Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2026) (Onsite)

RTX • Annapolis, MD

16h • Onsite

About The Position

Are you motivated to work on a team that supports the backbone of the connected aviation GLOBALink communication system? Our strategic unit with Collins, Connected Aviation (CA), provides advanced information management systems, products and services that enable the connected aviation ecosystem by bringing together Collins’ unique breadth of aviation products with our smart digital solutions to help us enhance every aspect of the end-to-end travel experience. We're looking for a Software Engineer Intern to support their Networks & Connectivity Engineering (NCE) division located in the Annapolis, Maryland headquarters. The Software Engineering Intern will participate in the engineering and development of systems and software for the GLOBALink communications system utilized in worldwide aviation communications. Development of GLOBALink products entails customer requirements elicitation, system design, software design, development, followed by unit and integration testing, and finally formal acceptance testing. The successful intern candidate will participate in a team environment across the aforementioned engineering processes/procedures to ensure successful product development utilizing standard waterfall development in a CMMI level 3 organization. What YOU will do: You will perform full life-cycle software development including designing software solutions; supporting implementation, integration, acceptance testing and deployment. You will contribute to highly technical software engineering teams on challenging software upgrades and features. You will provide analysis for the decomposition of technical system level requirements into sub-system software requirements and design. You will support a large-scale global aviation network infrastructure with heavy design focus in redundancy, high availability, and security. You will develop software for air-ground/ground-ground communication, positional data processing, transport/routing/link layer protocols, and remote deployment capabilities. You will collaborate closely with system engineering/performance, network engineering, system acceptance and field operation teams. You will provide support for product deployment, field monitoring, troubleshooting and operator trainings. You will participate in lab/field integration, Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) from domestic US, South America, Europe and Asia. You will utilize a mature ISO/SEI CMMI compliant process to produce all work products. You will support project leadership, project planning, execution, monitoring and closure activities. You will be working collaboratively onsite in our Annapolis, MD facility. What YOU will learn: You will learn how to design solutions that will drive the next generation of growth for the aviation industry. You will learn the aviation market and how communication systems are critical to airline operations. You will grow your professional skills by being trained on ACARS and ATN in which Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Aeronautical Operational Control (AOC) messages.

Requirements

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and student must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or advanced degree in an applicable discipline.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of the commercial aviation industry.
• Linux, Network Protocols, High Availability and Security.
• The ideal candidate will have experience using disciplined development processes in a team environment.
• Aerospace knowledge and experience.
• Proven communication and collaboration skills to work across internal and external customers (government and commercial).

Responsibilities

• You will perform full life-cycle software development including designing software solutions; supporting implementation, integration, acceptance testing and deployment.
• You will contribute to highly technical software engineering teams on challenging software upgrades and features.
• You will provide analysis for the decomposition of technical system level requirements into sub-system software requirements and design.
• You will support a large-scale global aviation network infrastructure with heavy design focus in redundancy, high availability, and security.
• You will develop software for air-ground/ground-ground communication, positional data processing, transport/routing/link layer protocols, and remote deployment capabilities.
• You will collaborate closely with system engineering/performance, network engineering, system acceptance and field operation teams.
• You will provide support for product deployment, field monitoring, troubleshooting and operator trainings.
• You will participate in lab/field integration, Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) from domestic US, South America, Europe and Asia.
• You will utilize a mature ISO/SEI CMMI compliant process to produce all work products.
• You will support project leadership, project planning, execution, monitoring and closure activities.
• You will be working collaboratively onsite in our Annapolis, MD facility.

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.
• Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: High school or GED