2025 Summer Intern: Network Engineer I
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Company Overview
Spectrum is the nation’s fastest-growing mobile provider and leading internet provider. Our tech teams create, develop, and operate leading connectivity products serving nearly 100 million users and 500 million devices. We connect people to what’s next.
This position is eligible to work in a hybrid work model (combination of in-office and remote days).
At a Glance
- You’re a motivated rising senior with a 3.0 GPA or higher seeking a bachelor’s degree in one of the following areas listed below from an accredited college or university:
- Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- This is a learning-intensive program designed to give you essential business insights and hands-on experience in your field of choice. It’s a full-time, 10-week commitment from May 28, 2025, through August 1, 2025.
- Benefits include professional development sessions, networking opportunities, and mentorship.
The Spectrum Internship Experience
You have clear aspirations and are seeking a summer internship program that will help you meet them. Find it at Spectrum, named one of the 2023 Top 100 Internship Programs in the United States by WayUp and Yello.
Our internships are designed to provide:
- Opportunities to gain new skills and elevate the ones you already have, all in a robust and forward-thinking business setting.
- First-rate, hands-on experience in the telecommunications industry.
- Opportunities to connect you with people who can give you a better understanding of the industry and help you accomplish real goals you can add to your résumé, this includes assigning you a formal mentor and interactions with senior executives.
What you can expect in this role
As a Spectrum Intern, you’ll be essential to two teams — your respective department and your Intern peer group. Department and team-focused projects account for about 80% of your schedule. You’ll spend the other 20% on professional development sessions and networking activities, including the Kickoff Conference on May 28, webinars, community service, cross-functional project, and final presentations.
Internship responsibilities may include:
- A successful intern will form part of a small multi-disciplined engineering team at Charter Communications, working with embedded software stacks.
- Additionally, there will be opportunities to implement streaming telemetry dashboards, identifying patterns, and use AI/ML techniques to analyze streaming telemetry results to improve customer experience.
- This project ideally suits someone who thinks creatively to produce a streaming telemetry platform, collect data, and utilize AI/ML techniques to interpret the data.
- The intern will collaborate with experienced network engineers, test engineers and data analysts, fostering teamwork and boundary-pushing contributions.
- This environment promotes learning of cutting-edge technologies, innovation, critical thinking and independent input.
- The intern will work with engineers to create streaming telemetry applications, collect, visualize, and analyze data, create demos and presentations.
Here’s what it takes to get started
Required qualifications
- Must be enrolled in an accredited College or University graduating with a bachelor’s degree between December 2025 - May 2026
- Must have at least a 3.0 GPA or greater in current program
- Ability to travel locally to Spectrum Intern development events and activities throughout the program
- Authorization to work in the U.S. without restrictions or need for Charter Sponsorship
Preferred qualifications
- Programming skills such as Python, C/C++, shell scripting and app development skills. Basic IP, TCP/QUIC, HTTP networking knowledge, packet capturing and network performance analysis
- Methods of automated measurement and testing
- Data analysis via machine learning and artificial intelligence
- The following skills and knowledge are a plus: Embedded Software Stacks, Cablelabs Low Latency DOCSIS and IETF L4S specifications
- SNMP MIBS, IPDR telemetry, OpenMetrics, Prometheus, Grafana
- Familiarity with popular latency-sensitive gaming applications
- Authorization to work in the U.S. without restrictions or need for Charter Sponsorship
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Oral and written skills
- Organizational skills
- Problem solving abilities
- Proficient in Software including Adobe, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word
Here, employees don’t just have jobs, they build careers. That’s why we believe in offering a comprehensive pay and benefits package that rewards employees for their contributions to our success, supports all aspects of their well-being, and delivers real value at every stage of life.
A qualified applicant’s criminal history, if any, will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable laws, including local ordinances.
This job posting will remain open until 2025-03-01 07:00 AM (UTC) and will be extended if necessary.
The base pay for this position generally is between $26.00 and $27.00. The actual compensation offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. We comply with local wage minimums and also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of other incentive-based compensation such as bonuses.
Get to Know Us Charter Communications is known in the United States by our Spectrum brands, including: Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice, Spectrum Networks, Spectrum Enterprise and Spectrum Reach. When you join us, you’re joining a strong community of more than 100,000 individuals working together to serve nearly 32 million customers in 41 states and keep them connected to what matters most. Watch this video to learn more.
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