Software Engineering Co-op (Summer/Fall)
Collins Aerospace
Richardson, TXFresher17h agovia LinkedIn
Posted 14 Nov 2026, 18:04 ET · Verified open on LinkedIn 14 Nov, 20:39 ET
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 1 year · Bachelor's degree
- Must know
- Java
- Nice to have
- AgileGitJiraMicroservices
- Work
- On-site in Richardson
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- Java28%Git21%Agile18%Jira6%of 99 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Nov 14, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
This is a full-time, Monday-Friday co-op session running May/June - December, including the Fall semester. Students are expected to take a semester off from coursework to fully engage with this working mentorship opportunity.
Key Responsibilities
- Modify/create engineering design documentation.
- Debug and integrate software components.
- Support and enhance existing software products.
- Collaborate with Software Engineers, Testers, Hardware Engineers, and Project Engineers.
- Design, develop, implement, test, and debug software applications.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Java Programming knowledge
- Object-oriented programming knowledge
- Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
- Agile development practices experience (preferred)
- Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Git) experience (preferred)
- Object-oriented design and UML modelling (preferred)
- Understanding of Virtual Machines (preferred)
- Understanding of Containers and Container orchestration (preferred)
- Understanding of microservices (preferred)
- Understand ReactJS Frontend (preferred)
- Target based debugging experience (preferred)
- Understanding of well-disciplined in software engineering processes and methodologies (preferred)
- Understanding of well-disciplined configuration management practices (preferred)
- Understanding of software quality processes including software peer reviews (preferred)
- Proficiency in industry standard software development tools (such as Subversion, Git, Enterprise Architect, Coverity or equivalents) (preferred)
- Developing software for military applications and/or experience of working government programs (preferred)
Qualifications
- 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 co-op session.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Drive and self-motivation.
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task.
- Disciplined approach to developing high quality software.
Security Requirements
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Active and existing security clearance required after day 1.
- Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret.
Location
- Onsite: US-TX-RICHARDSON-C17 ~ 1717 Cityline Dr ~ CITYLINE C17.