Aerospace Systems Engineer Co‑op — DoD Secret Clearance

Collins Aerospace; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, Richardson, TX, offers a Fall Co‑op in Systems Engineering within SDS. You will collaborate with engineers to solve complex problems, develop technical skills, and contribute to secure communications solutions for national defense. This role emphasizes MBSE, requirements tracing, and cross‑functional teamwork.

No prior industry experience is required—we’ll provide training, tools, and mentorship to succeed while learning modeling tools and systems engineering processes.

Qualifications

• Must be pursuing Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
• Must have a minimum of 60 hours of credit by the start of the internship / co‑op session.
• Experience in systems engineering to include capturing customer requirements, operations concept development, or deriving and tracing system and sub‑system requirements.
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering concepts and tools such as Magic Draw Cameo, Enterprise Architect, or similar resources using SysML.
• Experience working in an Agile environment and being part of highly integrated Agile teams working closely with multiple engineering development teams (SW, HW, Cyber, or Sys).
• Experience may be obtained through on‑the‑job experience, research, coursework, or projects

Responsibilities

• Perform in a cross‑functional agile team.
• Work in close coordination with a mentor using Collins Aerospace engineering processes.
• Creation, decomposition, and tracing requirements for communications systems on military platforms, both air and ground applications.
• Work with a model‑based systems engineering application to create logical and physical design diagrams.
• Perform integration and testing for these communications solutions.
• Support future bids and proposals providing new business opportunities.

Skills

Systems engineering experience

Agile environment

Communication skills

Jira/Confluence usage

Education

Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

60 hours of credit by start

Tools

Magic Draw Cameo

Enterprise Architect

SysML

Job description

Collins Aerospace, Richardson, TX, offers a Fall Co‑op in Systems Engineering within SDS. You will collaborate with engineers to solve complex problems, develop technical skills, and contribute to secure communications solutions for national defense. This role emphasizes MBSE, requirements tracing, and cross‑functional teamwork.

No prior industry experience is required—we’ll provide training, tools, and mentorship to succeed while learning modeling tools and systems engineering processes.