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October 15, 2026
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Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

Sterling, VA
Internship
Onsite
$42K/yr - $88K/yr
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RTX, through its Collins Aerospace business, is hiring a Software Engineering Intern to develop real-time software applications, APIs, and user interfaces for simulation and training. The intern will collaborate with an Agile team, maintain and enhance software products, and apply new technologies to evolving problem areas.

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

Qualification

Required

  • The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required
  • U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
  • Active and existing security clearance required after day 1
  • 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.)
  • Agile, Kanban, or SCRUM development methodologies
  • Windows 10, Windows 11, and/or Linux software development

Preferred

  • 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)

Benefits

  • Relocation Eligibility
  • Hired applicants may be eligible for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
  • Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.
  • Onsite: Employees who are working in onsite roles will work primarily onsite.
RTX operates as an aerospace and defense company as it solves the hardest problems in aerospace and defense.
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