Flight Controls Software Engineering Intern
Description
Are you ready to explore the world of aerospace and defense? Do you want to learn from and collaborate with some of the greatest minds in the industry? At RTX, our internships, co-ops, and full-time careers provide an exceptional foundation to work on complex problems, advance your skills and create a safer, more connected world. Discover opportunities to make a difference at RTX.
Collins Aerospace’s FCS products have been flying and landing airplanes for over 40 years. Our customer base is a who's who of aircraft manufacturers, and they demand systems which satisfy the highest levels of criticality at the lowest cost possible. This dichotomy provides a continuous challenge to our engineering team to employ new technology and methodologies in the development of our complex systems.
We are looking for a Software Engineering Intern to join our team in Cedar Rapids, IA and contribute to the development of flight control products for the next generation of business, regional, military, and air-transport fixed and rotary wing platforms. Typical functions to implement include, but aren’t limited to, flight guidance, autothrottle, autopilot, maintenance, and autoland systems. This internship represents a great opportunity to apply your software engineering skills to actual real-time embedded systems with critical safety requirements.
What You Will Do:
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Define and review software requirements for flight control systems, including interface requirements.
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Develop and implement software architecture and design from parent requirements.
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Implement control algorithms and signal processing for flight control systems. This includes writing hand-code and integrating auto-generated code from MATLAB Simulink / Stateflow models into a software application.
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Conduct requirements-based testing of flight controls software
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Support product certification by performing DO-178B/C compliant development.
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Mentor with experienced software engineers and learn about career opportunities in Flight Controls
Details
- Location
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Term
- Summer 2026
- Posted
- 1/24/2026