High Temperature Composites Intern

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RTX is the world's largest aerospace and defense company, with about 185,000 employees. Collins Aerospace, one of its businesses, develops intelligent technology solutions for the aerospace and defense industry.

About the Team

The High Temperature Composites (HTC) team sits within Collins Advanced Structures (Landing Systems, Wheels and Brakes). The group applies carbon/carbon (C/C) and ceramic matrix composite (CMC) fabrication knowledge to structural applications. The team works at several sites, mainly Pueblo, CO and Santa Fe Springs, CA, and partners with other Collins and RTX groups to solve difficult materials problems.

What You Will Do

• Support the processing and characterization of C/C and CMC composites for high temperature applications, and prepare and lead Engineering Test Requests (ETRs) for these materials.
• Support sub-projects such as material processing and testing, data collection and analysis, and technical report writing.
• Help define processes and create procedures and specifications for onsite HTC activities.
• Take part in customer and senior leadership meetings as needed, and serve as the direct point of contact for small material requests.
• Direct technicians and production personnel as needed to meet project objectives.
• Support the engineering management team in drafting presentations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Software experience, such as SolidWorks or other CAD/CAM software, and MATLAB for engineering data analysis.
• Previous engineering internship experience in a related field.
• Previous engineering experience through lab work or coursework.

Onsite roles are performed primarily at the work site. Candidates may be asked to attend some interview steps in person at an RTX office location.