About the role#
As an Electrical Engineering Intern, you will join our team to work on high-speed digital hardware for aerospace products. This role provides an opportunity to work alongside experienced engineers on complex electronic systems. You will contribute to hardware design, validation, and analysis during the Summer 2027 term.
What you'll do#
- Support the design and development of high-speed digital hardware and associated test equipment.
- Develop schematics, participate in circuit card layouts, and perform circuit analysis using standard design tools.
- Assist in the design of circuit card assemblies (CCAs) that include FPGAs, flash memory, DDR RAM, ADCs, DACs, power conversion integrated circuits, and analog circuits.
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team of mechanical, test, firmware, systems, and manufacturing engineers.
- Participate in hands-on laboratory validation and troubleshooting of electronic assemblies.
- Contribute to the design and analysis of FPGA-based circuitry and JTAG programming.
- Support microcontroller programming and signal integrity analysis.
What you'll need#
- Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Advanced Degree in Electrical Engineering and actively enrolled through the end of the internship.
- Completion of at least 60 credit hours by the start of the internship.
- Coursework, laboratory, or project experience in circuit design and analysis.
- Experience or coursework with tools such as MATLAB, SPICE, and circuit board design software.
- Familiarity with FPGA-based circuitry, JTAG programming, microcontroller programming, and signal integrity analysis.
- Experience or coursework using Mentor Graphics XPedition and HyperLynx SI is preferred.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
Location & details#
- Location: El Segundo, California.
- Modality: On-site.
- Term: Summer 2027.
- Employment: Full-time, paid internship.
About RTX
RTX operates in the aviation and aerospace component manufacturing industry. The organization consists of three primary businesses: Collins Aerospace, Pratt and Whitney, and Raytheon. It produces advanced sensors, aircraft engines, and defense systems for the aerospace and defense sectors. The company is based in Arlington, Virginia and employs over 10,000 people.
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