2025 Summer Intern: Network Engineer I

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 resume, 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