Aerospace Platform Systems Co-op: Avionics & Flight Deck

globalhr; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 37,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Eligibility

Job summary

RTX, a leading aerospace company, is offering an on-site Systems Engineering Co-op in Cedar Rapids for January–August 2027. You will join the Special Operations Platform Systems team to learn avionics engineering tasks in design, development, integration and test of cockpit software and platforms.

The program provides hands-on experience in requirements capture, allocation, and testing within an Agile team, using DOORS, JIRA and ALM tools, building skills for future aerospace roles.

Qualifications

• Must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering and actively enrolled through the completion of the internship/co-op session.
• Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
• Must have a minimum of 60 hours of credit by the start of the internship / co-op session.

Responsibilities

• Learn requirements capture and peer review for cockpit avionics for the SOA programs.
• Participate in decomposing and allocating requirements to appropriate domains within Collins Aerospace.
• Support the creation of test procedures to verify requirements.
• Participate in on-site execution of requirements-based testing, robustness and Ad-Hoc testing in a lab environment.
• Collaborate within an Agile-based development team of professional engineers.
• Gain exposure to platform systems engineering from initial requirements to fielded products.
• Learn how to use systems engineering tools such as DOORs, JIRA, and the ALM tools suite.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Collaborative attitude

Self-motivation

Education

Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Enrollment through internship completion

Tools

DOORS

JIRA

ALM tool suite

Job description

RTX, a leading aerospace company, is offering an on-site Systems Engineering Co-op in Cedar Rapids for January–August 2027. You will join the Special Operations Platform Systems team to learn avionics engineering tasks in design, development, integration and test of cockpit software and platforms.

The program provides hands-on experience in requirements capture, allocation, and testing within an Agile team, using DOORS, JIRA and ALM tools, building skills for future aerospace roles.