Electrical Engineer SEPP - FPGA Intern (Summer 2026)(Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-09-05

Country:

United States of America

Location:

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

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

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

Security Clearance:

None/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. Discover opportunities to make a difference at RTX.  

This position is for a motivated Electrical or Computer engineering candidate to participate in Mission Systems’ Summer Engineering Project Program. Primary assignments and responsibilities will include requirements capture, ASIC / FPGA digital architecture and design using RTL, verification, and system integration of a wide variety of high-performance digital ASICs and FPGAs applied to signal processing and information assurance products across Mission Systems on the Product Enabling Technologies team. 

What You Will Do:

• You will support requirements capture and ASIC / FPGA digital architecture 
• You will implement ASIC / FPGA digital design using RTL 
• You will support verification and system integration of ASIC / FPGA implementations 
• RTL coding and simulation in VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog 

What You Will Learn:

• Agile development flow for planning work 
• General algorithms and sequencing for modern Signal-in-Space (SiS) waveforms 
• A variety of development flows (i.e., CPU, RPU, GPU, AI engines, FPGA fabric) 
• Design of experiments to collect throughput and power utilization data 

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 using ASIC and/or FPGA design tools (e.g. Vivado, Vitis, Quartus, Modelsim, or other FPGA-specific tools) 
• Experience with AMD/Xilinx development boards, Red Hat 8, TCL scripting, CSH scription 
• Some background in digital signal processing (DSP) and/or information assurance 
• Familiarity with the signal processing system simulation & analysis tools (e.g. Matlab, Simulink) 
• Familiarity with revision control concepts and tools (e.g. Git, Subversion) 

Learn More and Apply Now!

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.

Collins Aerospace, an RTX 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.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

This position is eligible for relocation.

* 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.

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 re