Software Engineering Intern (ISET-IN-2)
Collins Aerospace
Sterling, VAFresher2h agovia LinkedIn
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 1 year · Bachelor's degree
- Must know
- REST APIsAgileProject managementC++CUnit testing
- Work
- On-site in Sterling · internship
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- REST APIs49%Agile31%C++23%Project management7%of 99 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Nov 11, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
This Software Engineer Internship position is within the Strategic Defense Solutions (SDS) business area, which develops and builds simulators and training systems for military and commercial customers. Devices range in complexity from desktop trainers to high-fidelity weapon systems and full-flight training systems. This position is Onsite in Sterling, VA.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and debug real-time, multi-threaded, multiprocessing software applications, APIs, and associated user interfaces for simulation and training.
- Collaborate with other software engineers and project management to plan and prioritize development tasks on an Agile development team.
- Support, maintain, and enhance existing software products.
- Actively learn new technologies and techniques and apply them to new domains and problem sets.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Must be pursuing a Bachelor's or advanced degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related STEM major and actively enrolled through the completion of the internship/co-op session.
- Object-Oriented Design and Programming using C/C++ and/or C#.
- Unit testing (GoogleTest, NUnit or similar) and software maintenance.
- Source code control (Subversion, git, ClearCase, etc.).
- Agile, Kanban, or SCRUM development methodologies.
- Windows 10, Windows 11, and/or Linux software development.
- Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
Qualifications We Prefer
- AI/ML and/or OpenAI development experience.
- Unreal Engine experience with C++ and Blueprints for gaming development.
- Virtual reality and mixed reality development experience.
- Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and other virtualization and cloud computing technologies.
- RDBMS databases such as PostgreSQL.
- Multithreading IPCs (e.g., Mutex, Semaphore, Shared Memory, etc.).
- Continuous Integration experience (Bamboo, Jenkins, TeamCity or similar).
Security Clearance
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- DoD Clearance: Secret.
- Active and existing security clearance required after day 1.