Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Co-Op (Spring/Summer 2027)

About the role

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. This position is classified as Onsite, requiring work primarily onsite at the Cedar Rapids facility.

This position provides exposure to the aerospace industry and offers opportunities to learn:

• Solving real-world aerospace engineering challenges with cross‑functional teams.
• Applying Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) technologies to optimize manufacturing.
• Collins Management and Quality Systems.
• Data‑driven decision‑making based on Smart Factory solutions.
• Advanced and innovative manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Taking ownership of project tasks and managing time and resources to meet goals and milestones.
• Planning and implementing automation capital projects.
• Researching, evaluating, and testing new technologies to improve quality and productivity on the shop floor.
• Providing engineering guidance to optimize equipment use and manufacturing techniques.
• Integrating automation solutions into factory systems and improving production processes.
• Implementing Smart Factory technologies and adding digital data acquisition to legacy test equipment.
• Analyzing manufacturing data and creating dashboards to display metrics for operations teams.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Qualifications

Must Have

• Actively pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Systems, or Manufacturing Engineering through the completion of the internship/co‑op session.
• Earned a minimum of 30 credit hours prior to the start of the internship/co‑op session.
• Solid understanding of engineering principles.