FlightAware - Software Engineering Intern, Summer 2025 (Remote)

Date Posted:

2024-09-06

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HTX99: Field Office - TX Remote Location, Remote City, TX, 73301 USA

Position Role Type:

Unspecified

Would you like to engineer software that provides businesses actionable, aviation data and allows family & friends to track their loved ones when traveling?

FlightAware, part of the Connected Aviation Solutions unit of Collins Aerospace, has built the world's leading aviation software platform, processing over 180+ million incoming messages an hour from over 30,000 individual data feeds—2 terabytes a day and growing! We provide the best, most complete, and most accurate real-time flight-tracking service and are proud to have built a wide variety of successful products on this foundation that have become central to the aviation industry at large.

FlightAware is looking for software engineering interns who are excited about what we're doing—you don't need to know anything about the flight tracking ecosystem, but you should be excited to learn and if you happen to be an aviation enthusiast, you’ll fit right in! As a FlightAware intern, you’ll be a full team member within a highly collaborative, ambitious, and future-reaching organization. Our engineering group champions intellectual curiosity, openness, and industry-leading technical innovation. We invest in building excellent internal tooling and engineering support in order to create a productive and highly effective team that anticipates the future and leads by example.

Our Engineering blog (Angle of Attack ) has posts from almost every wing (i.e team) within FlightAware and gives a glimpse at the type of work each team does. If you would like to learn more about what our past interns have accomplished, visit 2024 Intern Summer Projects & Blast from the past: 2023 Intern Projects

Engineering Wings:

• ADS-B (Software & Electrical Engineering)

• Backend

• Desktop Engineering

• Flight Tracking

• Mobile

• Predictive Technologies

• Systems & Site Reliability

• Web

Regardless of role, we expect excellent interpersonal and communication skills across all hires at FlightAware. We look for candidates who will thrive here, meaning they demonstrate clear communication, embrace open feedback, trust their colleagues, and are driven to execute, deliver, and complete projects independently and efficiently.

This is a full-time internship, scheduled for June - August 2025 (approximately 12 weeks).

*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home).  An employee may be expected to travel to the site location as needed. 

• *Position is remote; however, if you live within a reasonable commute of a Collins site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role. 

What You will do:

• Work on a focused project to teach you the fundamentals of the software development lifecycle and give you an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution.

• Develop new and innovative technology in an agile environment that solves interesting problems.

• Collaborate with the brightest technical minds in building software products while leveraging advanced technology, researching groundbreaking concepts, and influencing new ideas to transform the aviation ecosystem.

• Learn alongside our industry’s most talented engineers and receive focused mentorship and guidance. We work in teams to solve problems, explore new technologies, and learn from one another.

• Attend daily team standup meetings and have regular one-on-one check-ins with your leader and mentor.

What You will learn:

• You will learn how to create and code appropriate solutions from broadly described challenges.

• You will apply theoretical knowledge you’ve learned about software languages and systems during your education in a professional setting.

• You will gain experience working in a fast-paced workplace to produce high-quality, tested software.

• You will have opportunity for advanced learning, to upgrade your skills and evolve as a developing software engineer.

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.

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future. RTX will not offer sponsorship for this position.

• Academic and/or prior work experience with programming languages, including functional languages.

• Completed coursework in core computer science concepts such as object-oriented design, algorithm design, data structures, problem-solving, and complexity analysis.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Junior and senior candidates preferred.

• An obsession with writing elegant, high-quality, well-tested code.

• Ability to analyze complex issues, reason, think critically, and synthesize information.

• Flexible mindset (not married to a single technology) and demonstrated ability to grow skillset and work across a robust and diverse technology stack.

• You are either a private pilot, looking to pursue your private pilot license, or an aviation enthusiast.

Learn More & Apply Now! 

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.

Connected Aviation Solutions:

Our Connected Aviation Solutions team provides advanced information management systems, products and services that enable the connected ecosystem by bringing together Collins’ unique breadth of aviation products with our smart digital solutions to help us enhance every aspect of the end-to-end travel experience. We help airlines, airports and business aircraft turn data into value to streamline operations, increase efficiency and reduce cost, enhance the passenger experience and contribute to sustainable flight. By combining the best networks, connectivity and data/analytics solutions, we’re solving big problems for our customers and the world, while enhancing the security and connectivity of systems both on and off the aircraft, to help operators and passengers stay more connected and informed and create a more sustainable, efficient, reliable and enjoyable travel experience. Aviation connects the world. Our Connected Aviation Solutions team connects aviation. Sustainably. Seamlessly. Securely.

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.

The salary range for this role is 37,000 USD - 82,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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