The board
RTX- Hours
- Full time
- Where
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Posted
- Sep 26
Date Posted:
2026-09-25 Country:
United States of America Location:
US-IA-CEDAR RAPIDS-107 ~ 400 Collins Rd NE ~ BLDG 107 Position Role Type:
Onsite U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
The company will offer immigration sponsorship for this position, if needed. The company will not seek an export authorization for this role. Security Clearance Type:
None/Not Required Security Clearance Status:
Not Required
Are you ready to explore the world of aerospace and defense? Do you want to learn from and collaborate with some of the greatest minds in the industry? At RTX, our internships, co-ops and full-time careers provide an exceptional foundation to work on complex problems, advance your skills and create a safer, more connected world.
What you'd do
- Develop and optimize embedded flight-software for safety-critical systems used in commercial aircraft and military platforms.
- Write high-performance, deterministic code embedded software.
- Collaborate closely with systems engineers, AI/ML specialists, and software engineers to deliver integrated avionics solutions that meet stringent aviation safety, performance, and certification requirements.
- Implement and support AI-assisted onboard features such as intelligent sensor fusion, anomaly detection, and autonomous control logic.
- Conduct debugging and validation using simulation and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) environments.
- Ensure compliance with aviation safety standards such as DO-178, and adherence to secure coding and cyber-resilience practices.
What they want
- Must be pursuing Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and actively enrolled through the completion of the internship/co-op session.
- Must have a minimum of 60 hours of credit by the start of the internship / co-op session.
- Prior RTX internship, co-op, or work experience.
- Experience in high level programming languages (e.g. C, Python, C++ programming), Git, DevOps, AI tools in software development.
- An emphasis on strong collaboration and communication skills, with a desire to achieve world class abilities to work within dynamic teams to solve challenging problems.
What you get
- Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
- Relocation Eligibility
- Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
- Starts
- 2026-09-25