2027 Intern - Autonomy Engineer (Air Systems) - Hunt Valley, MD

2027 Intern - Autonomy Engineer (Air Systems) - Hunt Valley, MD Why This Internship As an intern with Textron, you'll gain hands-on experience while exploring your interests and building new skills. You'll be supported and challenged to contribute in meaningful ways, working on real projects alongside experienced professionals to prepare for future success. About the Entry Level Role As a Textron employee, you'll take on meaningful work from day one-contributing to real projects and collaborating with experienced team members across the business. This entry-level opportunity is designed to help you build your skills, gain exposure across functions, and grow through hands-on experience, mentorship, and development opportunities. Description Why This Internship As an intern with Textron, you'll gain hands-on experience while exploring your interests and building new skills. You'll be supported and challenged to contribute in meaningful ways - working on real projects alongside experienced professionals to prepare for future success. Who We Are Textron Systems serves defense and commercial customers with the combined expertise of its family of brands: Textron Systems, Howe & Howe, Lycoming Engines and ATAC. These segments offer specialized products and services that fall into several capability areas: Air; Land; Sea; Propulsion; Weapon Systems; Electronic Systems; and Test, Training & Simulation. We tap into these capabilities to deliver exceptional solutions, including product development and manufacturing, training, operations and support. All efforts are backed by the strength of our parent company - Textron Inc. - which includes prominent brands such as Bell, Cessna and Beechcraft. Drawing from our diverse teams of experts and harnessing the unlimited power of teamwork, we put tomorrow's technology in the world's hands today. Learn more about our products and history at TextronSystems.com. About This Role In this role, you will be responsible for: + Developing autonomy solutions + Apply machine learning, vision, and other emerging technologies to enhance our unmanned platforms + Designing, simulating, constructing, and field-testing autonomous vehicles and their subsystems Qualifications Currently pursuing a bachelor's, master's, and PhD in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering with focus in robotics or autonomy. We want your experience to include: + Intelligence and machine learning applications + Helping machines perceive their environment, using vision or other methods + Teamed or multiagent autonomous vehicle simulations (e.g., MATLAB/Simulink or Gazebo) + Fabricating or designing air, land, or sea-based robots + (Preferable) Controls, multiagent autonomy, robotic middleware such as ROS, PX4, ArduPilot, or MOOS-IvP, and simulation environments such as ANSYS or Unreal + This position requires an individual to be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a security clearance. Why You'll Love Interning at Textron This internship is more than a summer experience - offering mentorship, training, and meaningful, hands-on work that helps you build confidence, develop new skills, and take real steps toward your career goals. Our benefits include: + Paid, full-time 10-week summer internship with a prepaid stipend + Mentorship, training, and development opportunities + Real project work and hands-on experience + Service time credited toward 401(k) vesting upon full-time employment + Alternative work schedules at select locations About Textron Textron is a global Fortune 500 company with a diverse portfolio of industry leading brands, including Bell, Beechcraft, Cessna, Pipistrel, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, and Textron Systems. We foster a culture where curiosity is encouraged, ideas are valued, and innovation drives real-world solutions. Join Textron and build a career where your work makes an impact, your ideas are valued, and your growth is supported. Why You'll Love Interning at Textron This internship is more than a summer experience - offering mentorship, training, and meaningful, hands-on work that helps you build confidence, develop new skills, and take real steps toward your career goals. Why Build Your Career at Textron Textron offers a supportive workplace where employees are encouraged to grow, contribute, and innovate. Textron's compensation package includes competitive base pay and provides eligible employees with benefit programs. Benefits may include health insurance and prescription plan coverage, dental insurance, family building benefits, vision insurance, mental health resources, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and programs that provide employees time away from work. The pay range should be used as a general guide only. Compensation is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. In compliance with the local pay transparency law, the pay range for this position is $28 - $32 per hour. AI Readiness: Textron expects employees to use AI-enabled tools responsibly and effectively. Candidates should be comfortable learning and applying these tools, evaluating AI-generated output with sound judgment, and using AI in line with company policy and ethical standards. Prior experience with specific tools is not required - we value curiosity, adaptability, and good judgment. Recruiting Timeline: Applications for this position will be accepted through October 31, 2026. The application window may be shortened or extended based on candidate flow and business needs. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, and review the location for this role to ensure it aligns to your location preferences as all roles are on site at a Textron business unit. About Textron Textron is a global Fortune 500 company with a diverse portfolio of industry leading brands, including Bell, Beechcraft, Cessna, Pipistrel, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, and Textron Systems. We foster a culture where curiosity is encouraged, ideas are valued, and innovation drives real-world solutions. Join Textron and build a career where your work makes an impact, your ideas are valued, and your growth is supported. EEO Statement Textron is committed to providing Equal Opportunity in Employment, to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements, including US Citizenship, for access to classified information. Preference given to Veterans of the U. S. Armed Forces. Recruiting Company: Textron Systems Primary Location: US-Maryland-Hunt Valley Job Function: Engineering Schedule: Full-time Job Level: Individual Contributor Job Type: Internship / Co-Op Shift: First Shift Job Posting: 08/31/2026, 11:00:00 PM Job Number: 342925