Software Engineer Intern - Phoenix Site
Summary
Full-time, onsite software engineering internship (May–August) at Acron Aviation's Phoenix, AZ site. Interns work alongside experienced engineers across the software lifecycle — requirements, design, coding, debugging, verification, and unit/integration/system testing — for aviation products, including embedded, application, and test software.
What You Will Do
- Responsibilities may vary based on your assigned location, team, product line, academic background, and current business needs. Examples include:
- Work under the guidance of experienced software engineers and technical team members.
- Assist with interpreting, developing, and implementing software requirements.
- Support software design, coding, debugging, testing, and documentation.
- Develop or update software requirements-based test cases and verification procedures.
- Participate in software unit, integration, and system-level testing.
- Support pre-integration and post-integration testing activities.
- Assist with software verification and branch coverage analysis.
- Investigate, analyze, and help resolve internal and external software problem reports.
- Document test results, technical findings, recommendations, and corrective actions.
- Support the development and maintenance of internal software tools.
- Use configuration management and change management tools in accordance with established engineering practices.
- Collaborate with Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, Test, Manufacturing, Quality, and other Software Engineering teams.
- Participate in technical reviews and software process improvement activities.
- Contribute to the development and support of embedded software, application software, test software, or engineering tools.
- Perform other software engineering assignments aligned with your academic background and the needs of the assigned team.
Required Qualifications
- Currently enrolled in an accredited bachelor’s or master’s degree program in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
- Expected to have completed at least two years of undergraduate study before the internship begins.
- Foundational knowledge of software development concepts, programming, and problem-solving.
- Academic, project, or practical programming experience in at least one programming language.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Effective verbal communication, technical writing, and presentation skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team-based engineering environment.
- Ability to learn new programming languages, development tools, technologies, and engineering processes.
- Ability to work full-time and onsite at the assigned Acron Aviation location for the duration of the internship
- This position may require access to information, technology, software, or hardware that is subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations. To comply with these requirements, applicants must qualify as a US Person.
Preferred Qualifications
- Coursework, project experience, prior internship experience, or knowledge in one or more of the following areas:
- C, C++, C#, Python, SQL, or other relevant programming languages
- Object-oriented programming and software design principles
- Embedded software or real-time systems
- Software requirements and requirements-based testing
- Software verification, debugging, and integration testing
- Unit testing, code coverage, or automated testing
- Configuration management, change management, or version-control tools
- Linux, QNX, VxWorks, Integrity, Windows, or other operating environments
- Qt or other user-interface development frameworks
- Processor-based or hardware-integrated software development
- Technical documentation and software design artifacts
- Aerospace, aviation, or another regulated industry
- Agile or other software development methodologies
- Technical clubs, programming competitions, research, or relevant academic projects
Skills
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- This position requires regular on-site presence in our North Phoenix, AZ office. Are you able and willing to work on-site at this location? optional
- This position may require access to information, technology, software, or hardware that is subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations. Under these regulations, a U.S. Person includes a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder), refugee, asylee, or other individual authorized to receive export-controlled information under applicable U.S. law. Do you qualify as a U.S. Person? optional
- What is your current academic standing? optional
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