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 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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