Systems Engineering Co-Op- Spring/Summer 2025 (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-08-05

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

The Helmet Vision Systems team is looking for a co-op!

This position is for a Systems Engineering Co-op on the Helmet Vision Systems team in the Vision and Sensor Systems organization. The Helmet Vision Systems team provides situational awareness capabilities to rotary wing, fixed wing, and surface customers in Government Systems markets. The team develops helmet mounted displays and digital night vision products by integrating sensors, processing and display capabilities to meet specific platform requirements. The HVS team transitions technologies from research and development into full production rate, qualified products.

You will join our team in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where you'll have the opportunity to see the various products we work on and even try on the helmets yourself! Our state-of-the-art labs will house much of the equipment you'll interface with.

Immerse yourself in a full-time, Monday-Friday co-op session, that will run January-August (including the Spring semester; it is expected students will take a semester off from coursework to fully engage with this working mentorship opportunity).

What You Will Do:

• Support the engineering effort to produce, test, troubleshoot, repair, and deliver helmet vision systems solutions

• Update, markup, review, and release drawings and test procedures

• Investigate issues seen during testing and qualification

• Learn what it is like to be an engineer!

What You Will Learn:

• Testing and qualification of a fielded product

• Documentation process requirements

• How an end-user utilizes our product

• How a fighter helmet works!

Qualification You Must Have:

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

• U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or granted refugee or asylee status) as defined here: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Maintain an active interest in studying, learning, and continuous self-development

• Experience working with Electro-optical and/or infrared imaging sensor systems and/or display systems

• Knowledge of advanced electro-optical systems to include imaging systems in multiple spectral bands, and digital image processing

• Knowledge of advanced display technologies, to include experience with micro-display and projection technologies

• Familiarity with military avionics and rotary wing aircraft missions

• Experience with hands-on troubleshooting using engineering lab equipment

• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills

• Managing multiple competing tasks while balancing priorities

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.

Our Avionics team advances flight deck solutions, airborne communications, vision systems, sensors and fire protection for commercial and military customers around the world. That means we’re helping people reach their destination safely and keeping pilots, passengers, flight crews, airlines, airports and military personnel connected and informed. And we’re providing industry-leading fire protection and safety systems that our customers can count on when it matters most. Are you ready to learn from the most knowledgeable experts in the industry, develop the technologies of tomorrow and reach new heights in your career? Join our Avionics team today.

Collins Aerospace Diversity & Inclusion Statement:

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.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

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