Software Engineering Intern- Summer 2025 (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-08-01

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MD230: 300 Sentinel Drive Suite300 AJ 300 Sentinel Drive Suite 300, Annapolis Junction, MD, 20701 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Applied Signal Technology (AST) is seeking a Software Intern who strives for excellence and has a passion for enhancing national security. AST delivers trusted SIGINT solutions to secure U.S. interests, specializing in broadband communications, signal processing, tactical SIGINT, and wireless communications. Our engineers tackle challenging problems, making the world safer. The dynamic, collaborative environment at AST encourages skill development, creative thinking, and close collaboration with top service members, all while upholding integrity, diversity, and work-life balance.

As a Software Intern, you will develop, test, and deploy software applications for advanced U.S. Government communication systems, focusing on integration, maintenance, and debugging. You'll solve complex technical problems with innovative solutions, applying advanced technical principles. 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 AST, we’re redefining aerospace and we’re just getting started. Come soar with us!

To find out more about AST please, click the link below:

Applied Signal Technology: WHO WE ARE

This position is full-time, Monday-Friday, and will run May/June to September; it is only eligible for current students with a graduation date past December 2025.

What You Will Do:

• You will apply your C++ software development experience to design, implement, integrate, and test embedded software applications to be deployed to advanced systems that process modern communications for the U.S. Government, detection, identification, direction finding, geolocation, and collection of modern wireless communication signals and radars.

• You will be responsible for integration and maintenance of a product, including debugging issues to root causes.

• You will put into practice your solid understanding of concepts related to software architecture and design, and agile programming practices including continuous integration and automated build and test practices.

What You Will Learn:

• You will learn COMINT/ELINT principles and concepts and work side-by-side with industry recognized technical leaders to develop and implement state of the art systems.

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

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience with Qt or other application frameworks

• Experience with web development technologies/toolkits such as Javascript (Node.js, D3.js), PHP, HTML5, CSS, Angular, or Google Web Toolkit (GWT)

• Experience and/or coursework in Databases, Networks, Machine Learning

• Knowledge of network and communication protocols

• Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA (Please upload an unofficial transcript when applying)

• Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.

• Experience with C, C++, Java, or Python

• Experience with data structures, object-oriented principles, and algorithms

• Experience with Unix/Linux and related utilities

What We Offer:

• Relocation Assistance is provided

• 9/80 work schedule

• Ten hours a month of vacation

• And more! 

Learn More & Apply Now!

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