Crypto Software Engineering Intern Summer 2026 (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2026-04-06

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-CA-FULLERTON-675 ~ 1801 Hughes Dr ~ BLDG 675

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance Type:

DoD Clearance: Secret

Security Clearance Status:

Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

Are you a dynamic and experienced Crypto Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2026) interested in an opportunity to work in the greater Los Angele area?

Then join our Secure Processing Software team and contribute to programs that save lives and enable the freedoms we enjoy. Every day our extraordinary engineers are empowered for excellence and inspired to invent in an inclusive environment where work-life balance is an elegant solution, not a slogan.

Our dynamic and diverse engineers develop demanding, trusted, superior solutions to make the world a safer place. We are looking for a proven and progressive leader to join our Software Engineering Center team in El Segundo, California, a suburb of Los Angeles.

You will work with Collins professionals around the country who thrive in a culture that celebrates the contributions of its employees. You will continue your career in a challenging and collaborative workplace, joining a team with a tradition of achievement through thought and teamwork.

What You Will Do:

• Architecture, design, development, integration, and testing of embedded software for a network security appliances, including device management software, communication protocols, device drivers, and control plane security features.
• Work closely with a team software engineers to ensure implementation meets the product requirements.
• Socialize designs with team and integrates suggestions and changes as appropriate. Unit test software components to ensure module-level functionality and data structure consistency.
• Participate in design and implementation/code reviews of other team members.
• Work with implementation teams to derive and document appropriate designs for the problem space.
• Create required project documentation in support of contract deliverables. Including development plans, requirement and design specifications, and test documents.
• Independently manage time and prioritizes tasks to achieve results within cost and schedule constraints.

What You Will Learn:

• You will learn CRYPTO principles and concepts and work side-by-side with industry recognized technical leaders to develop and implement state of the art systems.

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.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Ideal candidates will have experience with software development using a high-level programming language (Rust, C++, C#, Java, Perl, Ada, VHDL) as well as hardware-software integration in real-time embedded systems.
• Crypto Algorithm experience.
• Experience with SysML and UML modeling tools
• Understanding of network security protocols and algorithms (e.g. TLS, SSL, encryption, OpenSSL, X.509 Certificates, etc.)
• Experience with Key Management Infrastructure (KMI-3300) and Over-The-Network-Keying (OTNK)
• Control plane implementation for Ethernet based Network Appliances
• Amazon Web Service virtual environment development

Learn More and Apply Now!

Collins Aerospace, a RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers' toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions - whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you'll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

This position is eligible for relocation.

• Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maint