2026 Intern - Software Engineer Platform Intern - Onsite (CO)
About The Position
At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. Raytheon Technologies (RTX) in Aurora CO. is seeking a Software Platform Intern to join our distinguished team to support development, implementation, deployment, and maintenance of state-of-the-art systems for unique customer missions. These systems will collect, process, and disseminate intelligence and other data about specific areas/targets of interest in support of our national defense. Note: This position will be filled as “Onsite” at the Raytheon Facility located in Aurora CO. Intern candidates will be supporting a distributed automated platform for compute, network, and storage infrastructure by providing custom automation services for feature deployment in a large high-performance environment leveraging both cloud and traditional data center technologies.
Requirements
- This position is for an intern who is enrolled in a Bachelor’s (or higher) degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent (STEM) and will be at minimum Junior, Senior or Post Grad year by summer 2026.
- Experience with Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes)
- Ability to apply basic engineering principles, theories, and concepts.
- Ability to develop solutions to routine technical problems.
- The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance.
- U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Experience and understanding of programming concepts and development/scripting skills using Ruby, Python, Go, PowerShell, Java with the ability to pick up any language quickly.
- Experience with Cloud APIs – AWS, Rackspace, OpenStack
- Experience with Chef Configuration Management tool.
- Understanding or knowledge of DevOps processes.
- Knowledge of automation (pipeline is a plus)
- Knowledge of Ansible is also preferred.
- Exposure to integration of software and hardware subsystems
- Exposure to security engineering concepts and practices
- Exposure to the software development life cycle
- Ability to work in a multi discipline team environment.
- A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher is desired. (Please upload a copy of your most recent transcripts).
Responsibilities
- Support infrastructure/DevOps build and automation activities utilizing programming/scripting skills (Ruby, Python, Go, PowerShell, and Java) and continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Provide basic support in the development, documentation and maintenance/management of operations concepts, requirements (system, element, segment, or subsystem level), external and internal interfaces, and other systems engineering work products/artifacts.
- Integrate multiple software and hardware subsystems.
- Apply technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques to solve problems.
Benefits
- 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
- holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
