Software Engineer Intern - St. Pete Site

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