Software Engineering Co-op (Summer/Fall 2027)

Collins Aerospace provides opportunities to explore aerospace and defense through internships, co-ops, and full-time careers focused on complex engineering challenges. The Software Engineering Co-op will design, develop, debug, test, and verify flight-critical software while gaining experience with aerospace software development, Head-Up Displays, and camera systems.

What you'll do:

• Immerse yourself in a full-time, Monday-Friday co-op session, that will run May/June-December (including the fall semester; it is expected students will take a semester off from coursework to fully engage with this working mentorship opportunity)
• You will design and develop software from functional and interface requirements
• You will debug flight critical software and perform associated system integration activities in a laboratory or a simulation environment
• You will create and or maintain software component unit tests
• You will develop requirement-based test procedures
• You will verify software performance through structural coverage analysis
• You will execute test procedures in support of formal software verification efforts

What they're looking for:

• Must be pursuing a Bachelor's or advanced degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) major and actively enrolled through the completion of the internship/co-op session
• Experience in programming languages such as C, C#, Python, Perl. Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects
• U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: This job requires a U.S. Person. A U.S. Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons
• Have a GPA of 3.2 or higher
• Coursework in embedded system development
• Strong software and hardware debugging skills

Benefits:

• Relocation, if eligible
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Flexible work schedules