Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)
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 APIs55%Agile34%C++34%Project management3%of 99 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Oct 28, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027) at Collins Aerospace. This is an onsite role 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.
- Regularly 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 as necessary.
- 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 (GoogleTest, NUnit or similar) and software maintenance.
- Source code control (Subversion, git, ClearCase, etc.).
- Ability to obtain and maintain a secret clearance.
- U.S. citizenship is required for security clearance eligibility.
Experience may be obtained through on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
Qualifications We Prefer
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- 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 Requirements
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
- Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret.
- Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required after day 1.