Electrical Engineer Co-op (RF & Digital Design)

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.

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Immerse yourself in a Monday-Friday Co-Op session, that will run from January to June (it is expected students will take this time off from coursework to fully engage with this working mentorship opportunity).

This position will sit at our Aguadilla, PR location. You must be residing in Puerto Rico at the time of starting employment. Relocation is not offered.

What You Will Learn:

• You will learn about our growing engineering team in Puerto Rico; What we do? Who we support? How we work?
• You will learn the technologies of today and tomorrow which we count on to maintain world leadership in the aerospace industry.
• You will learn why people enjoy and feel fulfilled by working in our industry.

What You Will Do:

• Perform circuit design lifecycle activities, including requirements capture, schematic capture, design documentation, circuit design analysis like Performance, Stability, ESD/Lightning, Decoupling and Signal/Power Integrity analysis, creation of board stack-up and routing instructions, coordination and review of printed wiring board layout, creation of test plans, root cause analysis, and integration.
• Design, develop, and integrate Collins products within the communication systems and test solutions in multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Develop both engineering and production test systems, test interface adapters, cabling, technical drawings, schematics, circuit designs, and analysis.
• Contribute to the completion of all stages of communication system and test system development. Assist managing technical, cost, and schedule aspects of assigned projects.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of engineers to develop proven hardware designs that meet system performance and operational specifications.
• English (read, write, speak) is required when communicating with customers, co-workers, or supervisors who only speak English.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and student must be pursuing a Bachelor's or advanced degree in electrical engineering.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access the information under this program/contract.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Proven background knowledge or initiated experience in electronic circuit and hardware development, including digital/analog electronics, schematic capture, hardware integration, and hands-on testing and troubleshooting of circuit card assemblies.
• Proven background knowledge or initiated experience in Radio Frequency (RF) testing, schematic capture, circuit design, and hardware selection and integration.
• Proven background or initiated experience with engineering tools and test equipment, such as logic analyzers, interface adapters (JTAG, SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet), RF test equipment (RF Spectrum Analyzers, RF Network Analyzers, RF Power Meters, RF Switches), oscilloscopes, and ECAD/PCB design tools (NX ECAD, DX Designer/Expedition, Altium, Cadence Allegro, Eagle, KiCAD, etc.)
• Theoretical knowledge about ensuring robust hardware performance, including signal integrity and timing analysis, FPGA/SoC design and testing, and working within Agile development environments (e.g., Jira).
• Proven background or initiated experience in designing and developing electric and electronic circuits and systems for communication systems.

Learn More & Apply Now!

In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We've introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment. This position is classified: Hybrid. Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. This means that responsibilities of the job need to be performed onsite in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on a regular basis with 3 days onsite and 2 days remote following the schedule assigned by the Manager.