Intern or Co-op in Component Product Engineering
Pratt & Whitney, a recognized leading producer of the world's most advanced jet engines, is looking for dedicated individuals to become a part of our organization. If you would like to work in an dynamic environment and possess the motivation to incorporate new ideas into practice, this may be the opportunity you've been waiting for!
This is your chance to join a company steeped in history yet focused on the future by developing engines that provide step-change improvements for the next generation of commercial aircraft and fifth generation fighters. Pratt & Whitney, a pioneer in flight and technology, is part of the United Technologies Corporation (UTC) family. UTC is a Fortune 50 company located in over 4,800 locations in approximately 80 countries with $54 billion in revenues (2010).
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR), a part of Pratt & Whitney, offers a complete line of propulsion products from launch vehicles to missile defense to advanced hypersonic propulsion. These are used in a variety of government and commercial applications, including the main engines for the Space Shuttle, Atlas and Delta launch vehicles, and missile defense systems. If you like to work in a dynamic environment and possess the motivation to incorporate new ideas into practice, join our team as an Intern.
Component Product Engineering is looking for an undergraduate or graduate student in Engineering to work as a summer Intern. The successful candidate will support senior engineers in the performance of technical and project-related tasks. Work assignments will support engine control system hardware development which range from component requirements definition and hardware design, to development and integration. Engine control components include electronic controls, valves, actuators, fuel pumps, sensors, ignition systems, electrical harnesses and electronic special test equipment.
Main responsibilities include:
- Support the performance of trade studies to define component requirements and optimize control system components configurations.
- Support the generation, documentation, maintenance and evaluation of requirements and specifications for control components.
- Support the generation and updating of requirements documents and control system schematics consistent with engine configuration evolution.
- Support test activities which include tracking hardware, providing onsite test coordination, analyzing test data and summarizing test results.
Summer Internship will be from May/June - Aug. 2012 and is located in West Palm Beach, Florida.
United Technologies Corporation is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Minimum of 3.3 or higher GPA required.
Candidate should have strong communication, interpersonal and teaming skills with a proficiency in using the standard MS Office tools suite on the Windows operating system.
