COMPLETE Project Engineering Intern (Summer 2024)(On-site) - HTX05: Collins - Houston Spaceport 2555 Atlantis Shuttle Street , Houston, TX, 77059 USA

Partner with our dedicated people leaders to experience meaningful work aligned with your university curriculum, powerful exposure to leadership at all levels, tailored career growth and more! At Collins, we’re redefining aerospace and we’re just getting started. Come soar with us.

This position is full-time, Monday-Friday, and will run May/June-August; it is only eligible for current students with a graduation date past August 2024. May be eligible for relocation.

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.

Project Engineering intern will have well-developed organizational, communication and technical skills. Develops small product plans as needed in support of project needs, performs critical analysis and technical support, supports and participates in testing, drawing reviews, report generation, pursues cost saving opportunities to maximize project profitability, and monitors project performance where applicable. Identifies and reacts to project or technical challenges and recommends solutions; flexible in supporting multiple project needs as they arise throughout the session.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Establishes design concepts, criteria and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test.

• Participates in root cause investigations, develops fault trees, presents findings to management and customers and travels as necessary to vendor sites/testing sites to support investigation.

• Performs analysis, drawing reviews, data reviews, testing and other technical work where necessary to support program milestones and deliverables.

• Helps to develop project plans, schedules, and budgets for small projects and suggests appropriate adjustments to ensure adherence to the established project plan, schedule, and budget if applicable.

• Pursues all cost saving opportunities to maximize project profitability.

• Identifies and reacts to project challenges and recommends solutions.

• Liaises between project management, planning, and project teams where applicable.

• Works closely with lead engineer to support program technical tasks.

• Reviews project and budget status if assigned to such tasking; manages small schedules and prepares reports as needed.

• Monitors and assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.

Basic Qualifications

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and student must be pursuing a Bachelor's or advanced degree in an applicable discipline.

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

* Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.

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.

Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite.  Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader.

Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home).  An employee may be expected to travel to the site location as needed. 

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world – and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

Nothing matters more to Collins Aerospace than our strong ethical and safety commitments. As such, all U.S. positions require a background check, which may include a drug screen.

•  Background check and drug screen required (every external new hire in the U.S.)

•  Drug Screen only performed on re-hires who have been gone for more than 1 year

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.