About the role#
As a Systems Engineering Intern at Collins Aerospace, you will support a multidisciplinary engineering team. You will contribute to verification activities, structured analysis, and documentation efforts within a complex aerospace systems environment.
What you'll do#
- Assist with requirements interpretation, structured testing activities, and analysis of system behavior.
- Document engineering observations, compile evidence, and communicate results to mentors and teammates.
- Contribute to process-focused improvements, such as standardizing documentation formats and strengthening traceability between requirements, evaluations, and results.
- Collaborate with engineers across multiple disciplines to gain hands-on exposure to real-world systems engineering workflows.
- Participate in regular team meetings to review progress, plan weekly objectives, and share findings.
- Demonstrate ownership of assigned tasks and follow through to completion.
- Ask clear technical questions and seek guidance appropriately.
- Maintain professionalism, reliability, and communication across all interactions.
- Work independently when appropriate while knowing when to involve teammates or mentors.
What you'll need#
- Must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related STEM discipline.
- Must be actively enrolled through the completion of the intern session.
- Must have a minimum of 60 credit hours by the start of the internship.
- Experience with structured analytical or engineering workflows, whether through coursework, research, projects, or prior work.
- Experience with technical documentation or communicating technical findings in a clear written format.
- Familiarity with structured requirements interpretation or verification concepts is preferred.
- Prior RTX internship, co-op, or aerospace-related experience is a plus.
- Ability to work independently in unfamiliar technical domains.
- Strong interpersonal communication and teamwork skills.
Location & details#
- This role is located in Burnsville, Minnesota.
- The position is on-site.
- This is a full-time, paid internship.
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship now or in the future.
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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