Software Engineering Co-op (Fall/Spring 2027)

RTX is an aerospace and defense company developing technologies for commercial, business, and military aircraft. The Software Engineering Co-op will develop embedded flight software and AI-assisted avionics features while collaborating with engineering teams to meet aviation safety, performance, certification, and cybersecurity requirements.

What you'll do:

• Develop and optimize embedded flight-software for safety-critical systems used in commercial aircraft and military platforms
• Write high-performance, deterministic code embedded software
• Collaborate closely with systems engineers, AI/ML specialists, and software engineers to deliver integrated avionics solutions that meet stringent aviation safety, performance, and certification requirements
• Implement and support AI-assisted onboard features such as intelligent sensor fusion, anomaly detection, and autonomous control logic
• Conduct debugging and validation using simulation and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) environments
• Ensure compliance with aviation safety standards such as DO-178, and adherence to secure coding and cyber-resilience practices

What they're looking for:

• Must be pursuing Bachelor's or Advanced degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and actively enrolled through the completion of the internship/co-op session
• Must have a minimum of 60 hours of credit by the start of the internship / co-op session
• Prior RTX internship, co-op, or work experience
• Experience in high level programming languages (e.g. C, Python, C++ programming), Git, DevOps, AI tools in software development
• An emphasis on strong collaboration and communication skills, with a desire to achieve world class abilities to work within dynamic teams to solve challenging problems

Benefits:

• The company will offer immigration sponsorship for this position, if needed.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Flexible work schedules
• Employee assistance program
• Employee Scholar Program