Platform Engineering Intern

Overview

Platform Engineering Intern - Portland, OR (100% on-site)

At Panasonic Avionics Corporation, interns play a meaningful role in driving innovation and shaping the future of inflight entertainment. We're excited to welcome motivated, forward-thinking students to join our growing teams for Summer 2026. Our paid internships run 100% on-site from May/June through August/September, and all candidates must be actively enrolled students during the program.

Who We Are:

Ever wonder who brings the entertainment to your flights? Panasonic Avionics Corporation is #1 in the industry for delivering inflight products such as movies, games, WiFi, and now Bluetooth headphone connectivity!

How exciting would it be to be a part of the innovation that goes into creating technology that delights millions of people in an industry that's here to stay!

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Responsibilities

Platform Intern will assist with building and operating platforms used to deploy, monitor, and scale applications. The intern will work with senior engineers to automate infrastructure, improve CI/CD workflows, and enhance Kubernetes-based environments. Will work on enhancing our internal Kubernetes-based platform by building automation around GitOps workflows, improving CI/CD pipelines, and strengthening observability across clusters. Their project will involve developing lightweight tooling to validate container deployments, integrate metrics/logging enhancements, and streamline developer onboarding by contributing documentation and reusable templates.

What will you get from this experience:

The Platform intern will gain hands-on experience with modern platform engineering by working directly with Kubernetes, GitOps workflows, and real-world CI/CD automation. They will learn how cloud-native platforms are designed, deployed, and operated at scale, gaining exposure to container orchestration, Helm charts, observability tooling, and automated image validation pipelines. Through mentorship and project work, the intern will develop skills in troubleshooting distributed systems, building automation with Go/Python, understanding cloud services, and improving developer experience through platform tooling. By the end of the internship, they will have practical knowledge of how enterprise platforms maintain reliability, security, and scalability.

Qualifications

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelors in Computer Science.
• Colleges in the PNW (Oregon, Washington) are preferred. Students graduating from Portland High schools are also preferred.
• Must be able to commute and work on-site 5 days a week.
• Must be currently enrolled as a fulltime student at an accredited four-year college or university.

Applicants must be authorized to work on a full-time basis for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of any type of employment-based visa at this time.

Panasonic is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law or company policy. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Pre-employment drug testing is required for safety sensitive positions or as may otherwise be required by contract or law. Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. Thank you for your interest in Panasonic Avionics Corporation

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