Hardware Electrical Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

Prattwhitney; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Flexible work schedules

Employee Scholar Program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

RTX BBN Technologies in Cambridge, MA seeks students for internships/co-ops to design and prototype innovative multi-domain system architectures. You will contribute to system design, characterization, documentation and test, learning to apply both free-form thinking and disciplined methods.

You will collaborate with a high-caliber team across leadership and fellow interns. The role emphasizes hands-on hardware, firmware, and software activities, with access to lab equipment and scripting tasks

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's or Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related STEM major and enrolled through the internship/co-op session.
• Experience using lab equipment and reading schematics/circuit diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Join a project team designing, analyzing, and prototyping innovative multi-domain system architectures.
• Contribute on program teams providing support in system design, characterization, documentation and test.
• Learn strategies for both free-form thinking and disciplined application.
• Work with highly skilled team members from project leadership to interns.

Skills

Lab equipment experience

Schematic interpretation

Circuit design/analysis

Python

C/C++/MATLAB

Office tools

Education

Bachelor’s/Advanced degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related STEM

Tools

ORCAD

KiCAD

Job 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. At RTX BBN Technologies we invent new science by applying radical cross-discipline techniques to tangible prototype systems to prove concept viability. This is especially evident in our Physical Systems and Sciences group, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where scientists and engineers anticipate the future in very large and very small-scale scientific systems that need to survive challenged operating environments.

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required after day 1.

What You Will Do

• You will join a project team designing, analyzing, and prototyping innovative multi-domain system architectures.
• You will contribute on program teams providing support in areas such as system design, characterization, documentation and test.
• You will learn strategies for both free-form thinking and disciplined application.
• You will work with extraordinarily skilled team members, from project leadership to fellow interns.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Must be pursuing Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) major and actively enrolled through the completion of the internship/co-op session.
• Experience using lab equipment (oscilloscopes, meters, power supplies, spectrum analyzers, various probes)
• Exposure to reading and interpreting schematics, circuit, and system level block diagrams
• Experience in design, simulation, analysis, and/or implementation on your own or as part of a project team.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Bring-up and debug new hardware designs
• Test and characterization of circuit designs
• Execute system level testing and report results, write basic scripts to automate test processes.
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, bash, etc.)
• Prior experience Product Data Management Systems; Bills of Materials, product structure, configuration management.
• Prior experience using ORCAD, KiCAD schematic and Layout tools.
• Experience with programming languages such as C, C++, or MATLAB
• Experience using Microsoft Office Products; Word, Excel, Power Point

What We Offer

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, Safety and Innovation.

Benefits

• Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.

The salary range for this role is 42,000 USD - 88,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills. Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses - Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.