2027 Summer Intern: Wireless Engineer

At a Glance

• You're a motivated student with a current 3.0 GPA or higher currently pursuing a degree in one of the following areas from an accredited college or university:
  
  • Computer Science,Data Science,Cyber Security,Information Technology
• This is a paid, full-time, 11-week internship designed to give you real-world experience and meaningful exposure to the telecommunications industry in your chosen field.
• Internship program runs from May 26 through August 6, 2027.
• In addition to role-specific projects, you'll take part in professional development sessions, networking opportunities, mentorship and experiences that help you grow personally and professionally.

The Spectrum Internship Experience
As part ofAmerica's Connectivity Company, you'll join a team that serves millions of customers and communities nationwide, while gaining valuable insight into the work that powers connection every day.

Throughout the summer, you'll contribute to meaningful work, strengthen your skills and have opportunities to:

• Grow your skills in a dynamic, innovative business environment.
• Build connections with team members and senior leaders who can help you better understand our business and what it's like to work here.
• Learn from a mentor, who can provide guidance, support and career advice.

What you can expect in this role

As a Spectrum intern, you'll spend the summer working alongside two teams: your respective department and your intern cohort.

Department and team-focused projects account for about 80% of your schedule. You'll spend the other 20% on internship experiences that include a kickoff conference, professional development sessions and networking activities, webinars, community service, cross-functional projects and final presentations.

This experience is designed to help you explore your interests, expand your network and leave with a deeper understanding of both your field and the impact of our business.

Internship responsibilities may include:

• The Wireless Operations Engineering Intern provides hands-on support to the WiFi and 5G Operations team by assisting with network compliance auditing, configuration validation, change execution support, and automation development. This position plays a critical role in maintaining fleet health across 350+ wireless network devices, supporting upgrade campaigns, and contributing to tooling that reduces manual operational effort and improves service reliability for Spectrum Mobile and managed WiFi subscribers.
• Assist with fleet configuration compliance auditing by running automated checkers against device configs (firewalls, wireless access gateways, venue switches) and documenting deviations from published standards. - Support upgrade campaign execution by preparing pre-check documentation, validating maintenance windows, and assisting engineers with post-change verification and SITREP generation. - Develop and maintain Python-based operational scripts for tasks such as inventory reconciliation, config drift detection, and alert noise reduction - contributing to the team's internal automation library. - Participate in change management processes by helping draft Methods of Procedure (MOPs), tracking CRQ lifecycle stages, and ensuring documentation completeness for peer review. - Assist with network monitoring gap analysis by cross-referencing device inventories against monitoring platforms (Aletheia, Splunk, Rancid) and identifying devices not properly enrolled. - Support knowledge base maintenance by documenting tribal knowledge, creating runbooks for repeatable procedures, and updating architecture diagrams as network changes are executed. - Collaborate with senior engineers on incident response by pulling relevant data during outages, correlating alerts to recent changes, and drafting initial SITREP templates for review. - Contribute to dashboard and reporting development by generating compliance metrics, tracking campaign progress, and producing weekly status artifacts for leadership review.

Required qualifications

• Must be a rising senior with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and May 2028
• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited College or University completing a bachelor's degree
• 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 future sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

• MLL, Wireless Technologies, python, ansible