Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

About the Role

Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027) at Collins Aerospace, a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions for the aerospace and defense industry. This is an onsite role in Sterling, VA, United States.

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 Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (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 (e.g., GoogleTest, NUnit) and software maintenance.
• Source code control (e.g., Subversion, git, ClearCase).
• Experience with Agile, Kanban, or SCRUM development methodologies.
• Software development on Windows 10, Windows 11, and/or Linux.
• 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).

Qualifications We Prefer

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• AI/ML and/or OpenAI development experience.
• Unreal Engine experience with C++ and Blueprints.
• Virtual reality and mixed reality development experience.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and other virtualization and cloud computing technologies.
• Experience with RDBMS databases such as PostgreSQL.
• Understanding of Multithreading IPCs (e.g., Mutex, Semaphore, Shared Memory).
• Continuous Integration experience (e.g., Bamboo, Jenkins, TeamCity).