Electrical Engineer Co-op (2025 Spring/Summer)(Onsite)

Arinc International Of Canada Ulc - Cedar Rapids, IA

Full-time - Intern

Cedar Rapids, IA

10,001+ employees

About the position

Our nation's security and the safety of our service personnel hinge on the reliability and superiority of our technology. In the high-stakes realm of defense, where dropped calls are not just an inconvenience but a critical failure, the role you'll play at Collins Aerospace becomes not only a job, but a mission. As part of our Communications Products Engineering Department, your work will directly contribute to keeping our warfighters a step ahead in hostile territories. We're committed to providing high-capability, secure communication equipment that spans land, air, sea, and space. Join us in a role where your efforts ensure that our men and women in uniform stay connected and protected when it matters most. We are seeking an Electrical Engineering Co-Op student to assume a key role within the Communication Products Engineering Department in Mission Systems. You will be designing and developing digital hardware used in high performance communication products that are critical to the defense of our nation, such as sophisticated software-defined radios and data links designed for use in various ground, airborne, and space applications. This position is onsite, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Successful candidates should expect to be immersed in a fast-paced, team-based, and challenging technical environment where an individual with talent and initiative can stand out and thrive. In this role, you will perform circuit card design lifecycle activities including requirements capture, schematic capture, design documentation, signal integrity analysis, creation of printed circuit board stackup and routing instructions, coordination and review of printed wiring board layout, creation of test plans, and root cause analysis. You will create and analyze electrical schematics, select components necessary to implement the design requirements, perform test and troubleshooting of electronic circuitry, and assist with digital hardware factory and field failure root cause analysis. This position offers a unique opportunity to merge theoretical knowledge gained in school with practical engineering applications, enhancing your technical skills in all phases of hardware design.

Responsibilities

• Perform circuit card design lifecycle activities including requirements capture, schematic capture, design documentation, signal integrity analysis, creation of printed circuit board stackup and routing instructions, coordination and review of printed wiring board layout, creation of test plans, and root cause analysis.
• Create and analyze electrical schematics.
• Select components necessary to implement the design requirements.
• Perform test and troubleshooting of electronic circuitry.
• Assist with digital hardware factory and field failure root cause analysis.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with digital electronics design principles and techniques (e.g. circuit designs using Microprocessor/microcontroller, DSP, FPGA, ADC, DAC, etc.) and experience working with lab equipment (Oscilloscopes, Analyzers, etc.).
• Experience with a schematic capture tool (examples may include Mentor Graphics DxDesigner, Siemens Xpedition Enterprise, Cadence Allegro, Altium, KiCad, etc.) and signal integrity analysis tools (e.g. Hyperlynx) for creation of circuit card designs.
• Working knowledge of digital circuit design parameters (e.g., throughput, rise time, clock frequencies, propagation delay).
• Knowledge of computer hardware components (e.g., processors, memory, interfaces), and characteristics (e.g., throughput, processing architecture, timing, capacity).

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 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
• Holidays