Flight Controls Systems Engineer Intern

Overview:

We are seeking a full-time Flight Controls Systems Engineer Intern at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for learning and training to support successful conception, development, and/or application of sophisticated avionics systems by creating, gathering and documenting cohesive customer and regulatory requirements, supporting system level designs and subsequent installation and certification in aircraft, and assuring system compliance to all requirements, including quantitative compliance with robustness needs.

Responsibilities:

Essential Functions

• Support engineers to maintain and communicate requirements, allocate requirements among subsystems, and assure compatibility among subsystems so that the product ultimately meets its final objectives
• Participate in product design activities including electrical, software, or mechanical development
• Conduct verification and validation testing in accordance with formal or informal test plans
• Help develop systems requirements for autopilot/flight director systems including system performance, system interfaces, architecture, and algorithms
• Analyze and test existing autopilot systems to determine transport delays and appropriate control system response

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or other related field
• Excellent academics (minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA)
• Experience and/or training in working with cross functional teams
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship skills
• Other education and/or experiences as required for the specific projects this individual will develop
• Strong analytical skills

Desired Qualifications

• Previous experience working with avionics products and/or designing electrical systems
• Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)
• Pilot’s License

 

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.

 

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Intern Benefits