects and cross-functional engineering teams.
- Communicate technical status, risks, and mitigation plans to your team.
What you'll need#
- You must be pursuing a Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related STEM field.
- You must be actively enrolled in your degree program through the completion of the internship.
- A minimum 3.0 GPA is required.
- U.S. citizenship is required for this position.
- Experience programming in C, C++, or Python.
- Understanding of real-time embedded software concepts such as scheduling, concurrency, and coherency.
- Familiarity with real-time operating systems and multi-core processors.
- Knowledge of SPI, MIL-STD-1394, MIL-STD-1553, or Ethernet communication stacks.
- Experience with Agile methodologies and configuration management tools like JIRA and Git.
Location & details#
- Location: East Hartford, CT.
- Modality: This is an on-site position.
- Term: Summer 2027.
- Citizenship: U.S. citizenship is required.
About RTX
RTX operates in the aviation and aerospace component manufacturing industry. The organization consists of three primary businesses: Collins Aerospace, Pratt and Whitney, and Raytheon. It produces advanced sensors, aircraft engines, and defense systems for the aerospace and defense sectors. The company is based in Arlington, Virginia and employs over 10,000 people.
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