Embedded Software Engineer Co-op – Flight-Critical Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

401(k) match

Flexible work schedules

Paid time off

Holidays

Employee Scholar Program

Parental leave

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking a Software Engineering Co-op on the Boeing Platforms Engineering team. You will support the design, development, and maintenance of flight-critical embedded software for commercial aviation and avionics products.

The role offers exposure to real-time embedded software, requirements and verification activities, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. You will gain hands-on experience with RTOS, C, C++, and Python in a structured internship

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) discipline.
• Must be willing to work 40 hours per week.
• Must have a minimum of 60 hours of credit by the start of the internship/ Co-op session. Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.

Responsibilities

• Support the design, development, and maintenance of flight-critical embedded software for commercial aviation solutions and avionics products.
• Contribute to assigned cross-functional engineering project team responsible for the design, development, and verification of real-time embedded software.
• Support project team activities related to the specification of requirements, software implementation, test case development, verification test execution, and certification support.
• Work with desktop computer in an office environment and with target hardware in an engineering lab to achieve the goal of delivering a high-quality software product within schedule and cost constraints.

Skills

Embedded software

C/C++

Python

RTOS concepts

OOP concepts

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in STEM

Job description

Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking a Software Engineering Co-op on the Boeing Platforms Engineering team. You will support the design, development, and maintenance of flight-critical embedded software for commercial aviation and avionics products.

The role offers exposure to real-time embedded software, requirements and verification activities, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. You will gain hands-on experience with RTOS, C, C++, and Python in a structured internship